Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for December 13, 2000

Transcript:

"As I understand it, Dad, you won't get me a dog for Christmas because you think I'm not responsible enough, right?" "But look! I bought this gold fish! Taking care of this for a while should prove that I can - " Yip! "Okay, this doesn't look good..." "Especially for the fish." FLOP! FLOP! FLOP!