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Charlie Brown walks down the lane on his paper route, whistling.
He shouts to Patty, "Paper boy!!" As he gets ready to throw the paper, she shouts from her doorstep, "Fire away!"
He throws the paper and it falls apart.
As she stands on the pavement looking at the paper strewn all over, he walks off whistling.
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Lucy sits on the floor reading a book. She reads, "A is for apple, B is for boat, C is for car..."
She lies down and continues, "J is for juggler, K is for king, L is for lamp..."
She starts and says, "Uh, Uh!"
She tosses the book and walks off; she exclaims, "L is for Lucy!"
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"Hey, Violet!" Charlie Brown calls as he runs up to Violet, who sits in the sandbox, playing.
He leans against the side of the sandbox: "I saw something you might be interested in..." "Oh?" she asks
He sits on the ledge of the sandbox and asks, "Have you ever seen a dogcatcher?"
She replies, "Mercy, no! And if I eer did, I'm sure I'd be frightened to death!" "Don't you want to see one?" Charlie Brown asks, as he stands inside the sandbox.
"I don't know...Is there really one around here?" Charlie Brown climbs out of the sandbox: "Sure...C'mon with me..."
They run along. Charlie Brown says, "There's nothing to be scared of..."
"There, see? A dog-catcher!" Charlie Brown points. Shermy pitches a ball to Patty, who swings a bat. The ball is caught by Snoopy, wno sits behind the plate as catcher.
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Violet stands in the field watching as Shermy and Patty walk down the lane smiling at each other.
Violet approaches Patty and Charlie Brown in the lane. She says, "Say, you're doing all right, Patty...this morning I saw you with Shermy, and now you're with Charlie Brown"
He stands looking at the reader as Patty replies, "Well, if nothing else, I'm learning to take the bad with the good!"
Charlie Brown walks along by hisself. He says, "Nobody loves me..."
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Snoopy is standing on his hind-legs, dressed in a shirt and overalls. He is talking to Charlie Brown who is on his hands and knees on the ground. Snoopy points and exclaims, "Speak!" Charlie Brown barks.
Charlie Brown crouches on his legs as Snoopy orders, "Sit up!"
Snoopy throws a ball and says, "Chase it! Bring it back!" Charlie Brown tiredly takes off after the ball.
Snoopy wakes up with a start as Charlie Brown approaches him with his wagon and exclaims, "Hey, Snoopy! Wake up!! I want you to pull me in this wagon!"
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Schroeder stands next to Charlie Brown on the field as the latter whistles at Patty as she walks by down the lane.
Charlie Brown grimaces as Patty continues walking by and snorts in disgust.
He watches as Schroeder whistles an entire musical piece at Violet as she walks by.
He grimaces darkly as Violet and Schroeder walk down the lane together, smiling at each other.
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Lucy stands by the drapes holding a toy in each hand. She says, "Nite-nite, Daddy"
She whistles as she tosses toys in her cradle.
She continues doing the same task.
She is asleep in her cradle, atop all of her toys.
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Violet is holding a plate of cookies, while Patty is on the phone talking to Schroeder. Patty says to Violet" He wants to know if he can bring a friend..."
Violet is standing in front of Patty saying" Ask him if his friend is cute" Patty says to Schroeder" Violet wants to know if he's cute...
Patty still on the phone with Schroeder says" He is? O.K., we'll take your word for it... See you soon, Schroeder: Violet then says " Oh, Boy!
Schroeder. is walking pulling a wagon with a bust of Beethoven.
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Lucy stands blowing up a balloon and it pops.
She looks confused.
She looks around her in growing confusion.
She puts her hands to her mouth and runs off crying.
Trivia:
The first Peanuts daily comic strip that does not have four panels
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Schroeder sits on the floor looking at Charlie Brown, who sits in a chair reading. The latter reads, "The little dog said,'Bow-Wow!'..."
Schroeder smiles as he continues, "And the little cat said, 'Meow, Meow!'..."
He continues, "Then the little dog said, 'Bow-Wow-Wow-Wow!'..."
He turns to Schroeder and exclaims, "Ah, the plot thickens!"
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Lucy stands by the drapes and says, "Nite-nite, daddy"
She walks away.
The area by the curtains is empty.
She returns, peers out from the drapes, and says, "Daddy...I'm not sleepy."
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Charlie Brown sits on the ground reading near to Violet who is doing to the same. She says, "I guess you were right, Charlie Brown..." He replies, "I told you so!"
She turns away grimacing as he continues, "I'm not the kind who says something without having the facts..." "I usually know what I'm talking about...."
He continues, "When I make a statement, I'm pretty sure of all the details..." He adds, "I'm almost always right!"
He jumps as a book bonks him in his head.
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Violet and Patty stand on the sidewalk looking at Lucy. Violet says, "You can't go to the show with us, Lucy..."
Lucy grimaces as they walk away. Violet continues, "You're too small!"
"WAA!" As Lucy starts to cry, Violet turns back and says, "Oh, now don't cry, Lucy...please..."
She stoops and hold out a tissue. She says, "You're a big girl now, and big girls don't cry...'
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Violet sports a ponytail for the first time, also making this her first alternative hair change. Her hair style would alternate between her pigtails and ponytail until January 23, 1955 where her ponytail would become the mainstay
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Schroeder runs along.
He jumps towards his piano.
He lands in front of it and starts pounding out a classical piece.
As Patty watches him play, Charlie Brown turns to her and explains, "An extremely powerful work!"
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Lucy: Nite-nite, daddy!
Lucy: Daddy!
Lucy: I want my teddy bear!!
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Schulz signed the comic strip below with the inscription in the fourth panel, βA Daddyβ. According to Schulz Museum, the comic strip was a gift from Schulz to his neighbor who also had children and reflected their mutual young families
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"Throw it in here! I'll hit it a mile!" Charlie Brown stands at bat. Patty crouches behind him as catcher.
"Let him hit it! We've got an airtight infield!" Violet urges Shermy. Snoopy sits on the ground next to her.
"A base hit!" Patty cries as 'pow,' Charlie Brown swings. The baseball knocks Shermy's (as pitcher) cap off before bouncing onto the ground in front of Violet. She misses it, but Snoopy catches it in his mouth.
As Snoopy and Charlie Brown race towards the base Violet calls, "Tag him, Snoopy! Don't let him get to first!"
Shermy calls, "Tag him, Snoopy!" "Don't let him get to second!" Patty cries. "Don't let him get to third!" Violet adds as Snoopy, ball in mouth, chases Charlie Brown towards base.
"Don't let him get home!" Shermy cries, running after them. Snoopy leaps forward.
"You're out!" Patty cheers as Snoopy tackles a sliding Charlie Brown to the ground right in front of home plate.
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The first baseball strip and the first strip in which Shermy is seen at the pitcher of Charlie BrownΒ΄s baseball team
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Charlie Brown and Patty are walking down the lane. She asks, "Do you like having me with you, Charlie Brown?
He replies, "Of course...why?" She says, "I just wondered...you do look happy."
She exclaims as he says, "It doesn't take much to make me happy."
As she chases him, he says, "I always say the wrong thing..."
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Charlie Brown runs along the field flying his kite with has a short string.
Patty approaches him sitting atop a hill. She says, "That's the lowest-flying kite I've ever seen!" He replies, "I don't believe in taking chances."
She sits next to him and asks, "What are you afraid of?"
He replies, "Airplanes!"
Trivia:
The first time Charlie Brown flies a kite
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Charlie Brown stands and watches as Violet rumages through a junk pile. She says, "Look what I found, Charlie Brown..."
She puts a baby-bottle on the floor and points to it. She asks, "Do you remember when you drank from one of those?" He looks down at it and replies, "I'll say I do!!"
She watches as he kicks it away. He says, "It brings back horrible memories."
He looks at her and adds, "I always used to want fried chicken!"
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Charlie Brown and Violet sit playing a board game. She says, "We get along so well together, don't we Charlie Brown?"
The radio starts playing a song. They look at it, and she says, "Listen..."
She smiles as they sit by the radio, and the radio starts playing, "Sing a song of sixpence...a pocket full of rye..."
He smiles as she turns to him and exclaims, "They're playing 'our song'!"
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Schroeder sits in front of the bust of Beethoven.
Patty and Charlie Brown stand in the doorway watching him. Charlie Brown says, "Poor Schroeder....he's heartbroken."
He sits in a chair across from Patty and says, "It's all my fault, too...I never should have told him...."
He stands, spreads his hands, and concludes, "But can you imagine? He never knew that Beethoven is dead!"
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Lucy sits up in her crib and calls out, "Nite-nite, daddy!"
She sits up with the covers back and thinks, "He should be sitting in his chair by this time..."
She continues, ow he's got the paper open, and has started to read...."
She leans over the railing and calls out, "Drink of water, pleeeeeeze?"
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Patty bends down and suggest to Snoopy. "Let's go for a walk."
"If you're a good dog, I may even buy you an ice-cream bone!' Patty offers as she walks along, with Snoopy trotting behind her.
"?" Snoopy thinks as he gazes at a truck with agrill covering all the wondows and doors. Patty exclaims, "!"
"Run, Snoopy run!! That was the dogcatcher!!" Snoopy races off, envisioning himself in a striped prisoner's uniform, with a ball chained to his leg and a hammer to chop stones.
Listen!" Patty pauses as they stand huddles by a wooden fence. Snoopy pants, iomagining himself strapped into an electric chair.
Patty peeks around the side of the fence. She breathes: "Someone's coming! And he's got a NET!" "Yipe!" Snoopy's ears stand up in terror.
Patty crouches down in a doorway and clasps the dog close to her: "We're trapped!" she announces.
Charlie Brown appears in front of Patty and Snoopy. He holds a net and asks, "Anyone care to hunt butterflies?"
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Patty: I guess there's no doubt about it...
Patty: Music is really Schroeder's forte
Charlie Brown: I get it.... Pianoforte!! Oh, Ho, Ho, Ho! Yak Yak! Ho! Ho!
Charlie Brown: Whew ??? Have you ever been hit with a pianoforte?
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