Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 24, 1967
Transcript:
Linus and Charlie Brown stand in the snow next to a tree. Charlie Brown says, "Do you know what kind of tree this is? It's a kite-eating tree!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown continues, "Last year it ate twenty-four of my kites! It just reached out and grabbed them with its greedy branches, and then it stood there and ate them . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown grabs Linus and says, "Be careful! Don't get too close!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "After a long winter without any kites, it can get pretty mean!"<BR><BR>
24 kites? That’s got to be expensive. Why do you waste your allowance that way, Charlie Brown?