Suzy struggles to sleep with noisy birds and raccoons outside her window. She arms her gun to stop their sounds but her mother finds her asleep with headphones on listening to music, having taken diphenhydramine to help her sleep through the noise.

1. Critters, Creatures and A
Good Night’s Sleep
Tiffany Young
Antonio Delgado
Tejas Shah

2. “Chirp, chirp!” the birds taunt her.
Suzy finds herself in a war of sonic chaos,
amongst birds and raccoons.
Then the racoon replies by
clawing through the
wilderness.

3. Suzy has had it. She arms her gun.

4. BAM! BAM! BAM!

5. She takes them
out.

6. Suzy’s mom steps in to check
on Suzy and finds her
peacefully sleeping with her
new headphones on, listening
to “Sleepyhead” and drowsy
on Diphenhydramine.