Barney’s Dad
Posted: May 28th, 2012 | Comments Off
Here’s a box of crayons. I need some illustrations for a story I’m writing. You can draw something besides tigers, can’t you? Sure. Leopards, pumas, ocelots … you name it. Here dad, read this story tonight. I wrote it and Hobbes illustrated it. Um, ok. The dad who lived to regret being mean to his kid. What are you pausing for? Keep reading. 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 was sorry he’d been cruel. The end. You know how a lot of stories have morals to them? I get it, I get it! Calvin asks Hobbes if he can support him by drawing the illustrations for a story of his. Calvin wants to know if Hobbes can draw anything but tigers. Hobbes is proud to tell that he can also draw leopards, pumas and ocelots very well. Calvin wants his Dad to tell him a story he created as a good night story. Calvin’s Dad agrees. Calvin’s Dad is a little irritated by the title of the story: “The dad who lived to regret being mean to his kid”. Calvin says he should go ahead. The hero in the story, Barney, doesn’t obey his Dad and spills peas all over the floor. Barney locked himself in the cellar to teach his Dad a lesson. Barney’s Dad has to eat mice and feels really sorry. Calvin points out that there might be some kind of morale in this story. Calvin’s Dad understands it and is mad.