Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 12, 2011

It’s all a matter of perspective.

Calvin and Hobbes definitely takes place in the same world as Lio.

Some guy piloting a traffic helicopter is gonna get the shock of his life …

Incidentally, look at the size of the lot that house sits on! It’s freaking enormous! Either Calvin’s dad is a VERY successful patent attorney, or Calvin’s mom is an heiress of some sort.

The fly over is pretty scary!

Not recognizeing the danger!

Now that kind of creativity is genius.

Danger is approaching very surreptitously from behind!

A Parable, by Hobbes

There were two little boys who attended nursery school every day. The first little boy enjoyed playing with the other children and spent his time helping them build towers out of blocks. The second little boy only liked to crack jokes, and he only wanted the other children to crack jokes. So he wouldn’t help the other children build towers. Instead, he spent his time trying to kick over the towers that the first little boy was helping them to build.

But, to his surprise, every time the second little boy tried to kick over one of the towers, he would find that the child who was being helped by the first little boy would turn against the second little boy. And even more to his surprise, he would find that his actions had no effect on the first little boy. He simply couldn’t understand it.

So the second little boy thought to himself, “I must find a way to get him to stop helping the other children build towers. I will try to kick over every single tower that he builds.” But when the second little boy began to do this, again to his surprise, he discovered that this only made even more children dislike him. And, even worse, it made the first little boy even more determined to build towers for the other children.

Then the second little boy said, “I will try just ignoring him when he builds towers.” But he soon found that, for some reason, he couldn’t ignore him.

Next, the second little boy said, “I am leaving this nursery school. I will no longer be here with him or with the other children.” But he soon found that he had no audience when he cracked his jokes, so he couldn’t stay away.

Unable to think of any other solution, the second little boy returned to his behavior of trying to kick over the towers that the first little boy was helping to build.

Valentine’s Day arrived, and the little children brought valentines to nursery school for their friends. At the end of the day, each child opened their box of valentines. To his surprise, the second little boy, who had been trying to kick over the towers of blocks, discovered that he had received a valentine from every single child in the school!

Then the second little boy watched the first little boy, who had been helping the other children to build towers of blocks, open his box of valentines. It was empty! The second little boy was delighted. He said to himself, “now he will realize that he is wasting his time, and he will stop helping the other children to build towers.”

The second little boy took his full box of valentines home, sat down, and happily began to read them. But as he looked at the envelopes more closely, he suddenly discovered that only one of the valentines was addressed to him! He quickly opened it, and he discovered that it was from the first little boy! It said, “I care about every child in this nursery school, and that includes you. I want to be your friend. So I am giving you every valentine that I received today.”

All the neighbors have moved away, for an obvious reason.

That looks like a giant frog, I thought they only ate bugs!!

Danger threatens Sweet Home!

Crocodil eats Sweet Home!

Some person who owns their own plane is going to see that and freak.

Nice story Hobbes. About compassion I believe. Now who are you, really? :) I’m pretty sure the monster is a dinosaur not a frog.

Calvin’s a big picture kind of guy, but he likes the devils in the details.

Calvin scares me I think.

Good Morning, Marg, Minke and ♠Lonewolf♠!

Happy Valentine’s Day, Hobbes! Thx for the parable.

Calvin amazes the senses.

Calvin must have been an ancient astronut to see things from space.

I thought I had seen every C&H published but I don’t remember THAT one….what a treat!

They got that house way before the prices became 3 times their value.

Thanks for the parable Hobbes!

Sightings of creations like this have convinced UFOologists that Calvin is an alien in disguise since these patterns can only be recognized from outer space. Just wait, space ships full of Hobbs-like creatiures will arrive any day now.

@rayannina:

Not all of us are forced to live on postage stamp sized plots of land in the city.

The price of land here in SD may be $1000 an acre, but it can cost $10-100 thousand to dig the well.

The Nazca Snow Lines!

In later years Calving turned his attention to making crop circles.

Genius, pure genius!

That’s awesome!!! I wish I had that much creativity!!! Thanks Hobbes! i love your story…

Calvin must be good at math to have figured that scene out! Great story Hobbes…thanks :o)

whooo out there, the movie version of this was titled “Tremors”

Calvin lives in Ohio - Moundbuilders territory. There are giant earthworks in Newark, OH, and all around Kenyon College, where Calvin’s creator went to school. Calvin is a history re-enactor.

I wonder if HOBBES is really Fr CDWARD in disguise. If not, CD could use it for tomorrow’s sermon as it is just the right length for an Episcopalian homily.

Ha–that Calvin is something else, ain’t he?

And thanks for the story, Hobbes–really good to read.

The snow series is my favorite of all….

Hobbes, did you make that up on the spot? Because that’s really good!

I do not think Calvin shows proper respect ,for his parents or his nice warm house by threating them with this monster . Remember some of his creations seam to come alive

Reminds me of the Great Serpent Mound. Did Dad take Calvin to see it on one of their camping trips?

went to the serpent mound at thanksgiving, has a tower so you can kind of get a good view. calvin is smarter than he lets on.

I laughed so hard! I’m gonna send a copy to my son, he’ll love it. He used to do similar trails of aliens, spaceships, etc. like this as a kid out of snow. I remember when he did that I had the same reaction as his parents. He too had taken the whole day working in the snow. When I asked him what he was doing he said he was just making stuff. The next day after he went to school I crawled up on a high snow bank about as high as our house and I saw the whole picture, it was amazing! ’

A different kind of “crop circle”! I guess the mystery is now finally solved!!!

We aren’t wealthy but live in a house on 5 acres in a rural area. Love it.

Touching story, Hobbes. Thank you!

Love how Calvin even included the “warts” on his monster.

I don’t see how anyone could not love the little twerp! Having a kid like this would certainly make raising them and living with them interesting and fun (most of the time). We raised three sons. All on them together made for one Calvin. Now have a granddaughter who is a little female Calvin. Wouldn’t change anything about her personality.

A few bowls of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs and this kid manages to do this. I would love, even at the age of 67, to try out this cereal….

Hi Rachel

Yes, I made up the story this morning, but I don’t really take credit for it. It’s a “writer’s inspiration” thing, where sometimes circumstances or postings by others cause the ideas to suddenly appear. A lot of inspiration doesn’t really come from within ourselves.

Haha, wonderful. Love it!

The neighbors probably moved their houses to other towns to get away from Calvin…

Great artwork, Calvin.

These events seem familar…

crop circles solved

how does he do that without some type of airplane or something?

He is a great snow artist