Calvin and Hobbes and the Cardboard Adventures
Chapter One: The Big Refrigerator Box
Calvin was very excited. His parents were getting a new refridgerator. Calvin didn't care about the fridge. He cared about what it came in.
"Oh boy!" he cried when the workman brought the big box containing the refridgerator in.
"I can't wait for them to get it open! We'll have a new box!" Calvin's best friend, Hobbes, a tiger, exclaimed.
"Calvin, get out of the way!" Calvin's mother called to him, who was standing behind the men.
"Okay, okay!" Calvin grumbled, leading Hobbes down into his basement, where he had all of his cardboard boxes stored. He had quiet a large number of them, fifty some, but the refridgerator box would be his biggest box yet! All of the boxes had various words scrawled on them in sloppy handwriting. The biggest three said, 'Time Machine,' 'Transmogrifier,' and 'Duplicator,' all with the top at different angles.
"I can't wait to invent something out of this box!" Calvin cried in glee.
"Hoh boy... this doesn't sound very fun..." Hobbes complained. All of Calvin's inventions had never really done anything that was good. The duplicator, for instance. When Calvin made it, he duplicated himself. Then, that duplicate made even more duplicates! When he added the ethicator to it, he thought he had perfected it. The ethicator made a copy of his good side, who later evaporated for having an evil thought.
"Aw, Hobbes, the last time we got in trouble was-"
"Last week, when you took Susie's stuffed rabbit and tried to make it confess to the wherabouts of Susie's diary. Remember?" Hobbes inturrupted, glaring at Calvin.
"Oh yeah..." Calvin grinned sheepishly.
"Well, you can count me out of any zany idea's you come up with, Calvin! I'm not going to be getting in any more trouble!" Hobbes delcared.
"Calvin, will you put this box away?" Calvin's mom called down the stairs.
"Hey, Mom, can I keep the box?" Calvin called back up.
"Yeah, sure, but don't make a mess!" she called back.
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Calvin exclaimed, trying to hold in his excitment as he dragged the big box, at least three times bigger than him, down the stairs.
"Listen, Calvin, you can stay down here, but I'm going to take a nap," Hobbes said, walking up the stairs.
"Don't worry! I'll have this done in an hour or so!" Calvin called to Hobbes, who was already at the door.'
When Hobbes got upstairs, Calvin's mom saw him lying on the floor next to the basement door. "Calvin shouldn't leave this here, it could get torn!" his mother said, picking Hobbes up and carring him up to Calvin's room.
In the basement, Calvin was examining the box. "Hmm... it could be a time machine and another new invention! Yeah! I've got it! A dimensional time warper!" he exclaimed as he got out a black permanent marker from a drawer in the desk.
About an hour later, Calvin emerged from inside of the box. "I did it!" he sighed, as he admired his work. All over the inside, buttons were drawn that said things like, 'Warp!' and, 'Time Travel.' He grinned. "Wait'll Hobbes sees this!" Calvin said, writing down one final thing on the side. It said, once again in his sloppy handwriting, 'Dimensional Time Warper.'
"Hey, Mom!" Calvin called to his mom.
"What, Calvin?" she asked.
"Where's Hobbes at? I want to show him something!"
"Calvin, look at you!" his mom said, examining Calvin, who had permanent marker all over his skin. "Go upstairs and take a bath!"
Grumbling, Calvin obliged. After he got out of the tub, he went into his room where Hobbes was lying on the bed.
"Hey, Hobbes! Check out what I've made!" Calvin said, shaking the tiger.
"Okay... but you'd better not drag me on some sort of, 'adventure!'" Hobbes grumbled as he got up.
"C'mon!" Calvin called, running down the hallway.
"Wow!" Hobbes said, looking at the Dimensional Time Warper. "You've outdone yourself, Calvin!"
"Yeah, I think I did, didn't I?" Calvin replied.
"So, what does it do?" Hobbes asked.
"Well, let's test it out! I've already got us two backpacks packed full of stuff!" Calvin said, pulling out two backpacks from the box.
"Oh no! I don't want to go with you!" Hobbes said, sticking his tounge out in disgust.
"Oh yes you do! Now, follow me!" Calvin jumped in the box.
Hobbes figured he had no choice but to follow Calvin. Climbing in the box slowly, he looked around inside. "What exactly does this thing do?" he asked.
"It's a Dimensional Time Warper. We need to close the lid while we dimension warp!" Calvin said, grabbing one end of the box lid, indicating that Hobbes grab the other.
"Di- di- dimension WHAT?" Hobbes said, not moving.
"We'll warp from this dimension to another! Now, grab that other end of the box!" Calvin replied, pulling his end down.
"What's in these backpacks?" Hobbes asked, still not moving.
"Oh, y'know, the sorta thing we'll need while we do this. Food, comic books, alien zappers... that sort of stuff! Now, grab that other end!" Calvin said, this time slightly irritated.
"Well, since you packed food..." Hobbes said as he grabbed the other end of the box lid.
When the lid shut, there was a surprisingly large amount of space.
"Ready, Hobbes?" Calvin asked.
"As I'll ever be..." Hobbes muttered.
"Well, here we go!" Calvin said as he pushed the big button that said, 'Warp!'
Chapter One: The Big Refrigerator Box
Calvin was very excited. His parents were getting a new refridgerator. Calvin didn't care about the fridge. He cared about what it came in.
"Oh boy!" he cried when the workman brought the big box containing the refridgerator in.
"I can't wait for them to get it open! We'll have a new box!" Calvin's best friend, Hobbes, a tiger, exclaimed.
"Calvin, get out of the way!" Calvin's mother called to him, who was standing behind the men.
"Okay, okay!" Calvin grumbled, leading Hobbes down into his basement, where he had all of his cardboard boxes stored. He had quiet a large number of them, fifty some, but the refridgerator box would be his biggest box yet! All of the boxes had various words scrawled on them in sloppy handwriting. The biggest three said, 'Time Machine,' 'Transmogrifier,' and 'Duplicator,' all with the top at different angles.
"I can't wait to invent something out of this box!" Calvin cried in glee.
"Hoh boy... this doesn't sound very fun..." Hobbes complained. All of Calvin's inventions had never really done anything that was good. The duplicator, for instance. When Calvin made it, he duplicated himself. Then, that duplicate made even more duplicates! When he added the ethicator to it, he thought he had perfected it. The ethicator made a copy of his good side, who later evaporated for having an evil thought.
"Aw, Hobbes, the last time we got in trouble was-"
"Last week, when you took Susie's stuffed rabbit and tried to make it confess to the wherabouts of Susie's diary. Remember?" Hobbes inturrupted, glaring at Calvin.
"Oh yeah..." Calvin grinned sheepishly.
"Well, you can count me out of any zany idea's you come up with, Calvin! I'm not going to be getting in any more trouble!" Hobbes delcared.
"Calvin, will you put this box away?" Calvin's mom called down the stairs.
"Hey, Mom, can I keep the box?" Calvin called back up.
"Yeah, sure, but don't make a mess!" she called back.
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Calvin exclaimed, trying to hold in his excitment as he dragged the big box, at least three times bigger than him, down the stairs.
"Listen, Calvin, you can stay down here, but I'm going to take a nap," Hobbes said, walking up the stairs.
"Don't worry! I'll have this done in an hour or so!" Calvin called to Hobbes, who was already at the door.'
When Hobbes got upstairs, Calvin's mom saw him lying on the floor next to the basement door. "Calvin shouldn't leave this here, it could get torn!" his mother said, picking Hobbes up and carring him up to Calvin's room.
In the basement, Calvin was examining the box. "Hmm... it could be a time machine and another new invention! Yeah! I've got it! A dimensional time warper!" he exclaimed as he got out a black permanent marker from a drawer in the desk.
About an hour later, Calvin emerged from inside of the box. "I did it!" he sighed, as he admired his work. All over the inside, buttons were drawn that said things like, 'Warp!' and, 'Time Travel.' He grinned. "Wait'll Hobbes sees this!" Calvin said, writing down one final thing on the side. It said, once again in his sloppy handwriting, 'Dimensional Time Warper.'
"Hey, Mom!" Calvin called to his mom.
"What, Calvin?" she asked.
"Where's Hobbes at? I want to show him something!"
"Calvin, look at you!" his mom said, examining Calvin, who had permanent marker all over his skin. "Go upstairs and take a bath!"
Grumbling, Calvin obliged. After he got out of the tub, he went into his room where Hobbes was lying on the bed.
"Hey, Hobbes! Check out what I've made!" Calvin said, shaking the tiger.
"Okay... but you'd better not drag me on some sort of, 'adventure!'" Hobbes grumbled as he got up.
"C'mon!" Calvin called, running down the hallway.
"Wow!" Hobbes said, looking at the Dimensional Time Warper. "You've outdone yourself, Calvin!"
"Yeah, I think I did, didn't I?" Calvin replied.
"So, what does it do?" Hobbes asked.
"Well, let's test it out! I've already got us two backpacks packed full of stuff!" Calvin said, pulling out two backpacks from the box.
"Oh no! I don't want to go with you!" Hobbes said, sticking his tounge out in disgust.
"Oh yes you do! Now, follow me!" Calvin jumped in the box.
Hobbes figured he had no choice but to follow Calvin. Climbing in the box slowly, he looked around inside. "What exactly does this thing do?" he asked.
"It's a Dimensional Time Warper. We need to close the lid while we dimension warp!" Calvin said, grabbing one end of the box lid, indicating that Hobbes grab the other.
"Di- di- dimension WHAT?" Hobbes said, not moving.
"We'll warp from this dimension to another! Now, grab that other end of the box!" Calvin replied, pulling his end down.
"What's in these backpacks?" Hobbes asked, still not moving.
"Oh, y'know, the sorta thing we'll need while we do this. Food, comic books, alien zappers... that sort of stuff! Now, grab that other end!" Calvin said, this time slightly irritated.
"Well, since you packed food..." Hobbes said as he grabbed the other end of the box lid.
When the lid shut, there was a surprisingly large amount of space.
"Ready, Hobbes?" Calvin asked.
"As I'll ever be..." Hobbes muttered.
"Well, here we go!" Calvin said as he pushed the big button that said, 'Warp!'