Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 08, 2007
Transcript:
"What are you doing, l'il guard duck?" "I am waiting for my girlfriend Maura to return. She's the duck who flew south last winter and broke my heart, sir." "Why don't you go and try to find her?" "Because I cannot fly, sir. I have told you that, sir. I am a broken duck, sir." "Then I will help you fly, little guard duck. And you will find her. And you will have true love!" "And your days of having a broken heart will be forever gone!!!" TOSS THUD "I'm a bird, not a javelin, sir." "How 'bout we just have some chocolate and a good cry?"
Guard Duck’s tail feathers mysteriously disappeared in the last two panels. Perhaps they are magical.