Part Two: Failure
Hobbes had no choice but to follow Calvin. After climbing down the rope ladder, Hobbes, the taller one of the two, tossed it up back into the tree house.
"Good idea, Hobbes!" Calvin whispered. "Now Susie won't be able to get into our headquarters!"
Calvin practically tip-toed all of the way to the woods, which was a way to get to Susie's house 'hidden.'
"Hobbes!" Calvin hissed at Hobbes, who had just stepped on a branch. "If V.I.L.E. had spies out in the woods, we'd be sure to get noticed now!"
Hobbes rolled his eyes. "Calvin," he said, "Susie doesn't have spies in the woods!"
"And just how do you know?" Calvin asked.
"Well, we would see them, wouldn't we?" Hobbes glared at Calvin.
"Um... yeah... I guess we would...." Calvin said, slightly embarressed that a person who was lower in the club thought of this before he did.
"Good! Now are we going to stand here arguing? There are tons of mosquitoes in the woods at this time of year!" Hobbes said, rubbing his arm which had several mosquito bites on it.
"You're right! Let's run!" Calvin said, as several mosquitos flew at him.
"AHHH! MOSQUITOS EVERYWHERE! RUN HOBBES, RUN!" Calvin yelled loudly.
"Well, look who's being loud no- woah!" Hobbes tripped over a fallen tree branch, crushing the water balloon, popped in his face and splattered Calvin all over.
"Oh great!" Calvin yelled as he ran. "I filled those water balloons with black paint!"
Hobbes looked down at his chest. Sure enough, there was some black paint splattered on it.
Hobbes started to chase Calvin through the woods, but Calvin soon tripped in a hole, and his mom's cell phone fell out of his grasp, hit a boulder, and shattered.
"Oh man!" Calvin exclaimed as he saw the cell phone hit the rock. "Mom's gonna kill us!"
"Who is this 'us' Calvin? You were the one who dropped the cell phone!" Hobbes yelled at Calvin.
"ME? You were the one chasing me!" Calvin screamed.
"Only because you filled the water balloon with black paint!"
The argument kept on going.
About fifty yards away, Susie Derkins was playing outside. She heard one voice that sounded as if it was arguing to someone.
"The plan wasn't a failure! Oh no it wasn't! Hey, fuzz brain, be quiet! It's not my fault that you tripped! WHAT? Take this, chowder head!"
It's Calvin, Susie thought. After listening closer, she heard that he was coming to throw a water balloon at her and that she had started a club. V.I.L.E. it was called. Where Calvin was getting this information was a mystery to her. All she knew was she didn't start a club named V.I.L.E, whatever that meant.
Meanwhile, Calvin and Hobbes were having another one of their verbal fights.
"MORON!" Calvin shouted.
"SHORTY!" Hobbes shouted back.
"IGNORANT FLEA HEAD!" Calvin yelled.
"Wait! Let's stop this and go home and read comics!" Hobbes suggested.
"I'm not through yet!" Calvin said. "One more insult: STRIPED FUZZBAG!"
After their bout of insults, Susie decided to never, ever do anything with Calvin ever again.
When the got back to the house, Calvin surveyed himself, Hobbes, and the cell phone. "Oh great! Mom's gonna kill us! We have paint all over ourselves, and her cell phone is broken! On top of that, I got a hole in my pants!"
"Well," Hobbes said, "I guess the best thing to do is to tell her what we did. Maybe we won't get in too much trouble!"
"Yeah," Calvin added, "and maybe Dad will actually become 'cool.'"
Calvin and Hobbes snuck inside. They were almost up the stairs when Calvin's mom called out. "Calvin! I hear you in the house! Can I have my cell phone back?"
"Oh no!" Calvin cried out, "Mom's gonna kill us when she finds out what happened!"
"This reminds me of the time with your Dad's binoculars and when we pushed the car out of the driveway..." Hobbes said, a slight grin on his face.
"OH NO! HERE SHE COMES!" Calvin cried out under his breath.
"Calvin, can I have my- WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO YOU?" his mom yelled.
"Um... I fell in a tar pit?" Calvin guessed.
"Nice try. Go upstaris and take a bath. I'll wash Hobbes and your clothes. But first, give me my cell phone!" she demanded.
"Um... that's the other thing... uh.... the cell phone was... um... HOBBES DROPPED YOUR CELL PHONE ON A BOULDER ON PURPOSE!" he cried, pointing to Hobbes.
"YOU DROPPED MY CELL PHONE ON A BOULDER? CALVIN, AFTER YOUR BATH, WE'RE HAVING A TALK ABOUT RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY! NOW, UPSTAIRS!"
Later, after his bath, Calvin confessed to Hobbes. "Susie didn't really make up V.I.L.E... I was just bored so I made it all up....."
"Right. Oh, and Calvin?" Hobbes asked.
"Remind me to never, ever listen to you again!"
THE END
Hobbes had no choice but to follow Calvin. After climbing down the rope ladder, Hobbes, the taller one of the two, tossed it up back into the tree house.
"Good idea, Hobbes!" Calvin whispered. "Now Susie won't be able to get into our headquarters!"
Calvin practically tip-toed all of the way to the woods, which was a way to get to Susie's house 'hidden.'
"Hobbes!" Calvin hissed at Hobbes, who had just stepped on a branch. "If V.I.L.E. had spies out in the woods, we'd be sure to get noticed now!"
Hobbes rolled his eyes. "Calvin," he said, "Susie doesn't have spies in the woods!"
"And just how do you know?" Calvin asked.
"Well, we would see them, wouldn't we?" Hobbes glared at Calvin.
"Um... yeah... I guess we would...." Calvin said, slightly embarressed that a person who was lower in the club thought of this before he did.
"Good! Now are we going to stand here arguing? There are tons of mosquitoes in the woods at this time of year!" Hobbes said, rubbing his arm which had several mosquito bites on it.
"You're right! Let's run!" Calvin said, as several mosquitos flew at him.
"AHHH! MOSQUITOS EVERYWHERE! RUN HOBBES, RUN!" Calvin yelled loudly.
"Well, look who's being loud no- woah!" Hobbes tripped over a fallen tree branch, crushing the water balloon, popped in his face and splattered Calvin all over.
"Oh great!" Calvin yelled as he ran. "I filled those water balloons with black paint!"
Hobbes looked down at his chest. Sure enough, there was some black paint splattered on it.
Hobbes started to chase Calvin through the woods, but Calvin soon tripped in a hole, and his mom's cell phone fell out of his grasp, hit a boulder, and shattered.
"Oh man!" Calvin exclaimed as he saw the cell phone hit the rock. "Mom's gonna kill us!"
"Who is this 'us' Calvin? You were the one who dropped the cell phone!" Hobbes yelled at Calvin.
"ME? You were the one chasing me!" Calvin screamed.
"Only because you filled the water balloon with black paint!"
The argument kept on going.
About fifty yards away, Susie Derkins was playing outside. She heard one voice that sounded as if it was arguing to someone.
"The plan wasn't a failure! Oh no it wasn't! Hey, fuzz brain, be quiet! It's not my fault that you tripped! WHAT? Take this, chowder head!"
It's Calvin, Susie thought. After listening closer, she heard that he was coming to throw a water balloon at her and that she had started a club. V.I.L.E. it was called. Where Calvin was getting this information was a mystery to her. All she knew was she didn't start a club named V.I.L.E, whatever that meant.
Meanwhile, Calvin and Hobbes were having another one of their verbal fights.
"MORON!" Calvin shouted.
"SHORTY!" Hobbes shouted back.
"IGNORANT FLEA HEAD!" Calvin yelled.
"Wait! Let's stop this and go home and read comics!" Hobbes suggested.
"I'm not through yet!" Calvin said. "One more insult: STRIPED FUZZBAG!"
After their bout of insults, Susie decided to never, ever do anything with Calvin ever again.
When the got back to the house, Calvin surveyed himself, Hobbes, and the cell phone. "Oh great! Mom's gonna kill us! We have paint all over ourselves, and her cell phone is broken! On top of that, I got a hole in my pants!"
"Well," Hobbes said, "I guess the best thing to do is to tell her what we did. Maybe we won't get in too much trouble!"
"Yeah," Calvin added, "and maybe Dad will actually become 'cool.'"
Calvin and Hobbes snuck inside. They were almost up the stairs when Calvin's mom called out. "Calvin! I hear you in the house! Can I have my cell phone back?"
"Oh no!" Calvin cried out, "Mom's gonna kill us when she finds out what happened!"
"This reminds me of the time with your Dad's binoculars and when we pushed the car out of the driveway..." Hobbes said, a slight grin on his face.
"OH NO! HERE SHE COMES!" Calvin cried out under his breath.
"Calvin, can I have my- WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO YOU?" his mom yelled.
"Um... I fell in a tar pit?" Calvin guessed.
"Nice try. Go upstaris and take a bath. I'll wash Hobbes and your clothes. But first, give me my cell phone!" she demanded.
"Um... that's the other thing... uh.... the cell phone was... um... HOBBES DROPPED YOUR CELL PHONE ON A BOULDER ON PURPOSE!" he cried, pointing to Hobbes.
"YOU DROPPED MY CELL PHONE ON A BOULDER? CALVIN, AFTER YOUR BATH, WE'RE HAVING A TALK ABOUT RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY! NOW, UPSTAIRS!"
Later, after his bath, Calvin confessed to Hobbes. "Susie didn't really make up V.I.L.E... I was just bored so I made it all up....."
"Right. Oh, and Calvin?" Hobbes asked.
"Remind me to never, ever listen to you again!"
THE END