Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 23, 1963
Transcript:
"Charlie Brown is standing on the pitchers mound, glove in hand as Schroeder walks up to him and tosses him the baseball. <br> <br> Lucy is standing out in out field with a look of exclamation. <br> <br> Schroeder is going over the signals with Charlie Brown on the pitchers mound, saying “One finger will mean a fast ball, two fingers a curve and three fingers a slow ball…Okay?” <br> <br> Schroeder walks away as Charlie Brown replies, “Fine” <br> <br> Charlie Brown turns as Lucy approaches him asking, “What were you two talking about?” <br> <br> Charlie Brown holds his arms out and says, “ We were just discussing our signals” Lucy says “OH..” <br> <br> Lucy says as she walks away, “I thought maybe you were talking about ME…” <br> <br> Charlie Brown just stands there. <br> <br> Charlie Brown then says, “I guess that’s understandable if you’re particularly sensitive!” <br> <br>" dialogue-text,"Charlie Brown is standing on the pitchers mound, glove in hand as Schroeder walks up to him and tosses him the baseball. <br> <br> Lucy is standing out in out field with a look of exclamation. <br> <br> Schroeder is going over the signals with Charlie Brown on the pitchers mound, saying “One finger will mean a fast ball, two fingers a curve and three fingers a slow ball…Okay?” <br> <br> Schroeder walks away as Charlie Brown replies, “Fine” <br> <br> Charlie Brown turns as Lucy approaches him asking, “What were you two talking about?” <br> <br> Charlie Brown holds his arms out and says, “ We were just discussing our signals” Lucy says “OH..” <br> <br> Lucy says as she walks away, “I thought maybe you were talking about ME…” <br> <br> Charlie Brown just stands there. <br> <br> Charlie Brown then says, “I guess that’s understandable if you’re particularly sensitive!” <br> <br>"
There’s a switch. That’s the kind of paranoia CB regularly displayed in the early days of the strip, usually directed at Patty and Violet.