The world asks for your penny before it gives you the pie...

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Perhaps a statement of our "coin in a slot" based world...

Prompt: semi-cartoony colourful
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
“Let me taste your wares.”
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
“Show me first your penny,”
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
“Sir, I have not any!”
Fantastic Fairytale style by Goris Groh & Mario Duguay


A comic strip split into four panels illustrating the nursery rhyme Simple Simon, featuring colorful illustrations in a vintage storybook style, with dialogue boxes containing the text in each panel. Panel 1 shows Simple Simon, a young boy in a brown cap, vest, and satchel, looking up with a cheerful expression at a tall, smiling pieman wearing a colorful jester-like outfit, red hat with a feather, and holding a wooden tray filled with pies, set against a bustling fairground with tents, a Ferris wheel, and a crowd under a blue sky. Panel 2 depicts Simple Simon pointing eagerly at a pie held out by the pieman across a stall covered in numerous freshly baked pies. Panel 3 shows the pieman holding out an empty hand, looking sternly down at Simon, asking for payment. Panel 4 portrays Simon looking sad and dejected, holding out his empty hands to the pieman, admitting he has no money, with the fairground in the background.