The Housesitter, Part 3, Page 9

PANEL 1

Rachel and her partner are depicted as a cow and chicken dancing together. Dance terms float around them: "allemande", "do-si-do", "balance", "swing your partner".

Caption: He was so short, and I was so tall!

Caption: I think we looked like a cow and a chicken dancing.

Caption: I stumbled through the motions while he bounced all around me.

RACHEL: "Please... no more bouncing... getting... nauseated!"

My dance partner was so bouncy! He was only 10 and so full of energy! I bet we looked like quite a pair, the young gothic chick and the little boy bouncing all around her, dragging her through the dance whether she wanted to or not!

Later in the evening I got an older married partner, and the boy went off to bounce with another lady. Such fun!