Nostalgic Memories of Childhood Bedtime Stories

A three-panel vintage-style illustration shows a boy dramatically rejecting soup, starving to death, and then being buried. The text reads: 'THERE ONCE WAS A BOY WHO DIDN'T WANT TO EAT HIS SOUP. HE STARVED TO DEATH. GUTE NACHT!' The final panel shows the boy's grave with a cross and a bowl nearby. The humor comes from the absurdly literal consequence of refusing soup and the German phrase 'Gute Nacht' (good night) used as a morbid epitaph.

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