I did this as a child. While at the bus stop, I was playing inside the parked car at the house on that corner. I deactivated the parking brake, and almost killed myself trying to stop the car from rolling into the street. The bus came at that exact moment. All the kids saw it. My heart was beyond stress that entire day at school.
Hobbes was in Tiger form at Susie’s tea party. The real question is, does Calvin see Hobbes in doll form when he’s around his parents? If yes, then Hobbes is not a factor of Calvin’s imagination but a separate entity altogether.
This gives me ptsd. I don’t think people with normal childhoods understand how hard these mistakes weigh on you when you make them at that age.