Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 23, 1989
Transcript:
Calvin: I can't sleep. I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction. At nighttime, the world always seems so big and scary, and I always seem so small. I wish I could fall asleep, so it would be morning. Sighhhhh...Look at Hobbes. He's asleep. Hobbes: Z Calvin: Heh heh...He sure looks funny when he sleeps. Tigers close their eyes so tight. I wonder what he's dreaming about. Good ol' Hobbes. What a friend. Hobbes: Z Calvin: Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend. Hobbes: Z Calvin: Z Hobbes: Z
In the book, this one came at the end of the sequence that follows, where Calvin’s family home is burglarized.