Calvin's Room, Monday Evening
Calvin lay on his bed, glaring moodily at the ceiling, an open envelope discarded on the floor. The entire air of disaffected youth was ruined when Hobbes pounced, sprawling across him and flicking his tail in Calvin's face.
"Cheer up, it can't be that bad."
Calvin leapt up in startlement, managing to fall off the bed in a tangle of limbs as he did.
"I forgot to mention, Susie came over." Hobbes looked contrite as he looked over the side of the bed, really he did.
Susie gave Calvin a hand up. "You haven't bugged me in days, so I decided to see what's wrong."
Calvin scowled and offered Susie the envelope.
"Just read it."
Susie's confused expression got no less confused as she read the letter. "I don't understand," she said. "You won this. They're using the phrase 'innovate world-building and unique imagination' to describe your writing."
"I won the fiction award," Calvin explained, still scowling. "I entered it under non-fiction."
That was when Susie started hitting him with a pillow.
"Cheer up, it can't be that bad."
Calvin leapt up in startlement, managing to fall off the bed in a tangle of limbs as he did.
"I forgot to mention, Susie came over." Hobbes looked contrite as he looked over the side of the bed, really he did.
Susie gave Calvin a hand up. "You haven't bugged me in days, so I decided to see what's wrong."
Calvin scowled and offered Susie the envelope.
"Just read it."
Susie's confused expression got no less confused as she read the letter. "I don't understand," she said. "You won this. They're using the phrase 'innovate world-building and unique imagination' to describe your writing."
"I won the fiction award," Calvin explained, still scowling. "I entered it under non-fiction."
That was when Susie started hitting him with a pillow.