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Calvin has finished the secret code. He has assigned each letter a totally random number. For instance, for the letter "A", you write 3,004,572,688. Hobbes admits that's a good code. Calvin says they only have to commit it to memory. He asks if Hobbes has finished the map of their neighborhood. Hobbes isn't quite done yet. He asks how many bricks there are on the front walk.

Transcript

There! I finished our secret code! Let's see. I assigned a totally random number, so that code will be hard to crack. For letter "A", you write 3,004,572,688. "B" is 28,731,569 1/2. That's a good code all right. Now we just commit this to memory. Did you finish your map of our neighbourhood? Not yet. How many bricks does the front walk have?

Collected in

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
p. 29
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
p. 138
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 331
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 3,p. 115
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