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Patty, Shermy, and Charlie Brown stand in a clearing in the woods with items in their hands. She says,"Well, we're all set for our picnic..."

Shermy stoops and places his bag on the floor. He says,"Here's the ice cream!" Patty opens her dish and shows the cake inside; She says,"And here's the cake...."

She turns to Charlie Brown who has his hands cupped closed. She asks,"What are you holding in your hands, Charlie Brown?"

They both look at him as he exclaims,"Soup!"

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Shermy is hammering the croquet stake in the ground. He says,"Croquet is a swell game"

He rummages into the croquet box as Patty crouches across from him. He exclaims,"Hey, Patty, we're short two wickets!" She asks,"Are you sure?"

Snoopy sits and looks up at her questioningly as she turns to look at him and says,"Hmm...."

He stoops in front of him and exclaims,"All you have to do is hold still...the game won't last forever!"

The basic gag is recycled from the Li'l Folks strip from May 29, 1949:

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Charlie Brown stands in the living-room looking out the window. He wonders,"Is that my dad out there mowing the lawn?"

He runs off continuing,"The poor guy looks like he needs a little help..."

He reaches into his toy box and pulls out one of his toy.

He rolls his toy lawnmower out onto the lawn. He says,"I'll take the main part, dad...you just trim around the edges!"

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Charlie Brown is riding a tricycle and Patty is standing in front of him asking " Can you come to my party. Charlie Brown?"

Shermy is sitting on the ground and Patty is Standing beside him asking " It will be next week Shermy, and I'd like to have you come, Too"

Patty is walking away saying " I hate to be the one who always arranges the parties....

Patty is sitting on the floor dialing the phone. She says " But I'm afraid that If I didn't, I wouldn't be Invited!"

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Charlie Brown is talking to Patty. She says,"You count ot twenty, and I'll hide"

She runs off and says,"I know just the place"

She smiles as she sits at the side of the house. She says,"Charlie Brown will never find me here...."

She looks up as Charlie Brown walks up to her and asks,"Patty, what comes after ten?"

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Shermy points to his left and says,"North is in that direction" Charlie Brown replies,"Oh?"

Shermy makes a half-turn and continues,"East is that way, and West is that way...." Charlie Brown replies,"Oh?"

Charlie Brown points to his left and asks,"That means that south is over there, huh?" Shermy replies,"That's right..."

As they walk along, Charlie Brown concludes,"I'm a whiz at directions!"

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Charlie Brown is hoeing on the lawn. He exclaims,"Rats! This is disgusting!" "This is really awful!"

He grimaces and continues. Patty arrives and asks,"You must hate hoeing, huh, Charlie Brown?"

He stops and turns to her. He replies,"Oh, no, I don't mind hoeing at all..."

He resumes hoeing as she sits. He concludes,"What gets me is that I'll have to take a bath when I'm done!"

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Charlie Brown walks up to a picture of himself looking surprise drawn on the fence. He angrily asks,"Now who drew that?"

He puts his hands akimbo and continues,"What an insult! That's not me at all!!"

He takes out a pencil and concludes,"I'll have to fix this right away"

The picture of him on the fence that bears a smile.

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Snoopy sits on a mound of grass howling.

Charlie Brown and Patty are playing in the sand with their toys. She looks over to her left and asks,"What in the world is wrong with Snoopy?"

They stand and look over to the left. Charlie Brown replies, "Nothing...he's just howling at the moon" Patty asks,"In broad daylight?"

She turns and watches Charlie Brown sit down and resume playing. He concludes,"Sure, he's afraid of the dark!"

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Patty sits on the steps with a book. She looks in front of her and exclaims,'A parade!" "Oh, boy!"

She runs off continuing,"There's nothing that I like better than a parade!"

She stands smiling as Charlie Brown (holding a flag) and Snoopy walk by in full parade uniforms.

She returns to her seat, opens her book and says,"Well, let's see now....where was I?"

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Charlie Brown sits on the curb and says,"Patty and Violet just got spanked for running out in the street...."

He leans on a garbage can and says,"Shermy got spanked for breaking a window"

He stands in the lane and continues,"I'd better not speak too soon, though...."

He walks off down the lane and concludes,"I'm probably just living on borrowed time myself!"

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Patty stands next to Violet and holds out a handbag. She says,"This is 'mad money'."

Violet asks,"'Mad Money'? What's that for?" Patty looks behind her and responds,"I'll show you...."

Charlie Brown starts questioningly as Patty whops him with her handbag across his head.

He sits on the floor holding his head and confused as the girls walk off. Patty concludes,"All girls carry 'mad money'."

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Violet walks along with flowers in her hand. She says,"I think I'll give these flowers to Charlie Brown"

She approaches him sitting down reading and holds the flowers out to him. He turns to her frowning and exclaims,"I can't accept flowers from a girl!!"

She stoops next to him and asks,"How would it be if you just snatched them out of my hand?" He replies,"Well...."

She walks off flowerless saying,"Charlie Barown is so manly!"

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Charlie Brown stands over Schroeder sitting on the ground slurping on his thumb. The former says,"You shouldn't suck your thumb, Schroeder..."

He continues,"It might make your teeth crooked..." Schroeder continues sucking his thumb.

He crouches in front of Schroeder and says,"Or spoil the shape of your mouth..." Schroeder continues sucking.

Charlie Brown sits on the floor, looks at the reader, and sucks his thumb. He concludes,"Besides that....it's catching!"

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Snoopy sits nearby watching Charlie Brown hit the ball a short distance with his golf-club.

Charlie Brown watches as Snoopy picks the ball up into his mouth.

He whistles as they walk off.

As Snoopy drops the ball into a golf-hole, Charlie Brown takes out his pad and says,"Another par! That gives us a sixty-nine!"

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A puzzled Schroeder looks up at Charlie Brown leaning over him. The latter asks, "Can you wink, Schroeder?"

He crouches in front of Schroeder with one eye closed. He says,"Close one eye like this...see? It's easy"

As Schroeder closes both of eyes, he exclaims,"No, not both eyes...just one!"

He grimaces at the reader as Schroeder starts to snore.

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Snoopy runs along barking loudly.

He passes Shermy and Patty sitting on the curb reading. She says,"Here's something interesting..."

She reads,"It says here that a refined person will always speak softly...."

Snoopy walks along barking softly.

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Violet stands on the steps in front of her door talking to Shermy who is standing on the walkway. She says,"I can't come out today, Shermy"

She sits on the steps and continues,"My mother's going to be cleaning house"

He asks,"What's that got to do with you?"

She walks back in the house and concludes,"I'm an apprentice housewife!"

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Charlie Brown sits on the ground eating an ice-cream cone. He frowns at Snoopy jumps up and down in front of him with his tongue out. He exclaims,"I've never seen a dog who liked ice cream so much!"

His frown deepens as Snoopy's antics grew. He says,"Hmm..."

Snoopy stops as he pushes the entire cone towards him and exclaims,"Oh, all right! Here!! Take the whole thing!"

As Snoopy lies on the ground with his paws up in the air, Charlie Brown turns to the reader and concludes,"He fainted!"

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Charlie Brown runs along the grass saying,"This will really surprise my dad..."

As he pushes the lawnmower down the lane, he continues,"I like to do things for him" "He's a good guy"

He stands next to the lawnmower and says,"There! whew That was harder than I expected"

He walks off concluding,"But now he can start right in as soon as he gets home from work!"

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Charlie Brown crouches in front of a puzzled Schroeder and says,"C'mon, Schroeder, say, 'Bye-Bye'."

Schroeder continues to look confused as Charlie Brown waves his hand up and down. The latter cajoles,"Wave your hand like this, see? Then say, 'Bye-Bye."

He walks off angrily exclaiming, "I give up! You can't teach this new generation anything!!"

He stops and looks at the reader as Schroeder waves his hand up and down and says,"Bye-Bye"

Schroeder's first speaking role

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Charlie Brown, wearing his mitt, crouches behind Patty who is standing at the plate with her bat, waiting to hit the coming ball. He says,"C'mon! Throw it right in here....she can't hit it!"

He starts as she hits the ball with a pow.

He remains at the plate alone, watching her run the bases.

As she runs back to home, he says,"I missed you while you were away!" She smiles.

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Charlie Brown looks down at Snoopy jumping up and down happily in front of him. He asks,"You're always glad to see me, aren't you, Snoopy?"

He stoops in front of Snoopy and says,"It's nice to have someone who's glad to see you...even if it's just a dog!" Snoopy sits and his ears shoot up in surprise.

Charlie Brown looks at him puzzled, as he exclaims and stalks off angrily.

Charlie Brown turns to the reader and says,"I always say the wrong thing!"

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Charlie Brown walks down the steps in front of the door with socks in his hands. He says,"Mom wants me to hang up this pair of wet socks..."

He stands on a stool and whistles as he hangs the socks on the line.

He stands back and looks at his work. He says,"How's that for a slick job?"

He walks off concluding,"I bet I'd make a pretty good housewife!"

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Charlie Brown turns and looks at the clock. He says,"Gee, it's almost five o'clock"

He runs along and says,"My dad should be coming home from work pretty soon"

He starts to walk down the steps outside the door of the house. He continues,"He likes to have me meet him out by the gate...."

He leans on the gate surrounding the house and concludes,"I guess it gives him a feeling of security!"

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