Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 21, 1997

Transcript:

Sally holds a radio and listens to some music as she is walking.<BR><BR> Sally sits with Linus on the sofa and listens to the radio. Song: "Four calling birds, and a partridge in a pear tree.." Sally says, "That song drives me crazy!"<BR><BR> Sally asks, "What in the world is a 'calling bird'?" Linus replies, "A calling bird is a kind of partridge.."<BR><BR> Linus looks in the bible and says, "In I Samuel, 26:20, it says, 'For the king of Israel has come out to seek my life just as though he were hunting the calling bird.."<BR><BR> Linus explains, "There's a play on words here, you see... David was standing on a mountain calling, and he compared himself to a partridge being hunted.."<BR><BR> Linus remarks, "Isn't that fascinating?"<BR><BR> Sally says, "If I get socks again for Christmas this year, I'll go even more crazy!"<BR><BR>