"Mr. Bun seems comatose," is a line that always stuck with me as a kid reading these. Does Calvin need to believe in the toy for it to be as real as Hobbes? Is it the exclusion of Susie that leaves it inert? Or, is the universe simply bound by the rule that only Hobbes can ever be as animate as Hobbes.
All good questions. I suspect the simplest answer is that it never--as far as I can remember--occurs to Calvin that any other stuffed animal might be alive like Hobbes. Because, after all, Hobbes is not a stuffed animal!
An instructor of mine recently told me that some of the sagest advice she ever received was from an elder who told her that we learn best when we allow ourselves to be like a child. Good to keep in mind
"Mr. Bun seems comatose," is a line that always stuck with me as a kid reading these. Does Calvin need to believe in the toy for it to be as real as Hobbes? Is it the exclusion of Susie that leaves it inert? Or, is the universe simply bound by the rule that only Hobbes can ever be as animate as Hobbes.
All good questions. I suspect the simplest answer is that it never--as far as I can remember--occurs to Calvin that any other stuffed animal might be alive like Hobbes. Because, after all, Hobbes is not a stuffed animal!
An instructor of mine recently told me that some of the sagest advice she ever received was from an elder who told her that we learn best when we allow ourselves to be like a child. Good to keep in mind