#2: Rat Race

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Panel 1 Panel 1, vertical rectangle: view of the bottom front of a green canoe with a small gray fish (Betty Boops Boops) holding the end of a paddle and looking down at a rat (Ratsuvius) on a bicycle. Ratsuvius is wearing a red riding jersey with the number 111 pinned to the back. He is looking sidewards and is wearing a white helmet. Betty Boops Boops says in a diagonal text box, "Good luck Ratsuvius. I hope you win." Ratsuvius replies in an upside down text box, "Thanks, but I don't ride to win."
Panel 2 Horizontal rectangle to the lower right, Ratsuvius says in a text box oriented upside right, "Even if you win the rat race, you're still gonna keep riding."

Panel 3 Square, Betty Boops Boops says, "I thought it was even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat."

Panel 4 Ratsuvius replies, "Exactly. The two are synonymous.