Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 19, 1952
Transcript:
Lucy cries, "Go to it, Snoopy! Go to it!!" "Faster! Faster! Faster!" Charlie Brown adds as they watch Snoopy dance around the room to the music playing.<BR><BR> Schroeder plays the piano. Lucy claps, "C'mon, Snoopy!" Snoopy dances. "Yippee!" Charlie Brown calls. "That's my boy!" Patty adds.<BR><BR> "Say...It's getting late...." Charlie Brown notes.<BR><BR> "I've got to be going home." he says. Schroeder agress, "Me, too." "I didn't realize it was so late.." Patty adds. Snoopy watches as they all turn and walk away.<BR><BR> Snoopy watches after tham and thinks, "There they go...Leaving me alone again! Do any of them ever invite me over to spend the night? NO!" He continues, "All I'm good for is a few laughs!....Rats!"<BR><BR> He trots off in the other direction. "They're willing to have me entertain them during the day, but sa soon as it starts getting dark, they all go off, and leave me!"<BR><BR> He looks over his shoulder and frowns: "Well, I'll how 'em...I don't NEED their company!"<BR><BR> "I can always sit home, and watch television!" he thinks from inside his doghouse. On top of the doghouse is an antenna.<BR><BR>
But these aren’t thought balloons… these are SPEECH balloons!