Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 05, 1978
Transcript:
Snoopy is jogging along and puffing in the woods. His lungs think,"This hard on us lungs." His heart thinks,"If I start complaining, you're all in trouble." His lungs think,"Shut up, heart!"<BR><BR> His feet think,"Why do we feet have to do all the work?" His toes think,"How about toes? You think it's easy being a toe?"<BR><BR> His ears think,"You guys are always complaining...we ears can hear you way up here!" His legs think,"Besides, it's us legs who really do the running..."<BR><BR> His back thinks,"All I know is, running is hard on the back...backs should be home in bed...." His nose thinks,"How about noses? I hate jokes about running noses!"<BR><BR> His lips think,"Lips are made for kissing, not running...we need more kissing..." His stomach thinks,"I'm hungry!"<BR><BR> His arms think,"Ha! I knew the stomach would start complaining pretty soon! We arms never complain." His feet think,"That's a laugh! If it isn't bursitis, it's tennis elbow! We still say it's we feet who do all the work..."<BR><BR> His finger thinks,"You think it's easy being a finger?" His elbow thinks,"Ha! Just try being an elbow sometime!"<BR><BR> Snoopy jogs along thinking,"How can the long-distance runner ever get lonely?"<BR><BR>
“The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” is a short story by Alan Sillitoe from 1959.