This is one of my favorite "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strips:Calivn: It snowed last night! Turn on the radio! Maybe they closed school! Maybe the school buses are all froze up? Maybe the principal can't get out of his driveway!
Mom: Get dressed Calvin, it only snowed an inch.
Calvin: Getting an inch of snow is like winning ten cents in the lottery.
Since Emma and Jonas were stuck in Indiana with me for 7 weeks, I home-schooled them. The worst part of home-school is that their friends were in regular school, so they were not around to play. Emma and Jonas kept hoping for a "snow day" so school would be cancelled and they could go sledding with friends.
One day, Emma and Jonas woke up screaming with JOY because they saw that it had snowed... only to go outside and find out it was less than ONE INCH. An inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
( this did not stop Jonas from scooping up and eating the grassy snow :) and eventually we did get a TON of snow... one night it snowed 12 inches)
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Great story and to have it match the comic is even better. Kirra LOVES Calvin and Hobbs. She has 2 really big books. I'll show her this story. She'll love it! :)
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