Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 29, 1954

Transcript:

"One, two, three...There's no doubt about it...I'm fifty years ahead of my time.." Lucy decides. She stands in front of the wooden fence, where she has marked three lines on the wall.<BR><BR> "Four, five, six..." Lucy counts as she draws more lines on the wall.<BR><BR> Charlie Brown walks up to Lucy and asks, "What in the world are you standing here for?"<BR><BR> He lifts his arms, "Don't you know it's starting to rain?" She points up and exclaims, "Of course I know it! That's why I'm here!! I'M COUNTING RAINDROPS!"<BR><BR> Lucy turns back to te wall and notes down more rain as Charlie Brown waalks off. He mutters, "'Counting raindrops'! Good grief! First it was stars..now it's raindrops!"<BR><BR> Lucy smiles as she continues to number the raindrops. It drizzles lightly.<BR><BR> "!" Lucy looks up as it starts to rain harder.<BR><BR> "OH, MY!" Lucy cries, clasping her hands over her mouth as the rain comes down harder.<BR><BR> The wall is covered with notches, and in one corner a huge blot of pencil marks are scrawled. Finally, on one end of the wall, a large "X" is scrawled.<BR><BR>