My six-year old son thought this Calvin and Hobbes cartoon was so funny he had to share it with me....
The dialogue goes like this:
Calvin to Hobbes: Here's a box of crayons. I need some illustrations for a story I'm writing.
Calvin: You can draw something besides tigers, can't you?
Hobbes: Sure. Leopards, pumas, ocelots...you name it.
Calvin to Dad: Here, Dad, read this story tonight. I wrote it and Hobbes illustrated it.
Dad: ...um..ok.... "The dad who lived to regret being mean to his kid....?"
Calvin: What are you pausing for? Keep reading.
Dad: Barney's dad was really bad, so Barney hatched a plan. When his dad said, "Eat your peas!" Barney shouted, "No!" and ran. Barney tricked his mean ol' dad, and locked him in the cellar. His mom never found out where he'd gone, 'cause Barney didn't tell her. There his dad spent his life eating mice and gruel. With every bite for fifty years he'd been sorry he'd been cruel. THE END
Calvin: You know how a lot of stories have morals to them?
Dad: I get it... I get it!
[from Watterson, Bill, The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes (Kansas City, New York: Andrews and McMeel, 1990), 108]
The dialogue goes like this:
Calvin to Hobbes: Here's a box of crayons. I need some illustrations for a story I'm writing.
Calvin: You can draw something besides tigers, can't you?
Hobbes: Sure. Leopards, pumas, ocelots...you name it.
Calvin to Dad: Here, Dad, read this story tonight. I wrote it and Hobbes illustrated it.
Dad: ...um..ok.... "The dad who lived to regret being mean to his kid....?"
Calvin: What are you pausing for? Keep reading.
Dad: Barney's dad was really bad, so Barney hatched a plan. When his dad said, "Eat your peas!" Barney shouted, "No!" and ran. Barney tricked his mean ol' dad, and locked him in the cellar. His mom never found out where he'd gone, 'cause Barney didn't tell her. There his dad spent his life eating mice and gruel. With every bite for fifty years he'd been sorry he'd been cruel. THE END
Calvin: You know how a lot of stories have morals to them?
Dad: I get it... I get it!
[from Watterson, Bill, The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes (Kansas City, New York: Andrews and McMeel, 1990), 108]
