Calvin and Hobbes: Around the World
It was a typical fall day. The leaves were just starting to turn from the green of summer to the golden, red, and yellow shades of autumn. Calvin, a short, six year old, complained a lot about school. His best friend, a tiger named Hobbes, casually rolled his eyes at this. "Aw... c'mon, Hobbes! YOU don't have to get up at 7:00 every morning to go outside an hour later and wait for the bus!" complained Calvin. Hobbes had just said that Calvin didn't need to complain as much.
"Actually, with all of the noise you make, and all of the noise your mom makes, I'm usually up the instant your mom says, 'Calvin, it's time to get up,'" replied Hobbes, while Calvin just scoffed.
After an hour in the woods, Calvin heard his mother calling.
"CALVIN!" she called. "IT'S GETTING DARK! COME BACK INSIDE! WE HAVE A SURPRISE FORYOU!"
"Oh boy!" Calvin cried in excitment, and raced back to his house, followed by Hobbes.
Calvin ran into the house, slamming the door behind him. "What's is it?" Calvin asked, and looked around the room.
"Well, Calvin, your father and I have a big surprise for you!" his mother, a woman of about thrity three, with chestnut colored hair, said, her face in a smile.
"What?" Calvin asked, once again.
"It's something special that you've never had before!" his father, a tall, balding man, around thirty four, said, smiling at his wife.
"WHAT?!?!" Calvin cried, the suspense was nearly killing him.
"Well, Calvin.... at work today, I have a business trip that I have to take around the world, onto all seven continents. They had two extra tickets, so we are all going on a trip around the world!" Calvin's dad said happily.
Calvin's face fell. "What?" his mother asked. "Don't you want to go on this trip?"
"Well, yeah, but... our vacations never turn out great," Calvin said, still frowning.
"Oh. Well, you'll get to take the year off of school, this trip will take so long," Calvin's mom explained.
"YIPPIE!" Calvin cried. The year just started. He wouldn't have to go to school for a whole year!
"Well, Calvin, it's late. Time to go to bed!" his dad said, getting up from the arm chair he was sitting in.
Calvin rushed upstairs, brushed his teeth, got into pajamas, and crawled into bed with Hobbes. "Oh BOY! A whole year off of school! Can you believe it?" Calvin said, still smiling.
"Well, I've never had to go to school in my life, but we'll be going to some jungles where tiger's live! I'll be with my own kind! I'll bet that there will be some tigress babes there!" Hobbes said, grinning. Calvin just rolled his eyes. Eventually, the pair drifted off to sleep.
Calvin awoke at 5:30 the next morning, because it was a Saturday. He ran downstairs, and turned on the television. He watched TV until his parents came down stairs, and told him to turn it off, so they could talk about the trip.
"We're leaving next Wednesday," Calvin's dad said, showing Calvin their flight pamphlet.
"So I'll get to have the year off of school?" Calvin asked his mom.
"Don't be silly! I never told you this, but before you were born, I was a teacher. You'll be homeschooled," she replied. Calvin's face fell.
Oh well, he thought, at least he wouldn't be in a classroom all day. And there would be no girls to bug him. And he wouldn't have any homework. And there'll be no Miss Wormwood! That's great!
"So I have until Wednesday to pack? OK. Fine with me!" Calvin said, and he continued to watch TV.
The next few days, in Calvin's opinion, took forever. He never thought Tuesday would be over. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Wednesday came. Calvin awoke early in the morning, because their flight to Detroit was at 7:30. After Detriot, they'd fly to London, and stay there for a while.
"Come on! Come on! Take off!" Calvin whined at 9:00 that day. Their flight at Detriot was taking a long time on the runway.
"Calvin, stop complaining!" his dad scolded. "We don't want to disturb the passengers!"
"Fine! I'll stop!" Calvin said, and pulled out a comic book. He was in an especially bad mood, because Hobbes wasn't aloud to sit next to him. Hobbes was crammed up in the baggage comparment above thier heads. He would have 14 hours with out his best friend. However, he did let Hobbes borrow some things.
"Dad! Can we get Hobbes down?" Calvin asked for the tenth time in a row.
"Calvin, this is the last time I'll answer. NO!" his dad said sternly. Calvin grumbled.
"Attention, passengers, this is your captian, Herman McMikson. We're about to take off. Please fasten your saftybelts, and enjoy your flight from Detriot to London," a voice boomed over the loudspeakers.
Calvin's family was traveling in business class, and they could watch movies. They were halfway through their first movie when the stewerdess with the food came.
"Ooh! Get me some!" came the muffled voice of Hobbes above Calvin's head.
"Alright, alright, what do you want?" Calvin asked, still in his bad mood.
"What do they have?"
"Peanuts," Calvin said, looking at the trolley.
"I'll take those, I guess," Hobbes replied.
"Excuse me, but could you put some peanuts into my bag? My tiger wants something to eat," Calvin asked the stewerdess, who just looked confused.
"Calvin, stop being silly," his mom said, and the stewerdess left.
At 6:00 local time, their plane landed in London. Calvin's parents we're in a bad mood, because Calvin complained loudly througout the flight, for not having Hobbes. "At least he has his stupid tiger now," his dad grumbled. They rented a car, and checked into their hotel.
"This trip is going to be fun, eh, Hobbes?" Calvin asked, later that night, sleepily.
"Oh yeah," Hobbes yawned.
The two of them fell asleep after that.
It was a typical fall day. The leaves were just starting to turn from the green of summer to the golden, red, and yellow shades of autumn. Calvin, a short, six year old, complained a lot about school. His best friend, a tiger named Hobbes, casually rolled his eyes at this. "Aw... c'mon, Hobbes! YOU don't have to get up at 7:00 every morning to go outside an hour later and wait for the bus!" complained Calvin. Hobbes had just said that Calvin didn't need to complain as much.
"Actually, with all of the noise you make, and all of the noise your mom makes, I'm usually up the instant your mom says, 'Calvin, it's time to get up,'" replied Hobbes, while Calvin just scoffed.
After an hour in the woods, Calvin heard his mother calling.
"CALVIN!" she called. "IT'S GETTING DARK! COME BACK INSIDE! WE HAVE A SURPRISE FORYOU!"
"Oh boy!" Calvin cried in excitment, and raced back to his house, followed by Hobbes.
Calvin ran into the house, slamming the door behind him. "What's is it?" Calvin asked, and looked around the room.
"Well, Calvin, your father and I have a big surprise for you!" his mother, a woman of about thrity three, with chestnut colored hair, said, her face in a smile.
"What?" Calvin asked, once again.
"It's something special that you've never had before!" his father, a tall, balding man, around thirty four, said, smiling at his wife.
"WHAT?!?!" Calvin cried, the suspense was nearly killing him.
"Well, Calvin.... at work today, I have a business trip that I have to take around the world, onto all seven continents. They had two extra tickets, so we are all going on a trip around the world!" Calvin's dad said happily.
Calvin's face fell. "What?" his mother asked. "Don't you want to go on this trip?"
"Well, yeah, but... our vacations never turn out great," Calvin said, still frowning.
"Oh. Well, you'll get to take the year off of school, this trip will take so long," Calvin's mom explained.
"YIPPIE!" Calvin cried. The year just started. He wouldn't have to go to school for a whole year!
"Well, Calvin, it's late. Time to go to bed!" his dad said, getting up from the arm chair he was sitting in.
Calvin rushed upstairs, brushed his teeth, got into pajamas, and crawled into bed with Hobbes. "Oh BOY! A whole year off of school! Can you believe it?" Calvin said, still smiling.
"Well, I've never had to go to school in my life, but we'll be going to some jungles where tiger's live! I'll be with my own kind! I'll bet that there will be some tigress babes there!" Hobbes said, grinning. Calvin just rolled his eyes. Eventually, the pair drifted off to sleep.
Calvin awoke at 5:30 the next morning, because it was a Saturday. He ran downstairs, and turned on the television. He watched TV until his parents came down stairs, and told him to turn it off, so they could talk about the trip.
"We're leaving next Wednesday," Calvin's dad said, showing Calvin their flight pamphlet.
"So I'll get to have the year off of school?" Calvin asked his mom.
"Don't be silly! I never told you this, but before you were born, I was a teacher. You'll be homeschooled," she replied. Calvin's face fell.
Oh well, he thought, at least he wouldn't be in a classroom all day. And there would be no girls to bug him. And he wouldn't have any homework. And there'll be no Miss Wormwood! That's great!
"So I have until Wednesday to pack? OK. Fine with me!" Calvin said, and he continued to watch TV.
The next few days, in Calvin's opinion, took forever. He never thought Tuesday would be over. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Wednesday came. Calvin awoke early in the morning, because their flight to Detroit was at 7:30. After Detriot, they'd fly to London, and stay there for a while.
"Come on! Come on! Take off!" Calvin whined at 9:00 that day. Their flight at Detriot was taking a long time on the runway.
"Calvin, stop complaining!" his dad scolded. "We don't want to disturb the passengers!"
"Fine! I'll stop!" Calvin said, and pulled out a comic book. He was in an especially bad mood, because Hobbes wasn't aloud to sit next to him. Hobbes was crammed up in the baggage comparment above thier heads. He would have 14 hours with out his best friend. However, he did let Hobbes borrow some things.
"Dad! Can we get Hobbes down?" Calvin asked for the tenth time in a row.
"Calvin, this is the last time I'll answer. NO!" his dad said sternly. Calvin grumbled.
"Attention, passengers, this is your captian, Herman McMikson. We're about to take off. Please fasten your saftybelts, and enjoy your flight from Detriot to London," a voice boomed over the loudspeakers.
Calvin's family was traveling in business class, and they could watch movies. They were halfway through their first movie when the stewerdess with the food came.
"Ooh! Get me some!" came the muffled voice of Hobbes above Calvin's head.
"Alright, alright, what do you want?" Calvin asked, still in his bad mood.
"What do they have?"
"Peanuts," Calvin said, looking at the trolley.
"I'll take those, I guess," Hobbes replied.
"Excuse me, but could you put some peanuts into my bag? My tiger wants something to eat," Calvin asked the stewerdess, who just looked confused.
"Calvin, stop being silly," his mom said, and the stewerdess left.
At 6:00 local time, their plane landed in London. Calvin's parents we're in a bad mood, because Calvin complained loudly througout the flight, for not having Hobbes. "At least he has his stupid tiger now," his dad grumbled. They rented a car, and checked into their hotel.
"This trip is going to be fun, eh, Hobbes?" Calvin asked, later that night, sleepily.
"Oh yeah," Hobbes yawned.
The two of them fell asleep after that.