Peanuts synopsis list (3/11)

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18. During baseball practice, the team, unable to find second base,
uses
Snoopy's dog dish instead. As each team member approaches the bowl,
Snoopy snarls at them, scaring them from going to second base. CB
notes that, "This is going to be one of those games when we get
nothing
but singles."
19. CB goes in a store and spends five bucks on baseball cards in
order
to get one of his hero, Joe Shalbotnik. After he fails, Lucy goes in
the
store, spends a penny, and gets a JS card.
20. Snoopy grabs Linus' blanket and then hides in his doghouse.
Linus
walks on by and loudly says that there's a ton of snakes, lizards and
spiders outside, and that they're all headed towards the doghouse.
Terrified, Snoopy jumps onto the roof, and Linus goes inside and gets
his blanket back.
21. Snoopy wakes up feeling very loving and gives Lucy a kiss on the
cheek. Lucy freaks out and runs off screaming about dog germs and
stuff. Snoopy goes back to his house, deciding that next time he'll
just
bite her on the leg.
22. Linus throws a ball for Snoopy to fetch. Snoopy gets the ball
and
drools on it a lot before returning it to Linus, which quickly ends
the
fetch game.
23. Snoopy invites a homeless bird to stay at his place. The bird
quickly
gets a chair and table and invites several friends over to play cards.

Snoopy growls loudly, scaring all the birds away. Snoopy then says,
"A
friend is NOT someone who takes advantage of you!"
24. CB and Linus are throwing Snoopy's supper dish on a stick when
Snoopy comes back and angrily takes his dish from them. (Snoopy,
"What can you do with people who refuse to recognize the sanctity of
the supper dish?")
25. CB is distantly following the LRHG, wishing he was walking with
her. Later, CB finally walks back home, and, seeing Snoopy, he says,
"Hello Snoopy. You're not much of a substitute for a little
red-haired
girl."
26. Linus draws a comic for English class. (A girl with a headache
caused by her ears being too tight.) He reads the comic to Snoopy,
who
then gives him a "Good luck, you're going to need it" handshake.
27. Linus yells at Snoopy for putting teeth marks all over his
bat--until
Lucy shows up and tells Linus that they're not teeth marks; she used
to
the bat to hit rocks. Shamed, Linus offers the bat to Snoopy, asking
him
if he'd like a bite. Linus then takes off running as Snoopy chases
him.
28. Lucy convinces CB to try and kick a football she's holding,
showing
him a contract that says she won't pull the football away. CB falls
for it,
and, after Lucy once again pulls the football away, Lucy says,
"Peculiar
thing about this document, it was never notarized!"
29. CB calls for Snoopy to get in the car and Snoopy jumps right in.
CB
then tells Linus that his father is taking Snoopy to get a rabies
shot.
Snoopy says, "Rats! I thought we were going out to dinner!"

30. Snoopy, pretending to be a mountain lion, leaps out of a tree and
pounces on Linus' head. Linus keeps right on walks, and Snoopy notes
that, "Somehow, my attacks always seem to lack force!"
31. A rotating sprayer blasts Snoopy with water several times until
CB
turns it off. The sprayer off, Snoopy "bleahs" it and walks off.
32. Snoopy and Linus are looking closely on the ground, searching for
something. Snoopy is growing more desperate, when Linus pops up and
says he's found what they are looking for. Snoopy is relived, saying,
"I'm lost with my contact lenses!"
33. Snoopy wakes up at night, suddenly cold. He runs to the house
and
LOUDLY kicks at the door. CB gets up and opens the door, asking,
"Why can't you just scratch at the door like other dogs?"
34. Snoopy repeatedly kicks at the door, wanting out and then back
in.
After several panels of this, we see CB on the phone saying, "Hello,
humane society? I have a question..."
35. CB wakes up and, looking outside, says, "Snow!" CB runs over to
Linus' house and tells him about it snowing last night. Linus looks
around, confused, not seeing snow anywhere. CB says, "Not down
here... up on the peak!" We then see Snoopy, whose nose is covered in
snow.
36. Lucy watches at Linus writes a letter to the "Great Pumpkin" in
which Linus asks the tGP to bring him and Lucy lots of presents. They
go outside and Linus stands on Lucy's back, enabling him to get high
enough to put the letter in the mailbox. (Lucy, "Greed makes people
do
strange things!")
37. Linus builds several dozen tiny snowmen. He then builds a snow
podium, and, facing the snowmen, (who are arranged like an audience)
he says, "I suppose you're all wondering why I asked you here today.."
38. Linus makes a snowball and tosses it at Snoopy, knocking off the
large black hat he's wearing. Linus then makes another snowball,
intending to throw it when Snoopy turns around with a sign that says,
"If
you throw that snowball at me, I'll have the human society on you so
fast
it'll make your head swim!" Snoopy walks off, and Linus says,
"Whoever paints those signs for him does a good job!"
39. CB makes a pile of snowballs and begins yelling off-panel to a
group of people, saying he's not afraid of them and he's ready. When
CB yells, "C'Mon!! I'll stand the whole bunch of you!!", he gets
PELTED with snowballs. Lying on the ground CB says, "Why do I
always say things like that?"
40. It's snowing heavily as Snoopy wakes up and awaits breakfast. CB
comes out and sets a bowl down. Snoopy is upset, noting that it's the
middle of January, snowing, the weather is freezing, and CB has
brought
him COLD CEREAL.
41. Snoopy wades through a heavy snow at night and borrows a broom
from CB. He sweeps the snow off his doghouse, returns the broom, and
goes back to the doghouse, only to discover it's once again completely
covered in snow. (This comic also features a picture of Sally, her
tongue
out during a snow fall with the caption "Happiness is catching
snowflakes on your tongue.")
42. Snoopy is on top of the doghouse, thinking about how cold it's
been
all winter. A bird lands on the doghouse and begins talking. After a
bit,
Snoopy kicks the bird off his house, saying, "I'm in no mood to listen
to
someone tell about what a great time he had in Bermuda."
43. Snoopy begins talking to a nearby snowman, trying to resist
becoming friends with him because he knows the sun will eventually
melt him. Snoopy's soon unable to resist talking to the snowman
though,
and, of course, the sun soon comes out and melts the snowman, leaving
Snoopy in tears. We cut to Linus and CB who are sitting at a window,
watching everything. Linus mentions how sensitive Snoopy is, and CB
says, "Uh, huh... but I noticed he wasn't too sensitive to eat the
carrot!"
44. CB is standing in a line of kids at a theater. He mentions how
he
really shouldn't be there, how he should be at home helping his
mother,
and about how much homework he has. When it's his turn, CB tells the
ticket-seller, "One, please" and heads on inside. Linus, who has
behind
CB the whole time, says, "Good ol' wishy-washy Charlie Brown... one,
please."
45. Lucy sees Linus building a snowman and asks what he'd do if she
knocked it over. Linus says there's not much he could do, and gives
Lucy a long speech about how he's basically at her mercy. Lucy
decides
to walk off, and Linus says, "Little by little I'm becoming an expert
at
the soft answer..."
46. CB sets up a Christmas tree (with lights) by Snoopy's doghouse.
CB goes inside the doghouse and then pokes his head out, asking Snoopy
if he should unplug Snoopy's tv or his clock-radio.
47. During a baseball game it starts raining heavily. CB runs
outside,
gets on the phone, talks for a minute, says "Thank you", and runs back
outside. Linus tells CB that the rain abruptly stopped and asks if CB
called the weatherman. CB says, "No, dial-a-prayer!"

Interesting facts:
1. Snoopy does not know what rabbits smell like.
2. Snoopy has a fear of snakes, lizards, and spiders.
3. Snoopy buries bone and uses "total recall" to find them again.
(In
another book, however, he simply puts dated signs up.)
4. Snoopy wears contact Linus.

Title: Kiss Her, You Blockhead!
Published: 1982, Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Main Storylines:
1. Snoopy goes "snow fishing."
2. Sally attempts to hand out Valentines Day cards from the Valentine
box in her class. Sally ends up getting her hand caught in it.
3. Lucy decides to grow a garden. Lucy has Linus, then later Snoopy,
attempt the digging.
4. Snoopy tries to write a book on beauty tips.
5. Snoopy and Molly Volly play another tennis tournament, their
opponent this time being "Crybaby" Boobie and "Bad Call" Benny.
Molly Volly tells Snoopy of her new habit of eating chocolate chip
cookies between games. (Snoopy, "My kind of partner!") The game
comes to a stand-still on the last point the ball land right on TOP
the net,
not falling to either side.
6. Snoopy goes "fishing for compliments."
7. Snoopy meets a "knight" (Woodstock in a suit of armor.)
8. Sally goes to bean bug camp in the summer. At camp, Sally sits
around in a beanbag watching tv and eating junk food. Sally returns
home rather heavier than before.
9. Snoopy along Woodstock with Oliver, Conrad and Bill (Woodstock
look-alikes) go hiking. Snoopy attempts to teach them, among other
things, how to read a compass.
10. Linus tells CB that the man who own the vacant lot where the gang
play baseball was told not to let anyone play their anymore. In
addition,
Mr Martin can't be the umpire anymore.
11. Upset at not being able to play baseball anymore, CB spends his
time throwing a golf ball up against the steps and catches it. Marcie
tells
CB that she's upset that he is not fighting to get the lot back.
Marcie
then tells CB that she's fond on him, and kissed CB on the cheek.
Marcie talks to PP about what she did. (Marcie, "He made me so mad I
told him I liked him!")
12. Linus tells CB that they can play on the vacant lot again. A
"real
estate agent" (Spike) and several of the coyotes from Needles bought
the
vacant lot. During the first pitch of the game, Marcie confronts CB,
telling him her heart is bent. Marcie then decides that perhaps she
wasn't
so fond of CB after all...
13. Snoopy works on a book of Health Tips.
14. Snoopy gets a letter and, later, a visit, from his long lost
brother,
Marbles. Marbles lives with Snoopy for awhile, but leaves shortly
after
getting a ride with the "WWI Flying Ace."
15. PP, CB, and Snoopy all enter a junior bowling tournament.
Meanwhile, Linus and Sally wait in a pumpkin patch for the Great
Pumpkin to appear. Linus and Sally end up getting hit by a bowling
ball
which CB accidently throw out the front door.
16. Rerun rides in the seat on the back of his mom's bicycle.
(Strips
scattered throughout the last half of the book.)
17. CB and Sally go around attempting to sell home-made Christmas
wreaths. Sally enlists Snoopy's help and sales begin to boom.

Comics of special note:
1. PP tells her teacher that since silence is golden, she's, "Going
for the
gold!"
2. Snoopy and Linus are out hunting rabbits. When Snoopy sees one,
he
throws a snowball at it.
3. CB writes a letter to an editor saying people need to stand up and
speak for themselves. CB signs the letter "Name Withheld."
4. Sally and Linus' class take a trip to the forest where they're
supposed
to take notes on the trees they see.
5. On the pitcher's mound, CB tells the team that things will be
different
this year. CB then ends up only getting ONE of his shoes knocked off
during a line drive.
6. In school, Sally gives a report on "Arachibutyrophobia" (the fear
of
peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.)
7. Snoopy gets letter from his mother, which says the letter Snoopy
sent
"..does not suit our present needs." Snoopy, "Even my letters home
get
rejected!"
8. Lucy, in the outfield, says the current batter hits likes her
grandmother. Lucy then gets hit in the back of the head by a flying
purse. Lucy, "Sorry, gramma... it was just an expression."
9. CB paints several flowers on the side of Snoopy's supper dish to,
"...give you the illusion that your life is more interesting than it
really
is..."
10. CB, with Linus' help, tries to write a note to the LRHG, asking
her
if she wants to stand on a corner and eat an orange with him. (CB
can't
afford to take her out to dinner.)
11. Linus quotes from Amos to a resting Snoopy, "Woe to then that are
at ease in Zion." Snoopy looks up and says, "Well, that ruins this
day..."
12. Sally comes home from Sunday School, having learned Matthew 6:3
("Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.")
Sally
then tries to write a letter, but her hands get into a fight.
13. Marcie balances several items on a sleeping PP's nose.
14. CB brings the Kite-Eating Tree a "lemon" kite. (He'd brought
strawberry last year.)
15. PP&M shop for a card for PP's father, even though it's Mother's
Day. (PP, "What I need is a Mothers Day card for a my father who has
also been a mother to me..."
16. Lucy puts Schroeder's piano into the washer and dryer. The piano
comes out a LOT smaller.
17. The Sergeant-Major of the Legion Etrangere (Snoopy and four
Woodstock-like birds) keep a look out at "Fort Zinderneuf" (Snoopy's
doghouse.)
18. PP tries to get her grade changes from a D minus to a D. PP,
"[Teacher] said she couldn't change my grade, but she said if she's
ever
on trial for her life, she'd want me for her attorney."
19. PP&M are watching football on tv when PP begins to rant at the tv
about the lack of information on various women in sports.
20. PP&M are playing football when Marcie accidently ties her show
with the football's laces.
21. Sally and Linus are playing football when Sally kicks the ball
into
Woodstock's nest. Woodstock then kicks the ball back at Sally.
22. Linus goes door to door, trying to tell people about the Great
Pumpkin, only to get several doors slammed in his face. Linus then
mails a letter off, and the mailbox door slams in his face as well.
23, PP works on a picture during art class, constantly changing
positions
and drawing with her paper on different surfaces. This prevents
Marcie
from doing any work. PP, "Marcie! You haven't drawn a thing!"
Marcie, "Some of us are just patrons of the arts, sir."
24. Woodstock and Snoopy sit on top of the doghouse, sad that birds
and
dogs don't get anything from Santa for Christmas. Two presents drop
out of the sky, hitting them on the head.
25. Sally, on a swing outside, tries to get CB, who's inside doing
homework, to push her. CB at first refuses, then Sally tells him,
"you'd
better push me now! The years go by awful fast.. Before you know it,
I'll be grown up and married and probably living in another town."
Sighing, CB goes out and pushes her.
26. CB tells Linus about his grandfather watching a golf tournament
on
tv. At the end of the tournament, the golfer throw his ball into the
crowd. CB, "That evening, my grandfather entered a bowling
tournament. When he won, he threw his ball into the crowd."
27. PP, in class, pulls out a "practice doughnut" from a bag to get
her
ready for lunch.
28. Lucy gives Rerun a cookie, reminding him that someday a cookie
won't solve all his problems. Rerun holds the cookie up high saying,
"Until then!"
29. Erasing a picture, PP ends up erasing her desk.
30. Snoopy, getting ready to play hockey, stands quiet for the nature
anthem. Snoopy says, "That's the longest I've ever gone without a
penalty."

Interesting facts:
1. Schroeder's grandfather turns fifty-eight in this book.
2. Snoopy's dad is the one who taught Snoopy the "Cheshire Beagle"
trick.
3. Snoopy has many siblings, but only knows the location of Belle,
his
sister (see Summers Fly, Winters Walk) and his brother Spike.
Snoopy's
father has also been missing for some time.

Title: Let's Face It, Charlie Brown
Published: 1959, 1960, Fawcett
Note: Comprises the second half of Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown.

Main storylines:
1. Linus tell CB how much he likes Miss Othmar. Linus then tells
Lucy,
"I never said I worship her. I just said I'm very fond of the ground
on
which she walks." At night, Lucy even discovers Linus talking to Miss
Othmar in his sleep.
2. CB attempts to tell Lucy, Snoopy, Linus, Violet, and finally
Schroeder about something cute his baby sister Sally did yesterday.
(No
one wants to hear it, though...)
3. Snoopy, staring up at a tree, contemplates what it'd be like to be
a
leaf. Snoopy states if he were a leaf, he'd hang onto the branch for
as
long as possible (and how he'd probably be an embarrassment to the
entire tree.)
5. Lucy draws a picture of the "human heart", saying that half of it
is
filling with love and the other side is filled with love. This leads
to
Linus becoming upset over the "fighting" within himself, so Lucy has
him lean over to one side so "...the love will get a chance to spill
over
into the hate!"
6. Linus keeps forgetting to bring eggshells for a class project of
making
igli (Linus, "One igloo, two igli.") After Linus repeatedly keeps
forgetting (or is unable to) bring the eggshells, Miss Othmar seems to
become more and more upset, prompting Linus to ever pray late at
night,
"...and please don't let Miss Othmar crack up." Finally, Linus
remembers the eggshells, but forgets that it's Saturday. Linus
eventually
has Lucy help him remember, and she does, in her typical, overzealous
fashion (ie, screaming at him, "DON'T FORGET THE EGGSHELLS!"
when he's about ready to fall asleep.)
7. Lucy goes around spreading the word about Beethoven's upcoming
birthday. When Schroeder finds out that Lucy thinks Beethoven's first
name is "Karl", Schroeder tries to correct Lucy, only to be yelled at
for
his "lack of appreciation" for her work. The next day, Lucy
apologizes
to Schroeder, and sings happy birthday to "Laurence" Beethoven.
8. Linus tells CB that Miss Othmar is quitting her job to get
married.
Linus says, "I knew the eggshells were only a manifestation of a
deeper
problem." Later, Linus prepares a gift to send to Miss Othmar--a box
of
egg shells.
9. CB shows Linus how having Snoopy on the tv set with his ears
pointed outward seems to make the picture better. Snoopy quickly gets
tired of this though, and leaves, saying, "My mother didn't raise me
to be
a tv aerial!"
10. Linus starts writing several letters to the Great Pumpkin. He
tells
CB if he hasn't written to tGP yet, he should. Linus also asks Lucy
if
she wants to get the gang together and go around singing, "Pumpkin
carols."
11. In the morning (apparently after a snowfall) Snoopy is lying in
his
doghouse, which, interestingly enough, is right next to (presumably)
CB's house. Snoopy looks up, and sees a GIANT icicle hanging
precariously over his house. Snoopy stays still, too scared to move.
CB
and Lucy come along, assessing the situation. CB calls the human
society for advice, who suggest luring Snoopy out with his favorite
food.
CB then uses a pizza, which causes Snoopy to run out of his doghouse a
split-second before the icicle falls. (CB and Lucy, "Saved by a
pizza!")
12. CB helps Linus write a letter to Santa Claus, in which Linus asks
not
to have his house passed over just because one member was bad. Lucy
comes by and angrily yells at Linus, saying he knows what he's up to.
Lucy and Linus debate for a bit, Lucy saying that little girls can get
away
with more than little boys, cause "...little girls are cute!" (Great
line:
CB, under Lucy's stare, "Don't look at me, I'm only the secretary.")
13. CB is unable to play a baseball game cause he has to push baby
Sally around in her stroller. This makes both Patty (not Peppermint)
and
Linus angry, to which Sally says, "My first year in this world and
already
I have guilt feelings." CB decides to cut the ride short so he can
play the
last inning of the game. CB ends up striking out, losing the game.
In the
end, both his team and his mother are mad at him. CB apologizes to
Sally, saying, "Maybe if you and I stick together as brother and
sister, we
can lick this old world yet..." Sally holds her bottle up, saying,
"I'll
drink to that!"

Comics of special interest:
1. Linus tells CB how sorry he feels for new babies, how they're born
confused and frightened and need something to cheer them up. Linus,
"The way I see it, as soon as a baby is born, he should be issued a
banjo!"
2. Linus, making a city in his sandbox, is told by Lucy that their
mother
wants him to come in. When Linus says he'll be in as "...soon as I
finished this road." Lucy yells at him, saying mom wants him to come
in
right NOW. Sadly, Linus walks towards the house, saying, "You can't
fight city hall."
3. CB and Schroeder are discussion some sort of issue while a nearby
baby Sally plays. Schroeder agrees with a point that CB made, but
says,
"We must be careful not to 'Throw out the baby with the bath.'"
Schroeder turns to a shocked Sally and says, "If you'll pardon the
expression.:
4. CB talks to "Pig Pen", noting how clean he looks. "Pig Pen" says
it's
not easy, and then starts to get dirtier just by standing there.
5. CB, with a plastic ball, "bowls" with several of Sally's milk
bottles.
6. When Snoopy refuses to come when CB, with a bowl of food, calls
suppertime, CB threatens to give Snoopy food to the cat next door.
This
gets Snoopy running to eat dinner.
7. Linus tells CB how Miss Othmar is more than just a good teacher
and
a great human being. She's also a "living doll".
8. When CB sees Linus bringing flowers to school to give to Miss
Othmar, CB asks Linus if that's bribery. Linus, "Bribery? This isn't
bribery... I prefer to think of it as pump-priming."
9. Lucy tells CB how Miss Othmar (according to Linus) spoke out
against blankets today in class. When CB wonders who Linus will
choose between Miss Othmar and his blanket, Linus comes along,
dragging his blanket and saying, "Miss Othmar? Who's Miss Othmar?"
10. CB, with baby Sally, ask Schroeder if he'll play "Rock A Bye,
Baby" for Sally. Schroeder refuses, and, after CB walks off, Sally
"blaah"s Schroeder.
11. Violet and CB talk about how a good smile enhances one's
personality. When Snoopy gives them both a huge, toothy smile, CB and
Violet agree a smile helps, "Within bounds of reason..."
12. CB and Schroeder are walking by Snoopy's doghouse. CB talks
about a bone Snoopy's had for months, and he wonders why Snoopy
never chews on it. As they walk past, Snoopy says, "Has he never
heard
of a conversation piece?"
13. Snoopy and baby Sally are sitting on the floor across from one
another when Sally spins her milk bottle around. It stops, pointing
at
Snoopy. Much to Sally's surprises, Snoopy leans forward, lips
puckered,
expecting a kiss.
14. Lucy, Linus, and CB are walking to school. Lucy complains about
how cold it is, school, and, well, just about everything really. When
Lucy leaves, Linus turns to CB and says, "To put a little fun in your
life,
try fussing!"
15. Linus and Lucy are watching baby Sally crawl around. Linus
wonders when Sally will start to walk. Lucy says, "Don't rush her...
once you stand up and start to walk, you're committed for life!"
16. Schroeder tells Lucy that he wouldn't marry her unless she was
the
last girl on earth. After confirming that Schroder did, indeed, say
"unless" (as opposed to "if") Lucy turns around and yells, "HOPE!!"
17. Lucy has Snoopy try the lemonade she's just made. After seeing
his
reaction (extreme puckering and shaking) Lucy decides she needs to add
more sugar...
18. After finishing her bottle, baby Sally tosses it away, saying,
"I'm
surprised you don't get a refund on the empty bottles."
19. Linus tells CB that when he grows up he wants to learn all about
people. When CB asks if Linus wants to learn this so he can better
help
people, Linus says, "No, I'm just nosy..."
20. Lucy tells Linus about trick-or-treating. Linus asks if it's
legal,
saying, "Good... I wouldn't want to be accused of taking part in a
rumble."
21. Linus sees Lucy cutting a hole in the top of a pumpkin and
scooping
the innards out onto a piece of newspaper. Linus walks away,
sickened,
yelling, "You didn't tell me you were going to kill it!"
22. CB asks Linus if the Great Pumpkin came by and gave him a lot of
presents. Linus replies with a curt, "Oh, shut up!"
23. CB and Lucy laugh at Linus for having believe in the Great
Pumpkin. Linus sadly sits on a bench with Snoopy and says, "I was a
victim of false doctrine."
24. Lucy is reading Linus the story of King Midas. When she gets to
the
part of about Midas' wish that everything he touches would turn to
gold
comes true, Linus has Linus stop. Linus gets up and walks off saying,
"I
know just what's going to happen. These things always have a way of
backfiring...."
25. Snoopy, dancing, passes by baby Sally. Sally gets up and follows
Snoopy, dancing and mimicking his movements. Snoopy says,
"Suddenly I feel like the pied piper!"
26. Violet and Patty (not Peppermint) insult CB. When they walk off,
Schroeder says, "I see the cats have been using you to sharpen their
claws again." CB sadly says, "Yeah, I'm sort of a spiritual
scratching
post."
27. Schroeder is playing the piano while Snoopy watches. When
Schroeder leaves, Snoopy starts to play, paw prints appearing on the
bottom of the musical notes.
28. Linus shows CB a letter he got from Miss Othmar (now Mrs
Hagemeyer.) In the letter, Miss Othmar thanks Linus for the
eggshells,
and says of all the students, she misses him the most. After Linus
tells
CB this, Linus happily floats off the ground.
29. Snoopy is asleep as it begins to snow. Snoopy makes up covered
in
snow and says, "All right, who's the wise guy?"

Interesting facts:
1. Lucy tells Schroeder she wants to work in an advertising agency
when she grows up.

Title: Nobody's Perfect, Charlie Brown
Published: 1962, 1963
Notes: Comprises the first half of You Can Do It, Charlie Brown

Main storylines;
1. A heavy rain is falling while CB stands on the pitchers mound
waiting for the rest of his baseball to show up. Lucy stops by for a
bit,
followed by Linus, who speedily builds a small "shack" around CB.
2. Lucy is flying a kite when Linus approaches. Linus quickly
realizes
that Lucy has made her kite from HIS blanket. Lucy, distracted by
Linus' yelling, lets the kite go. Linus gloomily searches for it,
even
having CB put an add in the paper. (Great line: "I can't live without
my
blanket. I can't face life unarmed!") Linus eventually gets a letter
saying the blanket was last seen heading towards the ocean. The
blanket
is eventually found and returned by the Air Rescue Service, who were
on
a mission to save a "Lieutenant Commander Carpenter."
3. Violet, Lucy, and Shermy, tired of losing all the time, quit the
baseball team. Angry at his team deserting him, CB kicks a stack of
baseball hats on the ground. They all land neatly in a pile on top of
his
head. ("Even Casey Stengel couldn't do that!") Afterwards, CB
decides
just to go home.
4. With school starting, Sally faces the fact she'll be entering
kindergarten soon. CB tries to help Sally overcome here fears, even
sending her to Lucy's PHS. Linus joins in, trying to help as well.
Sally
eventually goes, only to have a wonderful time.
5. Linus convinces Sally to wait for the Great Pumpkin with him on
Halloween night. When tGP doesn't show, Sally, upset at having missed
Halloween and trick-or-treating, vows never to speak to Linus again.
Later in the book Linus tells CB what happened and states that (cause
Sally won't talk to him) his life is ruined. Sally, perking up
instantly,
asks, "Is it??"

Comic of special note:
1. Lucy asks CB if he's every thought about how everyday is someone's
birthday. When CB says, "No", Lucy tells him he's going to have a lot
of
trouble when he gets into college.
2. Lucy tells CB how upset she is about phonies, and wonders how one
can tell the phonies from the "realies".
3. CB asks Linus (who's wearing glasses) if he wears glasses cause
he's
far-sighted or near-sighted. Linus asks which is which, and CB,
rambles
for a bit, trying to remember. Linus finally walks off saying, "I
wear
glasses so I can see better."
4. Lucy and Linus are star-gazing when Lucy wonders if stars really
have points. Linus repeats what he heard from his ophthalmologist,
that
stars only appear to have points due to a slight astigmatism in the
human
eye caused by irregularities in the cornea. Lucy walks off, saying
that
Linus' ophthalmologist has ruined her star-gazing.