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Saturday, March 21, 1987

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Calvin notes the woods took a hundred years to grow, but was cut down in a week. He states that after the houses are built, roads will be widened, and gas stations will be built. The whole area will be just a big strip. Eventually, there won't be a nice spot anywhere. Calvin wonders if you can refuse to inherit a world. Hobbes thinks once you're born, it's too late.

Transcript

It took hundreds of years for these woods to grow, and they leveled it in a week. It's gone. After they build new houses here, they'll have to widen the roads and put up gas stations, and pretty soon this whole area will just be a big strip. Eventually there won't be a nice spot left anywhere. I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. I think if you're born, it's too late.

Collected in

Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
p. 99
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
p. 227
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 1,p. 246
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 1,p. 246
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