Groo the Wanderer

Last night, I read Hylah a bedtime story. She chose to read one of her Groo comics (cover pictured).
Groo (for those not in the know) is a comedy/adventure title created and drawn by Sergio Aragones -- long-time and most famous for being a Mad Magazine contributor/artist.
I have a rather large personal comic book collection (approx. 1,200 individual books), that I've shared with my family and Hylah really took to these books. At first, she just liked the caricature style of SA, but now that she's reading and understanding, she is now enjoying the writing of the book.
Anyway, last night while we were reading, there was a gag in the story that she thought was hilarious.

The gag is as follows:
A corrupt king fearing invasion from enemies hires Groo to protect a bridge. However, he did not tell Groo to keep anyone from crossing the bridge. When an invading army arrives at said bridge, they are surprised that Groo is letting them pass (They are, after all, not attacking the bridge). Needless to say, the invading army attacks the city and the king's men are defeated. Of course, Groo is proud of himself that he made sure that the bridge was safe not realizing that his literal interpretation of the assignment resulted in the defeat of the army he was hired to protect. (It reads better in the book, but that's the gist of it)

Anyway, when Hylah realized what happened in the story, she just busted out laughing and couldn't stop for almost 5 minutes. She really got a case of the 'giggles'. I caught it too and was tearing up, because I couldn't stop either. It was really great to see her enjoy fully this book that I gave to her almost 3 years ago and it was really an awesome experience to share such a big laugh with her in such a spontaneous way. Also, it was a great way to wind down after a long day. We had approx. 3 weeks worth of laundry that we finished, and during the time Jane and I spent doing that, Hylah was hard at work on her research project for school on Aikido. I guess the point of this is to note how proud I am of her work and her effort in school and, most importantly, her development as a person.