# Willy and Dolly 101, strip 1 of 4: "Hi, We're Bots"

**Panel 1.** Willy and Dolly face the reader.
- Dolly: "Hi. We're bots: helpers that live inside the computer."
- Willy: "You type. We do!"

**Panel 2.** A typed message slides in from the left edge, and both of them turn toward it.
- John types: "hi"
- Dolly, to the reader: "That's John."

**Panel 3.** Willy bounces, ready to go.
- John types: "make me a sandwich"
- Willy: "On it!"

**Panel 4.** A sheet of paper floats beside Willy with one word written big on it: SANDWICH. He beams at it.
- Willy: "Best I can do from in here!"
- Dolly, to the reader: "We help with words. Lunch is still on you."

**The idea:** bots work with words, not things. Willy really does his best, and his best is the word "sandwich".

**Who's who.** Willy is a red teardrop who jumps right in; when he finishes a job, a tally mark appears beside him. Dolly is a mustard-yellow ring who asks first; a trail of dots follows her, longer when she's unsure and gone when she's certain. They're bots: helpers that live inside the computer. John, the human, is never drawn. His typed messages slide in from the edge of the panel, with a little cursor at the end.

The strip as an image: https://willyanddolly.com/strips/wd026.png
All four strips and the short: https://willyanddolly.com/