Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 12, 2007

Transcript:

When little red riding hood got to her grandmother's house, she saw that the ailing old woman had befriended the wolf... Grandma: This sweet doggy is helping me with my estate planning! Wolf: ...heh heh... Little: *gasp* My, what big ears you have Mister Wolf. Wolf: The better to hear opportunity knocking with, little girl. Little: And what big eyes you have. Wolf: The better to see legal loopholes with. Little: and what big teeth you have. Wolf: The better to seize power of attorney with! With that, Red Riding Hood left to find help for her feeble grandmother... But Red was too late. And before her grandmother passed away, she had signed papers that left all her assets to the wolf... Man: Sorry, kid...it's all legal. Wolf: Now get off my property. ...Leaving him free to roam and prey upon other good-natured old folks. Lucy: *sheesh* And I thought the original version was gruesome... Danae: Fiction is never as scary as real life, Lucy.