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PANEL ONE: The next few panels are a montage of instances where JIM wets his pants in front of his mother. In this first one, he’s pushing the grocery cart while his mother shops for groceries.

JIM (narr):
I put it into action immediately: whenever I caught my mind drifting away, like when I was helping my mother get the groceries…

PANEL TWO: JIM wets his pants while daydreaming. His mother is surprised.

JIM:
…I’d wet my pants, pretending not to notice.

PANEL THREE: JIM wets his pants at the mall.

JIM (narr):
I wet them at the shopping mall…

PANEL FOUR: JIM sitting at his desk in his bedroom, soaking his pants in his seat while doing homework.

JIM (narr):
I wet them while doing homework…

PANEL FIVE: JIM is sitting in church with his parents and wetting his suit pants. His mother is shocked, his father is quietly grinning.

JIM (narr):
I even wet myself in church! But the best one was…