Characters
I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says, “I forgot to store acorns for the winter and now I am dead.” It’s funny because the squirrel gets dead!
— Dug • Up
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A cheerfully literal-minded joke: a squirrel tells a tree that it forgot to store acorns for winter and is now dead. The speaker then explains the punchline, insisting it is funny because the squirrel gets dead. The humor lies in the blunt morbid setup and the earnest explanation.
Context reviewed