Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 18, 2009
Transcript:
The Adventures of Elly Elephant By Rat Elly Elephant played with blocks. "With these blocks, I will build something beautiful," she said... "I will build a block sculpture so wonderful that people will pause and weep." "And they will hug the person next to them. And the hugs will spread." "And there will be love." "And wars will end. And hate will fade. And all of humankind will realize through this one work of art that they have more in common than their countries and governments and religions and traditions have led them to believe." Elly Elephant took a break from her blocks to watch the news. Elly Elephant played with blocks."
In addition to spreading hugs, diseases will, too