Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 13, 1952

Transcript:

Shermy sits on the floor with two tin cans attached to a piece of string. "What an invention!" he exclaims.<BR><BR> "Now I know whow Alexander Graham Bell felt!" he declares as he walks past the fence.<BR><BR> "Here, Charlie Brown, you take this tin can over to your house..." He offers it to Charlie Brown.<BR><BR> "We'll have our own private telephone!" "Swell!" Charlie Brown agrees, running off with a can.<BR><BR> Shermy sits on a stool inside. The cord hangs out the window. He speaks into the phone: "Hello, Charlie Brown? Can you hear me?"<BR><BR> He stands up and repeats, "Hello! Hello!! Hello!!!"<BR><BR> He leans out the window and declares, "Well, no wonder I can't get Charlie Brown..."<BR><BR> He stands outside and bends down towards Snoopy, who chews on the string/wire. "The line is busy!"<BR><BR>