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Susie asks Calvin if he has his line memorized for the play. Calvin says he's still learning it. Being an onion is a difficult role. He asks Susie what she is. She replies "Fat". Calvin says "No. I mean in the play". She smacks him and asks whether anyone else wants to say it. Calvin lies in a heap on the sidewalk calling for his understudy.

Transcript

Do you have your line memorized for the nutrition play, Calvin? I'm still learning it, being an onion is a difficult role you know. What are you? I'm "Fat." No, I mean in the play. Anyone else want to say it?!? Aackk! Understudy! Understudy!

Collected in

Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
p. 43
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
p. 174
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 1,p. 181
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 1,p. 181
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