Everyone S A Aliebn When Ur A Aliebn Too - Jomny Sun
Everyone S A Aliebn When Ur A Aliebn Too - Jomny Sun
com
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everyone’s a aliebn
humabns yes.
humabns
so.. ur leavig me
here all alone
well we will
check on u in
case u mess
anythig up
so.. ur leavig me
here all alone
well we will
check on u in
case u mess
anythig up
ok
ok can we
go alredy
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everyone’s
a aliebn
when ur a
aliebn too
a book
by jomny sun
everyone’s
a aliebn
when ur a
aliebn too
a book
by jomny sun
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helo. are u
a earbth
creatur
yes! i hav met a hum
i hav met a humabn
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are u gona
run screamig
from me then
oh.. thamk u
RUN! RUN AS
FAST AS YOU
CAN! FASTER!
SAVE
URSELVES!
LEAVE ME
BEHIMD
AND SAVE
no
URSELVES
RUN! RUN AS
AST AS YOU
AN! FASTER!
SAVE
URSELVES!
LEAVE ME
BEHIMD
AND SAVE
URSELVES
run!
R-U-N!
run!
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ok
helo wat are u
ok
isnt that
EXCITIMG
who are you
oh, im a introvert,
which is diferent
from a extrovert
oh, im a introvert,
which is diferent
from a extrovert
whats that
hi..
H-I. hi
oh yeah bees.
u like this? do u like
what i got?
u like what u see?
becuase theres plenty
of me to go around
hi..
H-I. hi
u swim OceanofPDF.com
helo
otter!
No, no wait.
I’m an auteur.
No, no wait.
I’m an auteur.
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helo who are u
ISNT IT
EXCITING
that is the gift
of beimg a baby
ISNT IT
EXCITING
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wat is a
gift? can i
have a gift
oh.. i actualy
learned to stop
giving things to
sombody just
because they
want somthing
i dont think
that woud end
well for me
i dont think
that woud end
well for me
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wat if i give
u a hug
oh i love hugs. but
realy, u dont hav to
give me anythimg to
be my friend
wats a frien
oh i love hugs. but
realy, u dont hav to
give me anythimg to
be my friend
wats a friend
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a friend is anyone or
anything who shares a
life with u that you woud
never be able to
experiemce without them
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ok
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im jomny
oh.. lucky.
who are you?
im jomny
oh.. lucky.
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i love u, i love u
not. i love u, i love
u not. i love u
will u bee
my friemds
im sory..
we cant. im
afraid we will
accidentally
sting u
wait helo
im sory i am sory i
friemd!
have to work and
i dont hav time
to be ur friend im
sory cant u see im
in a hury here
wait helo
im sory i am sory i
have to work and
i dont hav time
to be ur friend im
sory cant u see im
in a hury here
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bbut i need to
work, please stay
out of my dam
business
then please stop
STEALIMG MY
BRANCHES
YES
THEY
ARE
THOSE
ARE MY
ARMS
then please stop
STEALIMG MY
BRANCHES THEYRE
NOT URS
YES
THEY IM SORY BUT
ARE THEYRE MY DAM
BRANCHES NOW
THOSE
ARE MY
ARMS
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WAT IF I NEVER H ATCH?! OR
WAT
IF I DO HATCH AND ITS THE
BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE BUT
THEN I NEVER GET TO H ATCH
AGAIN?! WAT IF I WANT TO
HATCH BUT ALSO NEVER H ATCH?!
CAN I DO BOTH?! OR NEITHER?
why are u so
woried? ur a egg!
thats not fair. u
alredy know who
u are
but ur a
egg
thats not fair. u
alredy know who
but ur a
egg
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he
shoud
supose be more
like us
he is
research
alredy
too
weird
he
shoud
be more
like us
he is
alredy
too
weird
ya
the
humabns
are
weird
ya
ya
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i feel alone
Y O U A R E
N O T A L O N E .
I A M H E R E .
Y O U A R E
N O T A L O N E .
I A M H E R E .
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N O B O D Y .
who are u
I A M
N O T H I N G
who are u
I A M
N O T H I N G .
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oh phew
i thought
sombody was
talkimg to me
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S I G H . .
look, everyone! we
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can see the sky
agaim! wat has
happened
i love art. to
experiemce sombodys
art is to be invited
into a silent
conversation they
are having with
themself
Yes, my dear. In fact, art
allows us to remember things
we have never done and go to
places we have never been.
Yes, my dear. In fact, art
allows us to remember things
we have never done and go to
places we have never been.
like swiming
like swiming
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Oh, dear. Yes.. well, no. You see, my
dears, making art is one of the only
ways we can tell ourselves who we
once were and who we aspire to be.
like a baby,
or a humabn
Oh, dear. Yes.. well, no. You see, my
dears, making art is one of the only
ways we can tell ourselves who we
once were and who we aspire to be.
like a baby,
or a humabn
do u wamt
to play im sory. i have too
much dam work to
do and i dont think
i will have enough
time to finish
ok
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helo friemd--
rol
rol
rol rol
rol rol
rol rol
oll
rol
rol rol
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why does
everyone i love
always leave
are u ok
im not even a
apple tree
plonk!
helo, i am a
chameloen.
now u canot
see me
no ur not..
ur a turtel
wearing a tiny
camoflage vest
how long did
it take u to
make that
vest?
can i hav
a vest too
how long did
it take u to
make that
can i hav
a vest too
ahhhhh
ahhhhh
nno
nno
how
ca
n u
how
ca
n u
see
me
see
me
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so why do u want
to dance now
i want to
make a art!
i want to
perform!
but i thought u
were a introvert
and wat beter way to
spend time with urself
than by learning how
much u are able to do!
and wat beter way to
spend time with urself
than by learning how
much u are able to do!
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..please stop
lookig at me
..please stop
lookig at me
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wats wrong
somtimes a
caterpilar will
wait too long
and die in its
cocoon before
ever becoming a
buterfly
somtimes a
caterpilar will
wait too long
and die in its
cocoon before
ever becoming a
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wee!
im free!
oh im sory
oh no im sory
but ur right..
no dont cry
oh wow the
truth stings
im sorry i cant
help it
im free!
oh no im sory
but ur right..
oh wow the
truth stings
im sorry i cant
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JOMNY!
mel!
how is ur
home plamnet
how is ur
home plamnet
IT IS GOOB.
HOW IS
YOURS.
it is goob
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when two aliebns
fimd each other in a
strange place, it feels
a litle more like home
when two aliebns
fimd each other in a
strange place, it feels
a litle more like home
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OK BYE
bye
OK BYE
bye
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hi
OH HELO,
I DIDNT
SEE YOU
THERE
OH HELO,
I DIDNT
SEE YOU
THERE
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every night i have the same nightmare..
that sombody is goimg to cut me open
and lobotomize me. in that same dream
my heart has been set on fire. i think
it just means i am afraid of dying
every night i have the same nightmare..
that sombody is goimg to cut me open
and lobotomize me. in that same dream
my heart has been set on fire. i think
it just means i am afraid of dying
wat hapens
after we die
nobody knows.
thats why it
is scarey
maybe the
reason why we
dont know is
becuase it is so
wonderful that
nobody ever
thought to
turn back
aroumd to
tell us
maybe the
reason why we
dont know is
becuase it is so
wonderful that
nobody ever
thought to
turn back
aroumd to
maybe
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wat hapens
after u die
nothing
wat
wat do u think
under this sheet
go ahead.
take my hand
wat do u think is
under this sheet?
go ahead.
take my hand
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S E E ?
I T I S J U S T M E
N O T H I N G .
H E L L O A G
S E E ?
I T I S J U S T M E ,
N O T H I N G .
H E L L O A G A I N .
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B E I N G A F R A I D
O F D E A T H I S
T H E S A M E A S
B E I N G A F R A I D
O F N O T H I N G .
somhow i am not
comforted
B U T H O W C A N
Y O U B E A F R A I D O F
M E ? I A M N O T M A D
O F A N Y T H I N G . T H E R
A R E N O S C A R Y T H I N G
I N S I D E M E . S E E ?
now im afraid of
everything
W A I T , N - N O .
D O N O T B E A
C A N Y O U J U S
B E A F R A I D A
B U T H O W C A N
Y O U B E A F R A I D O F
M E ? I A M N O T M A D E
O F A N Y T H I N G . T H E R E
A R E N O S C A R Y T H I N G S
I N S I D E M E . S E E ?
now im afraid of
everything
W A I T , N - N O . P L E A S E
D O N O T B E A F R A I D .
C A N Y O U J U S T N O T
B E A F R A I D A T A L L ?
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i cant do it.
Don’t fret, my dear. If art is the
i cant art. translation of the ephemeral into
already beautiful.
i cant do it.
Don’t fret, my dear. If art is the
i cant art. translation of the ephemeral into
already beautiful.
ok
ok
did u understamd
that at all
did u understamd
that at all
not realy
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hi!
hi! wow!
ur beautiful!
hi! wow!
ur beautiful!
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wait! i think
im changing
now too!
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i thought
i’d be
beautiful
i thimk ur
beautiful
i thimk ur
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HEY!
HEY!
HI! HI!
we are hapy to
provide comforbt
HEY!
for u to be
walkimg on!
thamk u
for being
gentle when
if a tree falls in
love with the forest
but it doesnt make
a sound, will the
forest ever hear it
hello.
H-E-L-L-O.
hello.
hello.
H-E-L-L-O.
hello.
whos
that
who.
W-H-O.
who
whos
that
who.
W-H-O.
who
a flyimg
flower
wowe
a flyimg
flower
im shy
im shy
i used to be a
worm but now
everyone lovs me
i used to be a
worm but now
everyone lovs me
i know how
u feel. i used
to be a stick.
maybe wat
everybody
realy loves is
just our petals
hi
hi
hi
hi
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wow, u realy
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understand me.
may i.. may i
land on u?
yes
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lets
go
sory
JOMNY COULD U
STOP WATCHING
PLEASE
JOMNY COULD U
STOP WATCHING
PLEASE
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im so woried
abot what i
will hatch into
well.. wat do u
want to be?
I DONT KNOW.
EVERYTHING
DONT KNOW.
VERYTHING
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ok
WAT
HAPENED OceanofPDF.com
TO FLOWER?
FLOWER IS
GONE
I DONT KNOW.
I DONT KNOW
WHY DID
THIS
HAPEN
I DONT KNOW
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im so sorry. but
u are our friend
now and we will but wat did
look after u and ever do for
we are friends
now ok
friend.
F-R-I-E-N-D.
friend
im so sorry. but
u are our friend
now and we will but wat did i
look after u and ever do for u
we are friends
u taught
us that we
dont have
to define
ourselves by
who we are
infatuated
with
F-R-I-E-N-D.
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i wish i had
friemds
oh no! the
glowing lentil
is leaving
come
now we will back
be shrouded in lentil!
eternal darkness
for eternity again
oh no! the
glowing lentil
is leaving dont go into
the water!
u’ll drown
come
now we will back
be shrouded in lentil!
we are
strictly ur
colleagues
are u my
friemds
what?
no
our species
u have no
functions
friemds. we
perfebctly
have no friemds
without friem
our species
u have no
functions
friemds. we
perfebctly
have no friemds
without friemds
ya
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hey look!
the lentil
came back
give it
but its over space
here now
give it
space!
i am glad
the lentil
is back
the eternal
darkness is not thamk u lentil
eternal we love u
goobye strictly
coleagues
goobye strictly
coleagues
ok welcome to frog
trainimg. since i have
become a frog i have
learned hapily how to
be a frog. this is wat
i learned. the most
importamt thing
abot frogs is frogs
like
can jump
this
ok welcome to frog
trainimg. since i have
become a frog i have
learned hapily how to
be a frog. this is wat
i learned. the most
importamt thing
abot frogs is frogs
like
this
now u try
now u try
roll
..ok
roll
..ok
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hi
hi
hi
libke this?
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ur a very
strange frog
to breathe
strange frog
ok
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if ur always hapy are
u ever truly hapy, or is
hapiness only somthing
we see in u becuase
we know sadness
if ur always hapy are
u ever truly hapy, or is
hapiness only somthing
we see in u becuase
we know sadness
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WAIT NO
DONT DO THIS
I MIGHT STING
U
WAIT NO
DONT DO THIS
I MIGHT STING
U
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everything
hapens for
a raisin
i have lived
a good life
a grape falls off a vine.. ..and dries.
everything
hapens for
a raisin
i have lived
a good life
me too
me too
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come back to
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Y O U C A N N O T
F E E L I T B U T
I A M G I V I N G
Y O U A H U G
R I G H T N O W .
Y O U C A N N O T
F E E L I T B U T
I A M G I V I N G
Y O U A H U G
R I G H T N O W .
thamk u,
Nothing
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why is
it cold
why is
it cold
IT IS
COLD
BECUASE
EARBTH
wat is this wat did
IS DYING
you DO?!
IT IS
COLD
BECUASE
EARBTH
wat did
IS DYING
you DO?!
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how coud u do
this?! do u know
how liable we are
if earbth dies and
u are here? we
have to leave! now
wait please
let me say
goobye then
how coud u do
this?! do u know ok fine but u
how liable we are canot tell them
if earbth dies and their planet is
dying. u canot
u are here? we
save them.
have to leave! now
hury. we will
come back to
wait please get u
let me say
goobye then
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P E R S O N A L L Y ,
I L I K E T H E S N O W . .
I T C R E A T E S M O R E
N O T H I N G . E A R T H
I S N O T D Y I N G . . I T
I S J U S T G E T T I N G
S I M P L E R .
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helo. i brought u
somthing. this is stick
this is branch.
its made of sticks
r
whir
r
whir
this is branch.
its made of sticks
r
whir
r
whir
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tta- ta-t
rra- a-
ta
this is tree.
it makes sticks
ft-fft- ft-fft
-
ftt
oh no where
are u going
wow.. a real
life updog
-fft- ft-fft
-
ftt
oh no where
wow.. a real
life updog
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ptatt
tt
hap
rttr
rttp
a
tta
rptt
p
ptatt
t i am always hapy
but then it saden
me that i can nev
express how hapy
i am in words so
others understand
rttr
rttp
a
tta
rptt
p
i am always hapy
but then it sadens
me that i can never
express how hapy
i am in words so
others understand
i think abot all those
who i love. if i can never
express how hapy i am
to those who i love, can
i ever truly be hapy
i think abot all those
who i love. if i can never
express how hapy i am
to those who i love, can
i ever truly be hapy
tatatt
rt
tatatt
rt
ttat
ttat
ttat
ttat
tta
tta
can i ever be
truly hapy if
i am alone in
my hapiness
can i ever be
truly hapy if
i am alone in
my hapiness
ptta
ptta
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tta OceanofPDF.com
i wish i was
like that.
always so hapy.
ya
i wish i was
like that.
always so hapy.
ya
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B U T W H Y W O U L D
K N O W I N G M E
M A K E A N Y B O D Y
S A D ? I A M Q U I T E
P L E A S A N T O N C E
Y O U G E T T O
K N O W M E .
im sory, Nothing.
maybe u are just
harder to get to
know because ur
only around when
others are not
im sory, Nothing.
maybe u are just
harder to get to
know because ur
only around when
others are not
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i’ve been wonderimg why
the lonely ones make the
most beautifubl music and
i thimk its because theyre
the ones most invested in
filling the silence
i’ve been wonderimg why
the lonely ones make the
most beautifubl music and
i thimk its because theyre
the ones most invested in
filling the silence
i love lentils
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B U T W H Y D O E S
S I L E N C E N E E D T O
B E F I L L E D A T A L L ?
I L O V E S I L E N C E .
I T I S M Y F A V O R I T E
M U S I C
i dont know,
Nothing. i guess
somtimes it is
dificult to hear
i dont know,
Nothing. i guess
somtimes it is
dificult to hear
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whenever i wake
up from my naps,
everything is usualy
gone. the whole
world changes
PLEA
WORRY. I WILL
STILL BE
HERE.
NOTHING WILL
DISA
PLEASE DONT
WORRY. I WILL
STILL BE
HERE.
NOTHING WILL
DISAPEAR
O H . . M A Y B E
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I S H O U L D
D I S A P P E A R . I
D O N O T T H I N K
A N Y B O D Y H E R E
N E E D S M E . I
A M G O I N G T O
L E A V E .
no dont leave,
dont be sad
I A M S O R R Y .
I C A N N O T .
F O R T H E F I R S T
T I M E , I F E E L . .
E M P T Y .
I A M G
T O G O
M Y S A D
S O M E W
. . G O O D -
I A M S O R R Y .
I C A N N O T .
F O R T H E F I R S T
T I M E , I F E E L . .
E M P T Y .
I A M G O I N G
T O G O E N J O Y
M Y S A D N E S S
S O M E W H E R E
E L S E , B Y
M Y S E L F .
. . G O O D - B Y E .
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NOTHING
ED
DISAPEAR
ED NOTHING
WE NE
WE ALL
LOVE
NOTHING
NOTHING
MATTER
S
WE ALL
LOVE
NOTHING
NOTHING
MATTER
S
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W O W . . Y O U
R E A L L Y L I K E
M E . O K A Y ,
I W I L L
C O M E
B A C K N O W .
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W A I T . . W H E R E
I S E V E R Y B O D Y
G O I N G ?
-
wow. W-O
W.
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ok, helo
frog
i have decided that i am
a frog now. i may be a
very strange frog, but
i am a frog nonetheless
ok, helo
i have decided that i am
a frog now. i may be a
very strange frog, but
i am a frog nonetheless
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but u will
always have
oh, well, no.
ur home
my home is
gone.
if u dont have a
home.. just build one!
if u dont have a
home.. just build one!
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..what?
..what?
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WHERE ARE
YOU GOING?!
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if a tree falls in a
forest and nobody
hears it, perhaps the
tree wanted to fall
simply to fall, and not
to show itself falling.
the harder it is to say
goobye to sombody, the
luckier u are to have
met sombody ur going
to miss
the harder it is to say
goobye to sombody, the
luckier u are to have
met sombody ur going
to miss
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perhaps the only
thing sadder than
saying goobye to a
friend is knowimg
that they will never
be the same as who u
remember them to be
perhaps the only
thing sadder than
saying goobye to a
friend is knowimg
that they will never
be the same as who u
remember them to be
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another owl.
wow, you think i’m an owl? to
enough to be an owl.
rs as a way to
r and remeber me too.
oh wow. maybe we are
. we are all both owls then.
wow, you think i’m an owl? to
enough to be an owl.
wats wrong
spaceship.
S-P-A
. U-F-O.
spaceship.
S-P-A..
. U-F-O.
I C ANT KEEP IT A
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SECRET
ANYMORE! DID U KNOW
THAT E ARBTH IS DYING?!
AND I H AVE TO LE AVE
AND IM GON A LEAVE
U ALL BEHIMD AND UR
ALL GONN A DIE. IM SORY
thats ok. we all alredy
know that we are going
to die one day. and as
for earbth, well, i suppose
its always dying. but so
are all of us and so is
everything. so its ok
thats ok. we all alredy
know that we are going
to die one day. and as
for earbth, well, i suppose
its always dying. but so
are all of us and so is
everything. so its ok
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but.. arent u
woried about
dying
oh all the time. but
thats okay. i got u a
going-away gift. can i
show it to you
oh all the time. but
thats okay. i got u a
going-away gift. can i
show it to you
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i have to
leave now
it does?
i made u a gift.
i want u to have
this snowball. it is perfebt.
to remember us by thamk you.
it looks just
like earbth
it does?
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i get to go home
today. thank u,
humabns, for teachimg
me wat it is like
to be a humabn. i
learmed a lot. goobye.
um wait..
we are not
humans.
None of us
are humans,
my dear.
ALL THE
HUMANS
DIED A
LONG
TIME AGO
None of us
are humans,
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oh.. so ur all
aliebns?
well, i supose
everyone’s a
aliebn when ur
a aliebn too
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i have failed
my mission
wronger than i
thought i could.
i did not learn
a thimg about
being human.
lets go home
i have failed
my mission
wronger than i
thought i could.
i did not learn
a thimg about
being human.
lets go home
why isnt
jomny wearing
any shoes
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goobye
goobye
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why wat is i
so qu are u t wat
iet
u th are
abot inkig
why
why .
u are
dife
rent
i am
being just
hapy
get that i
to f
eel s
ad
why are u
so diferent
from us
are
how did u
why get even more
why .
u are diferent
dife
rent
how did the
why are u humabns
so diferent make u even
from us more diferent
somehow
how did u
get even more
diferent
why is
the floor
wet
oh no my
snowball
melted
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about the author
artist, playwright, and comedy writer. His work across multiple discipl
the Yale School of Drama, and in Toronto at Hart House Theatre and
artist and illustrator, he has had his art exhibited at MIT, Yale, New Ha
artist, playwright, and comedy writer. His work across multiple disciplines broadly addresses
narratives of human experience. As a playwright, Jonathan has had his pieces performed at
the Yale School of Drama, and in Toronto at Hart House Theatre and Factory Theatre. As an
artist and illustrator, he has had his art exhibited at MIT, Yale, New Haven ArtSpace, and the
University of Toronto. His work has appeared on NPR and BuzzFeed, as well as in
GQ, and McSweeney’s. In his other life, he is a doctoral student at MIT and a
The primary typeface for the book is GFY Palmer, designed by Chank
Fonts in 2003.
The typeface used for the character of Otter is Bell MT STD, base
series in 1931, which was inspired by original types made by Richard A
Bell Foundry in the 1780s.
The typeface used for jomny’s activity log in the endpapers is Helvetic
Max Miedinger in 1983.
The typeface used on the front cover is the author’s personal handwr
about the fonts
The primary typeface for the book is GFY Palmer, designed by Chank Diesel for Chank
Fonts in 2003.
The typeface used for the character of Nothing is Futura, designed by Paul Renner in
1927, with extra-wide kerning.
The typeface used for the character of Otter is Bell MT STD, based on Monotype’s Bell
series in 1931, which was inspired by original types made by Richard Austin for the John
Bell Foundry in the 1780s.
The typeface used for jomny’s notebook drawings is Kuenstler Script LT STD, designed by
the in-house studio at the D Stempel AG Type Foundry in 1902.
The typeface used for jomny’s activity log in the endpapers is Helvetica Neue, designed by
Max Miedinger in 1983.
The typeface used on the front cover is the author’s personal handwriting.
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acknowledgments
For putting up with me and for the endless patience, insight, and feed
editor at HarperPerennial.
For being my guides through all of this: Daniel Greenberg and Tim
Wojcik, my agents at LGR Literar y.
For believing in the book and making it a real thing: Kathryn, Heat
Jamie, Leydiana, Milan, Mary, Abby, and everyone at HarperPerennial.
For inspiration, feedback, support and friendship: Sarah, Alex, Chet, Dana
Shock, Lin-Manuel, Clint, Jeffrey and Joseph, Dan, Adam, Chiara, Pep and Phi
Kian and Carina, Nina, Kevin, Wills, Elena, Zach, Mahdi, Mun Hee, Amy, Sam
Tony, Chaewon, Amanda, Ryan, Dennis, Christer, Andrew, Mike, Nick and Orn
Twitter and everyone at Twitter and everyone on Twitter, everyone at MIT,
everyone at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, everywhere I have been able t
find a home, and every home that would take me.
For their advice: Reza, Megan, Oliver, Mara, Elan, Jacob, Frank, J
and Avery.
For their endless love, support, and opinions; for making me who I a
Mom and Dad.
For constantly helping me grow and develop my voice; for being the
I will always try to make laugh: Chris.
For every day, every night, and everything; for making me the luckiest: Eli
acknowledgments
i always love reading acknowledgments pages in books in the same way that i love
sitting through all the movie credits until they are over. seeing all the names of
people involved in a project can be overwhelming, once you start imagining how many
full, entire lives a project was a part of, and how many full, entire lives it took
to will a project into the world. even though that always fills me with the feeling
of there being too much air in the world for my lungs to breathe in, it also
makes me feel like the world is smaller, and kinder, than i imagine it to be. no
thing can come into the world through one person alone, and reading all those names
is a testament to the fact that nothing can exist without people. it reminds me
that creation needs people, that people need people, and that acts of love cannot
happen without entire villages believing in them, supporting them, and holding them up.
For putting up with me and for the endless patience, insight, and feedback: Eric Meyers, my
editor at HarperPerennial.
For being my guides through all of this: Daniel Greenberg and Tim
Wojcik, my agents at LGR Literar y.
For believing in the book and making it a real thing: Kathryn, Heather,
Jamie, Leydiana, Milan, Mary, Abby, and everyone at HarperPerennial.
For inspiration, feedback, support and friendship: Sarah, Alex, Chet, Dana,
Shock, Lin-Manuel, Clint, Jeffrey and Joseph, Dan, Adam, Chiara, Pep and Phil,
Kian and Carina, Nina, Kevin, Wills, Elena, Zach, Mahdi, Mun Hee, Amy, Sam,
Tony, Chaewon, Amanda, Ryan, Dennis, Christer, Andrew, Mike, Nick and Ornella,
Twitter and everyone at Twitter and everyone on Twitter, everyone at MIT,
everyone at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, everywhere I have been able to
find a home, and every home that would take me.
For their advice: Reza, Megan, Oliver, Mara, Elan, Jacob, Frank, Jory,
For their endless love, support, and opinions; for making me who I am:
Mom and Dad.
For constantly helping me grow and develop my voice; for being the person
I will always try to make laugh: Chris.
For every day, every night, and everything; for making me the luckiest: Elissa.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and inci
the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not
real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations,
dead, is entirely coincidental.
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day 19: a humabn is just a small sad thing covered in many layers
when u are woried abot who u are suposed to be, u never get to learn who u
are day 24: two bee or not two bee friemds. that is the questiob. i wamt two
bee friemds day 25: a stressed humabn helps nobody not even themselves
day 27: if u dont know who u are u will never be hapy with who u are going to
becom day 28: what is ♥ day 29: oh. i have been told that i am failing my
mision day 30: the humabns have discovered religion day 32: it soumds like
art is.. a form of lying..? that makes humabns feel good..?? day 33:
that some humabns like being busy more than they like being friemds
i do not kno wat a city is but it appears to make humabns grunpy
humabns like to pretemd to be things they are not and i donot know why they
like to do that becuase then it makes them sad
activitey log
a humabn is just a small sad thing covered in many layers day 21:
when u are woried abot who u are suposed to be, u never get to learn who u
two bee or not two bee friemds. that is the questiob. i wamt two
bee friemds day 25: a stressed humabn helps nobody not even themselves
if u dont know who u are u will never be hapy with who u are going to
day 28: what is ♥ day 29: oh. i have been told that i am failing my
day 30: the humabns have discovered religion day 32: it soumds like
art is.. a form of lying..? that makes humabns feel good..?? day 33: it apears
that some humabns like being busy more than they like being friemds day 34:
i do not kno wat a city is but it appears to make humabns grunpy day 36:
humabns like to pretemd to be things they are not and i donot know why they
like to do that becuase then it makes them sad
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day 37: i have never seen a chameleon in real life and
means i havent or i have day 38: working with urself
dificult colaboration day 40: treat every day on earth
on earth because it is, until u spend another day
somtimes a caterpilar will be too excited to becom
comes out of its cocoon too early day 44: humabns e
alarming ways day 45: humabns arent afraid of aliebns
things that are diferent day 47: a dream is a art that
entertain itself while u are asleep day 48: wat happens
49: Nothing happens after you die day 50:
is art. is talkimg art day 55: somtimes a caterpillar s
right amount of time in its cocoon that it
somtimes humabns are sad abot Nothing day 89: the humabns do
not realize that Nothing is beautifubl day 90: when Nothing changes,
everythimg changes day 91: Nothing realy matters, even if nobodey
knows it day 93: humabns put too much presure on their dam work
to make them hapy day 95: if u are true to urself u will always
become urself day 96: if u are true to ur art it will always be art
98: if u are true to others u will always become a home
hapiness is accepting that sadness will always exist and then
decidimg to be hapy anyway day 100: the best gifts are not things u
give to sombody but things u share with sombody day 101:
replace “i have to..” with “i get to..” then human life becoms
AMAZIMG day 102: u can only truly understamd wat home is when u
have to leave it day 103: somtimes leaving feels a lot like being left
behind day 104: the universe is most generous when somehow,
agaimst all odds, it finds a way of telling you ur seeing somethimg
for the last time in ur life. end of activitey log
hen the earbth is dying
earbth is not dying
day
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