Chapter Two

Three ain't the Charm

"Great, just great!" Calvin was telling Hobbes, who were both now in his room. "I can't believe Dad wants us to go camping again!"

"Yea, especially after what happened last year. My tail gets bushy just thinking about it."

"I wonder when dad will find out that's not his real car…" Calvin thought out loud. "But back to the situation at hand, I CAN'T STAND CAMPING."

"Well, since you can't do anything about it, I guess we'll have to suffer through it." Hobbes said.

"NO WAY! I'll never admit defeat! But what can we do?"

Calvin and Hobbes jumped on his bed. They both thought about it very hard.

"Hey! Susie's going to Gettysburg this week! We could go with her!" Hobbes said, eyes beginning to grow.

"NO WAY! And as supreme-dictator-for-life…" Calvin dug into his drawer looking for his paper hat and little black book. When he found them, he put his hat on, and opened the book up.

"You get five demerits for suggesting an seditious proposal," Calvin said, writing in the book.

They heard Calvin's dad pass by his room, saying, "Gosh, just look at all this spam! We'll be prepared for sure this time!"

Susie opened her front door,

"Oh it's you! What do you want, Calvin?" asked Susie, a brown haired girl wearing overalls.

"Hi Susie! Hobbes and I were just wondering if we could you on your trip to Spagettisberg?"

"No!" Susie quickly said, slamming the door.

"But-But-but CAMPING! BUGS! SPAM!" Calvin tried to scream through the glass on the door. "Phooey, it's no use. Let's go home Hobbes."

Calvin and Hobbes were now back in his room.

"Great! What'll we do now?" asked Calvin.

"Hmm… I don't know." replied Hobbes.

Calvin and Hobbes paced around the room.

"Hey, I got it!" Calvin said jumping to his feet! "Maybe we could convince Mom to take us somewhere else."

"Worth a shot, "Hobbes said.

Calvin and Hobbes ran down to the kitchen.

"Hey mom, Can we go to Disneyworld instead of camping?"

"No Calvin," Calvin's mom said, not even looking up from the dinner she was cooking.

"Why notttt?" Calvin's voice dragged.

"We already paid for the rock, and it's too expensive."

"How about just you and me and Hobbes then?"

"Sorry Calvin"

"How about just you and me? PLEEASSE?" Calvin begged, getting more desperate.

"NO CALVIN!"

Calvin growled, and walked back to his room.

"It's as if mom likes camping," Calvin said to Hobbes.

"Hmph," Hobbes growled. "Serves you right for trying to abandon me."

"Oh hush. I was getting distressed. The pressure got to me."

Calvin and Hobbes walked back to his room again.

"Well, unless we go ourselves, I doubt we can go anywhere else." Hobbes said.

"THAT'S IT!" Calvin cried.

"What's it?" Hobbes asked, getting suspicious.

"I have an idea!" Calvin said. He walked into his closet and pulled out his box.

"Just let me make a few adjustment's…"