# The Loose Screw, strip 4 of 4: "If I Forgot It"

**Panel 1.** Willy and Dolly, content. A closet door stands shut at the back of the room.
- John types: "all our locks are tight. were good"

**Panel 2.**
- Dolly: "Is there one you forgot?"
- John types: "if i forgot it how would i know"

**Panel 3.** No words. Willy and Dolly turn and look at the closet door.

**Panel 4.** The closet door has swung wide open toward us. The closet is crammed full of boxes and things, and a shoe has just tumbled out onto the floor. On the inside of the closet door is an old lock, the same as the front door's, with one loose screw. Willy, beside it, yells.
- Willy, yelling: "FOUND IT! ALSO YOUR OTHER SHOE!"
- John types: "i looked everywhere for that shoe"

**Who's who.** Willy is a red teardrop bot who jumps right in; when he finishes a job, a tally mark appears beside him. Dolly is a mustard-yellow dot 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/wd078.png
All four strips and the short: https://willyanddolly.com/the-loose-screw/