I (barely) managed to avoid telling my kid that story. Instead, I made up stories about Ched R. Cheese (a mouse with a predilection for sharp cheese and his friend Corny (who had a similar fascination w/ hominy and the like). Ched built a GREAT home by eating out the middle of a huge wheel of cheese (we were at the time living in a house that I was still building). They also went on adventures cribbed from my youth’s golden-book stories… and others.
Can’t Calvin read a story himself before he goes to bed? It’s a great habit to get into you know (but then again, Calvin has never been one to follow good habits.;-D).
Geez, Dad. Usually parents enjoy reading bedtime stories to their kids. I did. And a kid’s story usually doesn’t take long. Not like your reading War and Peace. Once again, I’m not impressed with their parenting skills.
Always liked reading bed time stories to our 2 sons. Especially Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book which nearly put me to sleep. As an illustrator/writer in Hallmark cards Contemporary Car Studio in 1962 I enjoyed all Seuss’s books & animation in his movies.
BE THIS GUY about 3 years ago
P.S.
And Dad also got a weiner dog.
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
Sour dreams to you, Calvin.
Imagine about 3 years ago
You just don’t like morals, period. Especially those directed at you.
codycab about 3 years ago
Best bedtime story ever!
nomad about 3 years ago
I wish I had thought of that
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 3 years ago
Next night Calvin will be less nagging.
GROG Premium Member about 3 years ago
Maybe you’d like it better if he called it a dungeon.
Johnny Q Premium Member about 3 years ago
I like the big Gothic “O” at the start of the story!
eastern.woods.metal about 3 years ago
Calvin, learn to read your own bed time stories
ChukLitl Premium Member about 3 years ago
Susie would love that story.
in.amongst about 3 years ago
Yup! Morals, unfortunately, come with hazards.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
I (barely) managed to avoid telling my kid that story. Instead, I made up stories about Ched R. Cheese (a mouse with a predilection for sharp cheese and his friend Corny (who had a similar fascination w/ hominy and the like). Ched built a GREAT home by eating out the middle of a huge wheel of cheese (we were at the time living in a house that I was still building). They also went on adventures cribbed from my youth’s golden-book stories… and others.
MelanieAltheaMoore Premium Member about 3 years ago
But they build character!
su43dipta about 3 years ago
Did his dad leave a very hungry tiger with him inside the basement, too?
Susan00100 about 3 years ago
I guess he wouldn’t like “Aesop’s Fables”.
'IndyMan' about 3 years ago
That wasn’t ‘moral story’, ‘Calvin’, that was a ‘warning story’ as to what COULD happen if you keep this up ! ! ! !
Baarorso about 3 years ago
Can’t Calvin read a story himself before he goes to bed? It’s a great habit to get into you know (but then again, Calvin has never been one to follow good habits.;-D).
sandpiper about 3 years ago
Go, Dad
PaulAbbott2 about 3 years ago
Geez, Dad. Usually parents enjoy reading bedtime stories to their kids. I did. And a kid’s story usually doesn’t take long. Not like your reading War and Peace. Once again, I’m not impressed with their parenting skills.
derdave969 about 3 years ago
Morals are best when they apply to other people.
Who, me? about 3 years ago
Dad needs to stop daydreaming at work so he doesn’t have to bring stuff home.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Pretty tame actually. Dad could have told him about the Dad who paid a tiger a quarter and a tuna fish sandwich to eat his son. …scary
tripwire45 about 3 years ago
Calvin’s right this time. Dad or Mom should have read him a bedtime story. All little kids like bedtime stories.
A Hip loving Canadian... about 3 years ago
Calvin complains even when he gets things his way.
artegal about 3 years ago
At least until Child Protective Services arrived.
pcmcdonald about 3 years ago
Do they have a basement?
uniquename about 3 years ago
Someone needs to put some Harry Chapin on the record player for Dad.
mindjob about 3 years ago
What does Dad do to have to bring work home? Sales? Marketing?
tremaine53 about 3 years ago
What? No “Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie”?
txmystic about 3 years ago
Kinda reminds me of the classic update of “Goodnight Moon” called “Go the F**k to Sleep”…
Banjo Gordy Premium Member about 3 years ago
Always liked reading bed time stories to our 2 sons. Especially Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book which nearly put me to sleep. As an illustrator/writer in Hallmark cards Contemporary Car Studio in 1962 I enjoyed all Seuss’s books & animation in his movies.
wiley207 about 3 years ago
And then Calvin and Hobbes retaliated with their OWN story… https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/12/27
Jogger2 about 3 years ago
Calvin doesn’t like stories with implied threats.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 3 years ago
Don’t like stories with morals? Then tune in to some televangelists. No morals but plenty of stories.
WCraft Premium Member about 3 years ago
They never had those kind of stories when my kids were little…
BiggerNate91 about 3 years ago
Inspiration later strikes Calvin to make a similar story of his own.
anomaly about 3 years ago
Kinda pointless to give Calvin stories with morals. He can’t understand them.
cmxx about 3 years ago
My favorite is still the story Lucy “reads” to Linus.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1958/09/28?ct=v&cti=2081199
schaefer jim about 3 years ago
His dad got a lot of them.
Stephen Gilberg about 3 years ago
That’s one of the most text-heavy newspaper comic panels I’ve seen.
Scott S about 3 years ago
Maybe Dilbert has some tranquilizer darts left from the other day.
knottytippet about 3 years ago
I’m with Calvin on this one. Every kid needs a bedtime story every night.
hagarthehorrible about 3 years ago
C’on dad the little boy is just asking for a bedtime story. The daily routines can take a backseat.
Lola85 Premium Member about 3 years ago
At least locking the kid in the basement is better than what that dad is really thinking of doing.
christelisbetty about 3 years ago
Read to a kid, and he’ll want one every night, Teach a kid to read, and he might grow up to be a cartoonist.
Bruce1253 about 3 years ago
Be nice to your kids, they get to pick your nursing home.
jrbaskind Premium Member about 3 years ago
Moral shmoral, that was a threat!
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 3 years ago
Take the hint, kid.