Letter is the ninth episode of the Salad Fingers series.
Plot
Salad Fingers reads a "letter", which is actually a newspaper clipping, from the Great War in his bedroom. As he finishes reading, a tree branch extends from outside and reaches out to him, of which Salad Fingers responds by grabbing it and biting a piece off. This causes the tree to cry out in pain in a little boy's voice. He then imagines a conversation with the tree in which Salad Fingers is lecturing it (as a father, since the tree refers to him as "daddy"), ending with the tree squeezing Salad Fingers with its branch to the point where he can't breathe.
After having a near-death experience, which he mistakes for the Scarlet Fever, he "gives birth" to an organ. He thinks the organ, which is a large, semi-liquid black mass, is a baby. He decides that his "child" is a girl, whom he affectionately names Yvonne.
Within a few days, Salad Fingers still looks very sick. He makes up his mind because he cannot provide the care that Yvonne needs, and takes her to the Yellow Child's house. He affectionately refers to the Yellow Child as Auntie Bainbridge, and says to Yvonne that Auntie will take care of her.
Before handing her over, however, Salad Fingers seems to forget that Yvonne is his child, and uses her as a wash rag to clean the Yellow Child's windows, instead turning the windows black. When Salad Fingers work is done, he starts eating a sandwich. The episode ends here.
Character Appearances
Debut
Trivia
- During the sequence where Salad Fingers gives "birth" to Yvonne, a face is visible inside his furnace.
Theories
- It's possible that Salad Fingers did not "forget" that Yvonne was his child, but instead had to abruptly end his fantasy when the Yellow Child wouldn't act the way "Aunty Bainbridge" would have. It appears that he had to clumsily construct a new delusion on the spot. His line "Don't qualm, mind. I'll chuck you this'n for nowt (nothing)" might be one part of his psyche telling himself to go along with the new fantasy. During the transition from one fantasy to the next, he stares at the black object intensely for a few seconds. Given the abrupt change in his facial expression during this time, it may be that Salad Fingers is confused as to the significance of this object that he now thinks is a washcloth, and begins to wipe and wash the windows of the house.
Gallery
| Salad Fingers Episodes |
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| Spoons • Friends • Nettles • Cage • Picnic • Present • Shore Leave • Cupboard • Letter • Birthday • Glass Brother • Market • Post Man • Harvest |