Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 12, 1969
January 11, 1969
January 13, 1969
Transcript:
Lucy walks in the snow. Linus hides behind a tree.<BR><BR> Linus prepares to throw a snowball at Lucy. Lucy turns and shouts, "Ah, ha!!"<BR><BR> Lucy grabs Linus by the collar and shouts, "Caught you in the act, didn't I?"<BR><BR> Lucy continues, "I want to see that snowball taken apart snowflake by snowflake, and I want to see it taken apart now!"<BR><BR> Lucy points and says, "No chunks! No pieces! Just snowflakes! One snowflake at a time!"<BR><BR> Linus begins to take the snowball apart. Lucy continues, "No pieces! No chunks! Just one snowflake at a time!"<BR><BR> Linus sits in the snow alone and takes the snowball apart.<BR><BR> Linus sits in the snow at night and takes the snowball apart. Charlie Brown approaches. Linus asks, "Have you ever tried to dismantle a snowball?"<BR><BR>
Schulz also could have depicted the closing panel as MANY YEARS LATER, with Linus all aged and fragile looking(and BALD and with A BEARD, NO LESS), as was a fairly common thing to do, at the time. “Chaaarlieeee Brrrrrooowwwwn, haaaaave youuuuuu everrrrrrr triiiieed to disssssmantleeeee aaa snooowwwwballlllllll?” Linus would be saying at the end.