I do not own any of the characters that appear in "Calvin and Hobbes."
Chapter 1
Calvin's mom thumped up the stairs. She had told Calvin to go clean up his room when she caught him stealing cookies from the jar. As she opened the door to his room, Calvin jumped up and tried to hide a large cardboard box behind him.
"Aaagh! Mom, don't scare me like that!"
"Calvin, I thought I told you to clean your room."
"What?"
"CLEAN YOUR ROOM!"
"Mom, I'm not going to do it just because you tell me to!"
Calvin's mom grabbed him by his shoulder. "You, young man, are going to do what I tell you to do."
"And if I don't?"
"Then consider your stuffed tiger taken away from you."
"Uh… never mind Mom, I'll clean my room."
"Good. Rosalyn's coming in a few minutes, so be sure the room is neat and tidy by then."
"Okay… wait just a minute. Did you say ROSALYN?"
"Yes, she is going to babysit you tonight."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Calvin's scream could be still heard as his mom went downstairs and vacuumed the floor.
In desperation, Calvin turned toward Hobbes, his tiger. "Hobbes, we're in big trouble!"
"We? Who said anything about 'we'? You're the one who is going to be babysat."
"Hobbes, you've gotta help me. If you do, I'll…I'll make you ten tuna fish sandwiches after Rosalyn leaves!"
"Deal!" Hobbes exclaimed, already drooling at the thought of TEN tuna sandwiches.
Calvin got serious. "Okay Hobbes, here's the thing. You scare Rosalyn from behind and try to get her to go in my time machine." Here, he paused briefly and patted the cardboard box, I mean his time machine, proudly. "Then, we'll get in with her. When we reach the year 2500, we'll drop her off and we'll come back!"
"Good idea." Hobbes said, still thinking about the wonderful tuna sandwiches.
Just then, the doorbell rang. "It's Rosalyn!" Calvin grinned evilly. Just then, he remembered something. "Wait. I forgot to change this box into a time machine. It's still the transmogifier!" He drew a line through the word 'Transmogrifier' that was written on the box and wrote underneath it, "Time Machine." Only, he forgot to erase the last letter in the word, 'transmogrifier…" Downstairs, Calvin's mom was welcoming Rosalyn into the house. "Rosalyn! Come in!"
Soon, Calvin's parents went off in their car. Calvin ran down the stairs. "Hey Roz! Could you come upstairs for a minute?"
Rosalyn looked at him suspiciously. "Listen, I'm busy tonight, so I don't want any of your dumb tricks."
"Rosalyn, it's not a trick! I want to show you something! Please?"
"Oh, fine." Rosalyn grunted and followed Calvin. Calvin looked around. Where was Hobbes? He said he'd scare Rosalyn from behind. That dirty double-crosser! I guess I'll have to do it myself. Calvin said, "Rosalyn, could you sit here? I'll bring you the surprise."
"All right," Rosalyn said, puzzled. Calvin slowly brought the box from behind her.
"GOTCHA!" Calvin clapped the large box over her and turned it upside down so that Rosalyn was riding in the box.
"Why, you little brat!" Rosalyn yelled. "Why did you put me in this dirty old box?"
Calvin did not answer and got in the box himself. Then he pressed a button. Rosalyn tried to get out, but just as she stood up, the box slid into hyperspace. The long tunnel stretched on and on, and the time machine sped through it. Rosalyn suddenly stood up. "Calvin, how dare you! Now I can't study for my exam tomorrow!" She stamped her foot.
"Rosalyn, don't!" Calvin screamed, but it was too late. Rosalyn had broken through the masked tape that held the box together. As Calvin felt the box slowly collapse under him, he had only one thought… I hope Hobbes won't mind missing his sandwiches…
Chapter 1
Calvin's mom thumped up the stairs. She had told Calvin to go clean up his room when she caught him stealing cookies from the jar. As she opened the door to his room, Calvin jumped up and tried to hide a large cardboard box behind him.
"Aaagh! Mom, don't scare me like that!"
"Calvin, I thought I told you to clean your room."
"What?"
"CLEAN YOUR ROOM!"
"Mom, I'm not going to do it just because you tell me to!"
Calvin's mom grabbed him by his shoulder. "You, young man, are going to do what I tell you to do."
"And if I don't?"
"Then consider your stuffed tiger taken away from you."
"Uh… never mind Mom, I'll clean my room."
"Good. Rosalyn's coming in a few minutes, so be sure the room is neat and tidy by then."
"Okay… wait just a minute. Did you say ROSALYN?"
"Yes, she is going to babysit you tonight."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Calvin's scream could be still heard as his mom went downstairs and vacuumed the floor.
In desperation, Calvin turned toward Hobbes, his tiger. "Hobbes, we're in big trouble!"
"We? Who said anything about 'we'? You're the one who is going to be babysat."
"Hobbes, you've gotta help me. If you do, I'll…I'll make you ten tuna fish sandwiches after Rosalyn leaves!"
"Deal!" Hobbes exclaimed, already drooling at the thought of TEN tuna sandwiches.
Calvin got serious. "Okay Hobbes, here's the thing. You scare Rosalyn from behind and try to get her to go in my time machine." Here, he paused briefly and patted the cardboard box, I mean his time machine, proudly. "Then, we'll get in with her. When we reach the year 2500, we'll drop her off and we'll come back!"
"Good idea." Hobbes said, still thinking about the wonderful tuna sandwiches.
Just then, the doorbell rang. "It's Rosalyn!" Calvin grinned evilly. Just then, he remembered something. "Wait. I forgot to change this box into a time machine. It's still the transmogifier!" He drew a line through the word 'Transmogrifier' that was written on the box and wrote underneath it, "Time Machine." Only, he forgot to erase the last letter in the word, 'transmogrifier…" Downstairs, Calvin's mom was welcoming Rosalyn into the house. "Rosalyn! Come in!"
Soon, Calvin's parents went off in their car. Calvin ran down the stairs. "Hey Roz! Could you come upstairs for a minute?"
Rosalyn looked at him suspiciously. "Listen, I'm busy tonight, so I don't want any of your dumb tricks."
"Rosalyn, it's not a trick! I want to show you something! Please?"
"Oh, fine." Rosalyn grunted and followed Calvin. Calvin looked around. Where was Hobbes? He said he'd scare Rosalyn from behind. That dirty double-crosser! I guess I'll have to do it myself. Calvin said, "Rosalyn, could you sit here? I'll bring you the surprise."
"All right," Rosalyn said, puzzled. Calvin slowly brought the box from behind her.
"GOTCHA!" Calvin clapped the large box over her and turned it upside down so that Rosalyn was riding in the box.
"Why, you little brat!" Rosalyn yelled. "Why did you put me in this dirty old box?"
Calvin did not answer and got in the box himself. Then he pressed a button. Rosalyn tried to get out, but just as she stood up, the box slid into hyperspace. The long tunnel stretched on and on, and the time machine sped through it. Rosalyn suddenly stood up. "Calvin, how dare you! Now I can't study for my exam tomorrow!" She stamped her foot.
"Rosalyn, don't!" Calvin screamed, but it was too late. Rosalyn had broken through the masked tape that held the box together. As Calvin felt the box slowly collapse under him, he had only one thought… I hope Hobbes won't mind missing his sandwiches…
