Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 08, 1960
April 07, 1960
April 09, 1960
Transcript:
Charlie Brown says, "Look Linus . . . It's silly for you to be scared of libraries . . ."<br> <br> Linus grabs Charlie Brown and says, "But they're always so still . . . And when you walk in, your footsteps echo like you were in a great tomb!"<br> <br> Linus continues, " . . . And then when you go up to the front desk the librarian looks at you with her great big eyes, and she . . ."<br> <br> Charlie Brown turns and runs away screaming. Linus flips in the air.<br> <br>
I almost scared a kid out of the library when I was a public librarian, but it was due more to the fact that I’m a man and she was looking for a book on “the thing” (“Male thing or female thing?” “Female thing.”).
I wrote out the number for gynecology, showed her how the numbers went around the stacks, and told her that if she’d be more comfortable with the other librarian on duty, I’d be happy to call her to the reference desk.