Hobbes and Calvin met when Calvin was inventing a tiger trap, and Hobbes fell for the trap (There was tuna fish sandwich), so Hobbes started living with Calvin, and together, they have funny adventures. Everytime when Hobbes is with Calvin, we see him as a real tiger, who walks on his feet, but everytime when Calvin's with somebody else, we see Hobbes as a lifeless, stuffed tiger. Some people say that Calvin is imagining that Hobbes is real, or that Hobbes turns real everytime Calvin's around them, but none of them are true, surprisingly. Hobbes almost never calls Calvin by his name.
Anyways, Hobbes was in Calvin's room, seeing Calvin putting his stuff in his dad's leather suitcase.
"Why are you packing?" Hobbes asked.
"I'm leaving. That's what." Calvin replied.
"Why?"
"I'm sick of Mom and Dad telling me what to do. That's why I'm moving."
"Really? Where to?" Hobbes asked.
There was silence.
"You know, I wish that you weren't such a pain in the..."
"Hey, I was just asking!" Hobbes said.
Then, Calvin and Hobbes spotted a poster on the floor that had the picture of Mars on it.
"How about Mars?" Hobbes said, picking up the poster, examining the poster closely.
"Yeah! If we live on Mars, we will be on our own!" Calvin said.
"You finish packing...I'm going to get my wagon." Calvin said, leaving the room.
Ten minutes later, Calvin and Hobbes were in the kicthen, where Mom was.
"So long, Mom! We're going to Mars!" Calvin said.
"Oh, really?" Mom asked.
"Yup! We'll be on our own now."
"Have a good trip." Mom said.
Calvin was standing in the doorway, the warm summer air came into the house.
"Oh, and we will write you and Dad everyday. We will also..."
"Calvin, don't just stand there! You're letting in bugs!" Mom said.
"Either get outside, or stay inside!"
"Wow, she was nice." Hobbes said sarcastically as he and Calvin were outside the house.
"We should've left a long time ago..." Calvin said.
Calvin and Hobbes jumped into Calvin's wagon. Believe it or not, that wagon can fly!
"Do we have the suitcase?" Calvin asked Hobbes.
"Check." Hobbes said, patting the suitcase.
Then, Calvin staretd the wagon. They were riding through the woods.
"I think, we got everything in that suitcase...don't you?" Calvin asked.
"I don't know." Hobbes replied.
"PACKING FOOD WAS YOUR JOB! DIDN'T YOU PACK ANY FOOD AT ALL?" Calvin asked.
"I only packed food for me..." Hobbes said.
Then, there was a ramp in the middle of the woods.
Calvin rode up the ramp, and thw wago flew up, up, and up! Until they were in space.
Calvin and Hobbes were looking around. There were moons, milkyways, and stars! To them, the smell of space smelled like rain. No, they don't even need their helmets!
"YEAH! WE'RE IN SPACE, BABY! MARS, HERE WE COME!" Calvin said.
The wagon was still going, and it was getting smaller, and smaller, until you can't even see it anymore.
Author notes
This is based on the comic strip when Calvin and Hobbes go to Mars, except there's going to be twists in this story, since me, the whole group of 'Writing whatever you want' is going to be writing this story together.
I also think that this is the first Calvin and Hobbes story on here...please give me lots of feedback!
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Comments
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I didn't really know what to make of this ... I'll some more of the series then maybe i'll have a better view.
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calvin and hobbes is such a good strip,with sentamental value to me.
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I think you certainly captured the spirit of the comic strip. That's certainly something Calvin would do. I also thought you characterized the mother quite well with her line..."You're letting the bugs in." Here's just a couple of things I noticed:
I would change the intro to past tense. It will help the description flow better.
seeing Calvin PUT his stuff...
I liked the dialogue. It's pretty smooth and adds character.
Try Calvin stood in the doorway, instead of 'was standing'. Again, watch those tenses.
It was very cute. I'm excited to read the next part.
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How... How could you... :-(
Why would you do Calvin and Hobbes and say he didn't imagine him being real? Why would you say that space smelled like rain if it wasn't his imagination? It's just all so wrong.
Nah I'm just kidding. I know it's supposed to be some kind of ultimate twist. Just make sure your group doesn't make it really corny.
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Shame on you. Calvin and Hobbes are sacred. You have violated the sanctity that surrounds them. Describing a comic is not nearly as entertaining as the comic itself or an original story, even one with pre-existing characters. Brevity is the soul of wit. May Bill Watterson forgive you.

