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Dad: "AHHH, WHAT A DAY!"

Dad: "UP AT DAWN! FRESH AIR! TRANQUILITY! NO DEMANDS, NO PHONES, NO PRESSURE!"

By Wild Rescue HubPublished about a year ago 1 min read

Panel 1:

Dad: "AHHH, WHAT A DAY!"

(Dad and Calvin are sitting in a boat, with Dad happily rowing.)

Panel 2:

Dad: "UP AT DAWN! FRESH AIR! TRANQUILITY! NO DEMANDS, NO PHONES, NO PRESSURE!"

(Dad continues rowing, while Calvin sits disinterestedly in the boat.)

Panel 3:

Dad: "THE WHOLE DAY IS ONE'S OWN! ISN'T THIS GREAT? ISN'T THIS THE LIFE?"

(Calvin remains uninterested while Dad beams happily.)

Panel 4:

Narration (Calvin’s imagination): "SPACEMAN SPIFF, A PRISONER ON THE ZOG SLAVE GALLEY, PLANS HIS DARING OVERBOARD ESCAPE!"

Calvin (as Spaceman Spiff): "AHH, WHAT A DAY!"

(Calvin imagines himself on a galactic slave ship, rowing with comic desperation while wearing goggles.)

Panel 1:

Calvin: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE TRANSMOGRIFIER? WHY WON'T IT WORK??"

Hobbes: "YOU INVENTED IT, YOU TELL ME."

Panel 2:

Calvin: "DON'T TELL ME I'M STUCK AS AN OWL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!"

Hobbes: "I THINK OWLS MOSTLY EAT MICE. I SUPPOSE WE COULD CATCH SOME IN THE YARD."

Panel 3:

Calvin: "THIS IS AWFUL! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!"

Hobbes: "UGGH, I COULD NEVER EAT A MOUSE RAW. THEIR LITTLE FEET ARE PROBABLY REAL COLD GOING DOWN."

Panel 4:

Calvin (angrily): "WILL YOU FORGET THE STUPID MICE AND HELP ME THINK?!"

Hobbes: "I WONDER IF PET STORES WILL SELL YOU A MOUSE IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO EAT IT?"

Panel 1:

Calvin (frustrated):

"IT'S TOO EARLY TO BE IN BED. IT'S HARDLY EVEN DARK OUT. WHY DO I HAVE TO BE IN BED? IT'S RIDICULOUS."

(Calvin is angrily talking while Hobbes is already lying in bed.)

Panel 2:

Calvin (shouting):

"I'M NOT EVEN TIRED! I DON'T NEED TO BE IN BED! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!"

(Calvin is sitting up in bed, waving his arms dramatically.)

Panel 3:

Calvin (grumbling):

"IT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I CAN IMAGINE! I THINK MOM AND DAD ARE JUST TRYING TO GET RID OF ME. I CAN'T SLEEP AT ALL... CAN YOU SLEEP, HOBBES?"

(Calvin is sitting up, looking at Hobbes for support.)

Panel 4:

Hobbes (yelling in all caps):

"NO!"

(Hobbes looks wide-eyed and frustrated, clutching his blanket in despair.)

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