Adeptofvenus: Alright, alright. Gotta do the disclaimer. I do not own Calvin and Hobbes. It's all copyrighted to Bill Watterson.
It all started on a nice summer day.
"Hey Hobbes, race ya to the creek!"
"You're on."
About 5 minutes later:
"Alright, so whatcha wanna do?" Hobbes asked panting.
"Well, let's see. We've held our G.R.O.S.S meeting, we've played Calvinball, and we've nearly killed ourselves in another wagon ride. All that's left that I can think of is to watch the creek flow until we have to race home to the bathroom."
"O.K."
And there they sat, watching the water flow by, until…
"Whoa. Hey Hobbes, check this out. A salamander."
"What should we do with it?"
"Well, I've been wondering what would happen if animals could talk. Let's take him home and transmogrify him."
"I'm not sure that's a good idea."
"Why not?"
"How would you like it if someone came along and changed your species type?"
"That would be cool."
"Why do I even try?"
"It's settled, then. Let's take him home."