Comic #5900: babel

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Panel 1:
Kid: "Dad, why are there different languages?"
Dad: "One time, some people built a tower."

Panel 2:
Text: "The tower went way up high, into the sky."
(An illustration shows the tower reaching high into the sky.)

Panel 3:
Text: "But it got so high, it fell."
(An illustration shows the tower collapsing with an explosion.)

Panel 4:
Text: "People at the top hit hardest, emitting guttural yelling sounds. They became today's Germans."
Person: "Ach! Nein!"

Panel 5:
Text: "People at the bottom had soft landings. Sound was gently pressed out of them, making airy, musical speech. That's where French people come from."
Person: "Ouïlouclease bleausois debleau…"

Panel 6:
Text: "The people of China were in the middle, trapped under heavy building materials, forcing them to develop a complex pictographic—"
Kid: "Dad! You can just tell me you don't know!"

Panel 7:
Text: "Now, English was created after the fall, on a dare between a Viking, a Frisian, a Frenchman, and—"
Kid: "Mom! He won't stop!"

This transcription captures the text and dialogue accurately.