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Calvin starts with a dramatic reading of "With a creepy, tingling sensation, you hear the fluttering of leathery wings. Bats! These unspeakable giant bugs drop onto...". The class all replies "Bats aren't bugs". Calvin asks them who's giving the report. Those chowderheads or him? Miss Wormwood would like to see Calvin a moment.

Transcript

My report is on bats. ...ahem... "Dusk! With a creepy tingling sensation, you can hear the fluttering of leathery wings! BATS! With glowing red eyes and glistening fangs, these unspeakable giant bugs drop onto..." BATS AREN'T BUGS!! Look, who's giving the report? YOU chowderheads... or ME?! Calvin, I'd like to see you a moment.

Collected in

Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"
p. 26
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
p. 154
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
p. 98
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 196
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 325
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