The Last Dry Leaf

Episode summary

A tiny passenger and a resourceful courier share shelter and a crossing.

Transcript

Panel 1: Light rain begins at the river. Rill shelters beneath one broad dry leaf. A tiny friendly red beetle waits on the bank beside the water.
Beetle: "Could I cross?"

Panel 2: Rill looks from the wide leaf to the narrow stream and smiles at the beetle.
Rill: "Room for one more."

Panel 3: Rill wades in the narrow stream, guiding a little leaf boat with a curved leaf roof. The beetle sits safely inside, sheltered from the rain.
Beetle: "A roof, too!"

Panel 4: The beetle stands safely beneath a mushroom on the far bank and waves. Rill remains in the stream, smiling and holding the empty folded leaf boat.
Rill: "Door-to-door service."