Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 10, 1965
Transcript:
"“HMM…” says Lucy who is standing in the snow in front of a house. <br> <br> Linus is standing in front of a Snowman, looking it over. <br> <br> Linus knells down and starts patting the snow on the snowman as Lucy walks up and says, “What would you do if I pushed your snowman over?” <br> <br> Linus stands up and holds his arms out saying ‘Nothing… What COULD I do? “<br> <br> Lucy is looking at Linus as he says to her, “You’re bigger and stronger than I am… You’re older… you can run faster… I really couldn’t do anything to stop you” <br> <br> Linus goes on explaining to Lucy, “I realize full well that I am at your mercy where things of this sort are concerned… All I can do is simply hope that you will choose not to do so…” <br> <br> Lucy walks away as Linus watches. <br> <br> Linus turns back to his snowman and starts working on it some more as he is saying, “Little by little I’m becoming an expert at the soft answers..” <br> <br>" dialogue-text,"“HMM…” says Lucy who is standing in the snow in front of a house. <br> <br> Linus is standing in front of a Snowman, looking it over. <br> <br> Linus knells down and starts patting the snow on the snowman as Lucy walks up and says, “What would you do if I pushed your snowman over?” <br> <br> Linus stands up and holds his arms out saying ‘Nothing… What COULD I do? “<br> <br> Lucy is looking at Linus as he says to her, “You’re bigger and stronger than I am… You’re older… you can run faster… I really couldn’t do anything to stop you” <br> <br> Linus goes on explaining to Lucy, “I realize full well that I am at your mercy where things of this sort are concerned… All I can do is simply hope that you will choose not to do so…” <br> <br> Lucy walks away as Linus watches. <br> <br> Linus turns back to his snowman and starts working on it some more as he is saying, “Little by little I’m becoming an expert at the soft answers..” <br> <br>"
Smart kid. He knows his sister craves a reaction, so he starves her of one.