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Dad tells Calvin not to make faces at the dinner table. Calvin tells him about what Mom had said and indicates his face is now frozen like that. Dad tells him it isn't, but Calvin says he's now horribly disfigured for life. After Dad tells him he isn't, Calvin says he won't spoil dinner. He puts on a hooded mask and says he's like the elephant man.

Transcript

Don't make faces at the table, Calvin. I can't help it. Mom said my face would freeze like this some day, and it just did. No, it didn't. it did, dad! Mom was right, I'm horribly disfigured for life. No, you aren't. but don't worry, I won't spoil dinner. See? Elephant man!

Collected in

Calvin and Hobbes
p. 125
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
p. 133
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 1,p. 138
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 1,p. 138
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