Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 11, 2016

Transcript:

"Rat's Guide To Nature Today's Lesson: The life of a 17-year Cicada." Cicada: Me. "Year 1: Stuck in dirt. Year 2: Stuck in dirt. Year 3: Stuck in dirt. Year 4: Stuck in dirt. Year 5: Stuck in dirt. Year 6: Stuck in dirt. Year 7: Stuck in dirt. Year 8: Stuck in dirt. Year 9: Stuck in dirt. Year 10: Stuck in dirt. Year 11: Stuck in dirt. Year 12: Stuck in dirt. Year 13: Stuck in dirt. Year 14: Stuck in dirt. Year 15: Stuck in dirt. Year 16: Stuck in dirt. Year 17: Emergence. Next four weeks: Try to find a mate. No mate. Death." Goat: And I thought my life was bad. Rat: Then a bird eats him. Pig: Finally! Someone more romantically desperate than me!!