It was yet another morning of yet another day at camp. These things would get tedious for some. But not Calvin and Hobbes. When Calvin first arrived, he hated the place. But now, he loved it. Not only had he made so many friends, but it seemed like everyday, another adventure would start. Oddly enough, the days always began so innocently, with no suspicion of any epic starting. Why, just today Calvin was calmly sitting by the lagoon with Hobbes, singing a song he remembered hearing as a baby:
Why are there so many Someday we'll find it Who said that every wish Someday we'll find it All of us under its spell Have you been half asleep
Songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side
Rainbows are visions
But only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to
Believe it
I know they're wrong wait and see
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
And look what its done so far
What's so amazing
That keeps us star gazing
What do we think we might see
That Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
we know that it's probably magic.
And have you heard voices
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound
That calls the young sailors
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Calvin and Hobbes looked up to see a squawking figure approach. It appeared to be an uncomfortable Charlie Brown in a pelican suit.
Calvin stared. "Charlie Brown? Is that you?"
"Yeah..." came the muffled voice from within the costume. "Peppermint Patty's baseball team is starting up a talent show. The pelican is the mascot, and she somehow talked me into dressing like this. Anyway, I'm spreading the word about it and I think you could probably sing."
"Hold on. We don't sing for ANYONE, man. You have to pay first."
"Well, you'd make a lot of people happy. Everyone would like you."
"Well," admitted Calvin, "I do want people to like me..."
"Me too." Charlie Brown sighed deeply and walked away in the awkward costume.
"That's a sad pelican," commented Hobbes. "So are we gonna go?"
"Of course!" cried Calvin. "People will cheer, it'll be great! We'll be LOVED!"
"Loved just for singing a Paul Williams song?"
"Our camp isn't that bright, right?" reasoned Calvin.
"Well..." Hobbes noticed Lucy talking to Linus.
"You see," she was saying, "snow actually comes up from the ground. Not many people know that. It just grows like a plant."
Charlie Brown, still dressed as a pelican, ran over. "Please! Don't tell him those lies! Linus, it really just falls from the sky, like everyone says."
"NO!" argued Lucy. "It grows up from the ground and then the wind blows it around to make it LOOK like it's falling! It grows from the GROUND, Charlie Brown. Besides, you're the one dressed as a bird."
"Ouch," said Hobbes. "We'd better get out of here before it spreads."
"And what better place to test our talent than the good old Mushroom Kingdom?" suggested Calvin.
"Why the Mushroom Kingdom?" asked Hobbes.
"They already love us there. To wagon!"
A few seconds later, Calvin and Hobbes had set up an open Mario book. These books were special. Calvin had written in the choice for them to be able to access the use to visit the Kingdom once, and it worked. Like a magic portal, they could now enter the books. Calvin drove the wagon in and they were soon cruising across the Kingdom.
The pelican suit and Lucy's explanations are based on several of my favorite Peanuts episodes.
