Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 04, 1975

Transcript:

Peppermint Patty asks Charlie, "What are you thinking, chuck?"<BR><BR> Charlie answers, "I was thinking about something my dad told me.."<BR><BR> Charlie says, "My dad says that years ago, when his mother and father went somewhere for the evening, he'd stay home with his grandmother.."<BR><BR> Charlie adds, "His dad would give him fifteen cents so he could run up to the hamburger shop, and buy two hamburgers for himself and one for his grandmother."<BR><BR> Charlie continues, "His dad would also leave him thirty cents so they could go to the show.. In those days they always had a comedy, a short, a newsreel and then the main attraction.."<BR><BR> Charlie says, "After the newsreel was over, it would say 'The End', and my dad says he was always worried that his grandmother would think the whole movie was over.."<BR><BR> Charlie continues, "So each time it happened, he'd turn and whisper, 'That just means the newsreel is over, Gramma.. the real show is still coming!' And she would always whisper back, 'Yes, I know'.."<BR><BR> Charlie continues, "Years later, he realized that his grandmother was smarter than he thought she was.." Peppermint remarks, "What kind of a story is that, Chuck?"<BR><BR>