It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown Page #4

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This is a potato chip.

Well, I'll be. So it is.

I wonder how a potato chip

got all the way up here from Brazil.

We've just got to do something

to show everybody we're not born losers.

SHERMY:

Hey, Charlie Brown.

- They're having a canoe race.

- A canoe race?

Come on, Snoopy.

If we can win the canoe race, everyone

will forget about the softball game.

We'll show them, Snoopy.

We'll get in this canoe,

we'll win this race and we'll be heroes.

Actually, I had planned

for you to help me with the paddling.

We're gonna win this canoe race, Snoopy,

or we're gonna die trying.

I'm gonna paddle and paddle

and paddle and whew.

I'm exhausted.

I feel like I've paddled a hundred miles.

I wonder if we won.

No, but you got 4 feet from the dock.

Shermy, you've got to come up

with something that we can win at.

Isn't there a champion that will come forth

and uphold the right?

Boy, why didn't I think of this before?

Well, troops, I have a plan

that will recoup for us our lost prestige.

I propose we issue a challenge to the girls

across the lake to a wrist-wrestling contest.

That's not a very good idea,

Charlie Brown.

They have Lucy, you know.

Yeah. We don't have anyone

capable of beating her.

She's tough.

I submit to you

to represent not only Tent Number 2...

...but the honor of all us boys,

none other than...

...The Masked Marvel.

[BO YS CHEERING]

Snoopy, we're going to have to

put you in training.

A lot of scientific bodybuilding exercises,

plus a training table for you.

No more gourmet meals.

You'll have to eat with us

and get a lot of good nourishment.

Oatmeal, spaghetti, macaroni...

...corned beef, chipped beef. Bleah.

You must drink my specially balanced

electrolyte solution, Snoopy.

It replaces the body's stores

and prevents any diminution...

...of vitally needed electrolytes

and nutrients.

[COUGHING]

[GIRLS CHATTERING]

[ALL CHATTERING]

Gah! Gah! Gah!

I think we've got him ready.

Before we over-train him,

we should issue the challenge.

I think now is the time.

Schroeder, you and Linus and I

will go over to the girls' camp.

[ALL CHEERING]

ALL:
Hey, manager.

How about another ball game?

[ALL LAUGH]

No. Let's play jacks.

[ALL LAUGH]

Maybe you boys would like

a little game of tiddlywinks.

[GIRLS LAUGH]

The boys from Tents Number 2

and Number 3...

...would like to issue a challenge

to you girls...

...to a little wrist-wrestling championship.

Our champion

against the girls' representative.

And I propose it for tomorrow morning...

...to give you girls a chance

to pick a champion and to train her.

You sure you wanna do it, eh?

We'll murder you, you know.

The girls have a champion,

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