All stories

Visual story · 11 panels

Papa’s Last Day at the Ice Rink

Papa is coaching a children’s skating class when smoke fills the old rink. He gets everyone safely outside, becomes dizzy from the smoke, and is blamed by the manager—until he finally decides he has had enough.

cats · ice skating · rescue · work

01 / 11
Papa, a large orange cat in a blue scarf, leads a group of kittens around a cone during an indoor ice-skating lesson.
Papa lifts one skate to demonstrate a balance exercise while the kittens follow behind him.
Papa and the kittens notice thick smoke pouring from a microwave in the rink’s back room.
In the smoke-filled rink, the alarmed coach points helmeted kittens toward the illuminated exit.
Papa uses a megaphone to direct young skaters and their families toward the exit through the smoke.
Papa holds open the bright exit and waves groups of kittens and adults out of the smoky rink.
Papa checks the crowded rink and points the last skaters toward the doors as the evacuation continues.
Outside the snowy rink, a dizzy Papa sits on the ground holding his head beside a pair of skates while families walk away.
Papa remains alone on the curb in his skates, clutching his head and chest as smoke rises behind the rink.
The rink manager angrily points at the exhausted coach and blames him while worried kittens watch.
Papa stands up angrily and points back at the startled manager in front of the gathered families.