Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 31, 2004

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"Hey...where are my Bait Club buddies??" "I went fishing. They're all dea-" AUTHOR'S NOTE: It has come to my attention that virtually all "Pearls" series that are centered upon new, peripheral characters end in death. Whether it be the Fruit Buddies, Angry Bob or Tooty the Gingerbread Man, the newbies always die. As comedy is founded upon the unexpected, and death in these panels is all too expected, we now introduce a totally unexplored concept in "Pearls"...the happy, sappy ending. True "Pearls" diehards may wish to look away. "I could never harm your buddies. I love them all." "I love you too, Rat." "I love the world." "I love all mankind."