CHAPTER 1: The Attic

It was a rainy and boring day. Calvin and Hobbes sat around and did
nothing. They had planned to explore the woods earlier, but the rain had
spoiled their plans. So that is why they were doing nothing at the
moment.

"How about we bounce on the bed?" suggested Calvin.

"We did that yesterday and we got into trouble," replied Hobbes. "Your
mom freaked when she saw goose feathers all over your room."

"True," said Calvin. "How about we play outside in the rain?"

"Your mother said we can get pneumonia playing out in the rain like that
and she doesn't like the idea of you getting it and dying at such a young
age."

"You don't want to do anything, do you?"

"I want to keep us out of trouble for once. I'm tired of you blaming me
for your actions!" growled Hobbes.

"I have an idea. Let's go explore the attic. We might find some toys up
there. Or something better."

"That's not a bad idea," said Hobbes, getting up. "What trouble can we
get into up there? Then again, I don't want to think about it."

So the two friends headed up to the attic to see what kinds of stuff they
would find up there.

"This is a long climb up there and it's very dusty too!" sneezed Calvin.

"Well, we're at the top now, let's open the door and go in."

Hobbes opened the door and the two gasped...