The children have been on a Calvin and Hobbes reading frenzy for the last week or two. We have the complete collection - they are Steve's childhood books - and both kids love them and have been reading nothing but C&H at every opportunity. They occasionally break out into random guffaws and hysterical giggles, and Liesl likes to read certain pages to me. Although we are tickled, and share an appreciation for the material, we find ourselves slightly mystified by their devotion. The vocabulary is quite advanced and some of the jokes require background knowledge that they lack. There was a great word play on "antelope" which went entirely over Sebastian's head until we explained what eloping was. But they're clearly getting enough to love the humor and characters, and so I guess that's enough!
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