On a Friday afternoon in a the bedroom of a child an anthropomorphic tiger laid on a bed reading a comic book with a pile of comic books next to him.

Before the tiger could read more the tiger suddenly sensed something. He immediately dropped the comic and ran downstairs.

At the front door of the house a six-year old boy with spiky hair opened the door and yelled, "I'm home!"

The tiger leapt out the doorway and onto the boy sending them several feet away from the door.

"Don't you ever get tired of pouncing me every time I come home from school Hobbes?" The boy asked the tiger in a sullen tone.

"Well Calvin, in order to stay healthy I do have to exercise everyday." Said Hobbes.

In Calvin's bedroom Calvin sat at his desk looking sullen and Hobbes standing next to him.

"Let me guess." Said Hobbes. "You have a school assignment but you do not want to do it."

"Miss Wormwood is making the class write a report on port cities in the age of exploration." Said Calvin. "We have to choose a port city and write a one page description of it."

"That does not sound too difficult. If you start working now you can get most of it done before you go to bed and finish the rest tomorrow morning."

"But I would waste time working instead of playing. It will take too much time finding the information for a city while I could play instead."

"When you avoid schoolwork you always take the easy way out." Said Hobbes in an annoyed tone. "And when you do it goes wrong."

"Name one time that has happened." Said Calvin angrily.

"What about the time where we did not use any sources for the report about bats?"

"Name two."

"What about the time we travelled to the future to get a homework assignment and ended up with you fighting with two yous while me and I bailed you out?"

"Name three."

"What about the time you avoided getting leaves for assignment until the last minute, sold the Earth to aliens for alien leaves, and still failed the assignment?"

"Wait," said Calvin gleefully, "All that talk about time has given me an idea."

"I do not like where this is heading." Said Hobbes.

Calvin put a pencil and a notepad in his pocket and got up from his chair and ran toward the closet. Calvin took out a cardboard box with the words "time machine" on its side.

"I already see where this is going and I do no like it at all." Hobbes said in an annoyed tone.

"Come on Hobbes!" Replied Calvin. "By going back in time not only will I get information on my report but we can return the moment we left and I can rest all weekend."

"I know were best friends Calvin but I will not go along with this plan."

"I'm sure there's plenty of fish in the past you never tried before."

Hobbes paused for a moment. "I just want to know I am coming along only for the fish." Said Hobbes.

"Let's go then!" Said Calvin.

Calvin and Hobbes went into the box with Calvin in front and Hobbes in the back. The two then put on goggles.

"To the past!" Said Calvin while the box rose and entered the time stream.

"Something tells me this will not turn out as planned." Said Hobbes in a deadpan tone.