Crows Build a Wall

Comic written and illustrated by Ryan Reid

Panel 1: CROW 1 is piling twigs and pebbles. CROW 2 stands close by.

CROW 1

I’m building a wall.

CROW 2 (barely curious)

Why?

Panel 2: Two loving SONG BIRDS stand beyond the WALL. CROW 1 is pointing toward them.

CROW 1

To keep out the riff-raff!

Panel 3: Close up on CROW 2.

CROW 2

Riff-raff? You mean those song birds?

Panel 4: Close up on both CROWS.

CROW 1 (yelling)

They are infesting our community! Eating all our food! Crowding all our trees!

CROW 2 (startled)

But…won’t they fly over a wall?

Panel 5: Similar to panel 2. A SONG BIRD peaks in off panel. CROW 1 points to how tall the WALL will be.

CROW 1 (mater-of-factly)

No. It will be super tall.

Panel 6: Both CROWS. A SONG BIRD sings off panel.

CROW 2

I see. Won’t they walk around it?

CROW 1

No. It will be very long. The longest wall ever.

Panel 7: Close up on CROW 2.

CROW 2 (disbelief)

Won’t they pull it apart, build nests from it’s twigs, and raise loving community minded families from within the remnants of it’s misguided ideology?

Panel 8: The SONG BIRDS have taken apart the WALL, built a NEST from it’s twigs and pebbles in a nearby tree. They are cuddling, and very lovey. The CROWS watch from far below.

Panel 9: Both CROWS.

CROW 1 (angry)

Hey! Stop undermining my irrational fears!

CROW 2 (no longer caring about this conversation)

There goes the neighbourhood.