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Mom asks where Calvin is going. He says "out". Mom asks if he picked up his room like she asked him to. He says "no". Mom asks for clarification. She says so when Calvin says "out", he really means he's going back upstairs to clean his room. Calvin stands in his messy room and complains that English must not be her first language.

Transcript

Where are YOU going? Out. Did you pick up your room like I asked you to? No. So when you say you're going "out", you really mean you're going back to clean your room, right? English must not be her first language.

Collected in

The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
p. 87
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
p. 91
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 126
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 256
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