Me and Calvin with his Hobbes

Wondering why I chose this topic... Hmmm... I shall give credit to a good friend of mine for the same... I must admit that this indeed is a very interesting topic to write upon; especially given I am going to talk about another loquacious character.

I had been given a book on Calvin by the same friend of mine. I generally like comics and expected light hearted material from this book too. And one fine night, I did take this book to read before going to bed. So amazing is the character of Calvin that I read half of the book the very same night. Now now, I am not gasconading/boasting stuff here. The book has 127 pages and the pages are really lengthy... Trust me! ;-)

But I did not read it because the book was too enchanting and all... I kept reading the book hoping that some character other than Calvin would eventually talk or at least Calvin would give a chance to talk. But all my hopes went in vain. He did not even allow Hobbes to talk a lot. Ah! What a pity! A cute tiger like that lying quiet for most of the time in his life. I can't even imagine that. I did not even get to see him roaring even once. But it was getting too late for a poor mortal like me to stay awake. After all, unlike Calvin, I just can't be a student and not worry about my livelihood.

I have to get up early in the morning, iron clothes, prepare breakfast (putting milk on cereals is painful, especially at odd hours in a day) and to top it all - take bath. I never got to comprehend as to why one has to take bath daily even if they do not indulge themselves in dirty activities - like playing in dirt, etc. - just like Calvin. But that's just me! A great thinker like me, is always misunderstood by the low mortal souls roaming all over the place on Earth. Sigh!

The after affects of my initial adventure did make me adverse to picking up the book again... But as you guys already know - Komal just loves challenges! Err... Whoz Komal? Oh, I see... it's me - Now, you see why I had to keep reading the book which is so centered on Calvin. But, there was more to this story. Other day, my self-conscience and I had a little chat about Calvin. Here are a few excerpts from the conversation:

Self-Conscience: Komal, how can you be so easily bugged by Calvin? That doesn't suit your temperament.
[Now, that's what I call a cool excerpt! ;-)]

And I was off to another adventure with Calvin and of course, Hobbes. Though, at times, I wonder does Hobbes has anything to do in that book. After all, Calvin is so dominating. Perhaps, this could be attributed to his verbosity. This other adventure was no different. I remember one such story in which Calvin decides to not bug anyone for his Christmas presents and I wonder, why he thought of bugging. If only, he had thought of abandoning his talk for a few days, how grateful people around would have been to Santa Claus. Phew! That was not on the x-mas cards for them.

Finding Calvin no different on this adventure of mine, I decided to give Calvin a back seat. After all, change is spice of life and he had none to proffer. Yeah, yeah, I know - that too much spice can burn mouth too. In such cases, keeping spice in refrigerator would not also help. Green chillies serve as best example! What say? ;-)