Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 16, 1956
January 15, 1956
January 17, 1956
Transcript:
Charlie Brown approaches Lucy who is sitting at the table writting. She asks, "Can birds fly to the moon, Charlie Brown?"<br> <br> He grimaces and exclaims, "Good Grief, how should I know?" She starts writing and says, "I'll put down that they can..I'm writing an essay on birds for school.."<br> <br> She reads, "Certain types of birds have been known to fly as far as the moon and back.."<br> <br> She says, "I feel that for an article such as this, it's a good idea to bring out little known facts.."<br> <br>
If a fully laden swallow can ferry a migrating coconut from Africa to Europe in a timely fashion, an unladen swallow would obviously have the power-to-weight ratio needed to reach escape velocity. #LunarCraterSwallowHirundolunarium