Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 15, 1995
October 14, 1995
October 16, 1995
Transcript:
Hobbes: I love fall. I like the cool days, the smell of leaves, the low sunlight...and the sky looks even more blue when the trees are yellow and red! Calvin: I dunno...I think autumn is melancholy. Summer if over an ina week or two, everything will be hankered down for the long bleak winter. Nothing lasts, fall is just the last fling before things get worse. Hobbes: If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are? Calvin: I like to have everything so good. I can take it all for granted. Hobbes: I think the brisk air makes apple pie taste better too! Mm-mm!
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renrutnagrom almost 12 years ago
“. . . Interest-free bank loans to yourself.” Folks, we have a future politician here!
the calvinosaurus that calvin wanted to discover over 8 years ago
look at all those leaves he could use for his collection!
weatherford.joe Premium Member about 6 years ago
I completely agree with Hobbes here. Especially about the part about apple pie.
yow4zip Premium Member about 4 years ago
Mmm, apple pie. In Homer Simpson’s voice.
AntonL.Graf over 3 years ago
I want to believe that the falling leaf represents Hobbes, and that Calvin will look back (as he just did) at this moment he shared with his tall orange friend, when he caught a glimpse of a flittering orange leaf seconds before it touched the grass, settling down to rest amid the countless others that had fallen with the passing of summer.
Nothing lasts. Fall is just the last fling before things get worse.
He feels melancholic, but then he remembers—the sky looks even more blue when the trees are yellow and red.