Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 22, 1981

Transcript:

Charlie Brown sits on the floor next to a tree. He closes his eyes as the tree makes chomping noises. He stands up with string in his hand and shakes his fist at the tree exclaiming, "You rotten no-good chunk of wood!"<BR><BR> Linus approaches and Charlie Brown gestures to the tree saying, "Look at that, will you? That stupid tree ate every bit of my kite!"<BR><BR> He grimaces at the string in his hand and concludes, "All he left me was the string."<BR><BR> Linus asks, "Why don't you give him the string, too, for dessert?"<BR><BR> Linus walks away and Charlie Brown replies, "I guess I might as well..."<BR><BR> He throws the string into the leaves of the tree shouting, "Here! Eat it all!! Enjoy yourself!" He jumps as the tree throws out the string.<BR><BR> He carries the string and walks up to Linus sitting on the curb. Linus asks, "What happened?" Charlie Brown replies, "He doesn't eat dessert...he's afraid of getting fat!"<BR><BR>