It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown Page #2

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Now, we've worked out a schedule

of competitive sports...

...to sort of get the chinks out

of the winter fat.

We'll start with a little competition

with the girls across the lake.

We're gonna indulge

in a little swimming race with them.

And I don't want you guys

to show them up too badly.

Swim steady,

but don't make them look too bad.

After all, boys are stronger.

LUCY:
After we arrived,

the first thing those boys did...

...was issue us a challenge

to a swim meet.

Remember, swim to the float and back.

First kid back wins for his tent.

Ready, set...

...go.

Come on, team.

Team.

Team, come on.

Come on, team.

[ALL CHEERING]

Well, troops, that was a sorry performance

this morning out on the lake.

But we won't let it discourage us.

It isn't like we lost a ball game

or something really important.

It's like we had a disaster.

At any rate, I think we can look forward

to a hearty lunch...

...and then a rousing softball game.

Perhaps we should seek revenge

for this morning's fiasco...

...by challenging the girls' camp

to a softball game.

[ALL CHEERING]

Ten-hut!

Right face.

Boy, I like summer camp.

It's the next best thing

to being in the infantry.

Forward march.

Hup, hup. Hup, hup, hup.

Hup, hup. Hup, hup, hup.

Column right.

[YELLS]

[ALL GRUNTING]

Quit pushing.

- Quit pushing.

- All right, everybody, move it along.

[FLATLY]

Hup, hup, hup.

CHARLIE:

Well, here I am standing in the chow line.

Lunch is gonna taste good.

What's your name, kid?

Charlie Brown.

Hey, get a load of the kid

with the funny name.

Lunch is gonna taste awful.

Ugh.

Aah!

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Where on earth is Snoopy going?

He's gotta eat. Who's gonna feed him?

LUCY:

The first day went well...

...we beat the boys

across the lake in the swim meet...

...and then we were challenged

to a softball game.

Peppermint Patty was our captain.

Eagle claws.

Okay, Chuck, we'll take our ups-to-bat.

Eagle Claws?

- You guys shag them for us.

- Eagle Claws?

PATTY:

This is the way we'll do it, gang.

Violet, you bat first.

Pop one up and over third base.

Lucille, here,

will single over the second baseman's head.

Don't hit the ball near that shortstop.

Frieda, you'll bunt toward first base

and beat it out.

This means we'll have the bases full and

I'll come up and smack a grand slammer.

If we keep the ball away

from that funny-looking kid at shortstop...

...I think we can stay at bat all afternoon.

LINUS:

The worst was yet to come.

It was bad enough to have been

so thoroughly thrashed in softball...

...but there were plans

for a nature hike the next day.

The campfire activity

was a dismal failure.

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