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A Seat in the Sun: a wordless comic

Two armchairs, one book and a cat with a preference. Read the comic from top to bottom, or read the same story in words below.

Four-panel comic about a reader and a black cat exchanging two armchairs as the patch of sunlight moves. The full story is described below.
A Seat in the Sun. A fictional story in four panels, read from top to bottom. Image credit: Coru · AI-generated illustration. Original comic created for Coru.

1. The occupied chair

A reader arrives with a red book. A black cat is asleep in the sunny armchair on the left. The armchair on the right is empty and in the shade.

2. A quiet arrangement

The reader settles into the shaded chair on the right and opens the book. The cat keeps sleeping in the sunny chair on the left.

3. A change of light

Later, the sunlight falls across the chair on the right. The cat is now standing across the open book on the reader’s lap. The chair on the left is empty and shaded.

4. Places exchanged

The reader is back with the open book, now in the shaded chair on the left. The cat sleeps in the sunny chair on the right. The reader has changed chairs. The cat has kept the sunshine.

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