WHAT’S
WITH
ALL THE
LETTER
BLOCKS?WE’RE
GOING TO
TEACH
UGLY TO
READ!WITH THE
BUILDING
BLOCKS OF
LANGUAGE...SO TO
SPEAK.
HA HA!SPEAKING OF
SPEAKING–
MAYBE IT’LL
HELP WITH
HIS VERBAL
SKILLS!THAT WOULD BE
NICE. BUT THINK
OF THIS–
IF HE COULD READ,
WE COULD OPEN UP
COMMUNICATIONS.
FROM A
SAFE
DISTANCE!IF HE GETS TO KNOW
US, MAYBE HE’LL
STOP TRYING TO
EAT US!MEW!I
SUPPOSE
WE CAN
BUT
TRY...RIGHT!
HOW’S
THIS
FOR A
START?DIVE, DIVE!NO! NOT
“GRITTINGS”!GREETINGS!
SOUND IT OUT:
GR-EETINGSNO EETING,
I MEAN NO
EATING
BUGS!WRITE SOMETHING ELSE! BUGS ARE
YOUR FRIENDS, MAYBE?
IS “FRIEND” I BEFORE E, OR
E BEFORE I...? I FORGET...THERE!NO! NO!
NO!ARGH!LET ME SPELL
IT OUT: WE’RE
DOOMED!YOU COULD SAY IT’S
AN HONOR TO PERISH
SPREADING THE JOY OF
READING...OR TRYING TO
ANYWAY.PERSONALLY, I’D
RATHER LIVE TO TRY
ANOTHER DAY! OH,
NO YOU DON’T, UGLY!
BACK! BACK!READ THIS
AND WEEP,
UGLY!
(HEAVE)MEW!MEW!REALLY!
DREAM ON.PREPARE
TO FIND
OUT!LET’S KEEP
IT SIMPLE. MEW!MEW!HOW DID
COMMUNICATING
AT A SAFE
DISTANCE BECOME
A BLOCKADE?4