You know those times where the bugs actually aren’t that and you pretend you’re safe and it’s just lovely? And then a few days later you discover they were there all along? Based on a true story.
Transcript:
Page 1: An exuberant woman stands in a collaged north woods environment, on the front page of a Minnesota-shaped book, as she proclaims “The Glorious North Woods!”
Page 2: The same woman happily slaps at a single bug that is shown buzzing around her arm, all while proclaiming with a simple “The Glorious North Woods!” She’s unperturbed.
Page 3: The same woman snoozes with a smile, dreaming “The Glorious North Woods.” She’s completely unaware of the the few bugs shown buzzing around her.
Page 4: The same woman, stands surprised and alert with an exclamation point over her had and “itch me, itch me, itch me” coming from a red bump on her leg.
Page 5: In five drawings, the same woman is shown discovering more and more mosquito bites all over. She gets increasingly angry.
Page 6: An enormous mosquito character is show flying above a collaged north woods environment saying happily “The glorious north woods!”
Page 7: By Maddy Buck 2022, amidst some collaged trees, a lake, and dotted lines indicating bugs.