"original uploader [ ENGLISH SDH ]" "Sally. lt's time to go to school." "Not for me." "What do you mean not for you?" "I went yesterday." "But Mom made a lunch for you and packed it in this new lunchbox." "Mom bought me a new lunchbox?" "if Mom went to all that trouble and expense... I'd better go to school." "But that's the only reason I'm going." "before you change your mind." "I'm coming. I'm coming." "I'll just have to make the best of it." "and I'll try to get along with everybody." "But I won't learn Latin." "we'll be late for school." "Did you wash your hands?" "Let's see your fingernails." "They're clean." "How'd you get your fingernails so clean?" "Toothpaste." "Isn't there any way I can get out of starting kindergarten?" "Sally." "Everybody has to go to school." "There must be some way to get around it." "Do you think maybe I can get a deferment?" "Sally." "Linus." "What's with Sally?" "Poor Sally is so nervous that if someone mentioned kindergarten I bet she'd jump 30 feet in the air." "Kindergarten." "Hmm." "Only 1 0 feet." "I knew you were exaggerating." "Sally." "See?" "Nothing to be frightened about." "Agh!" "[ whispering ] Psst." "H." "[ whispering ] Psst." "K." "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah." "ma'am?" "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah." "Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah." "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah." "ma'am." "We were playing hangman." "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah." "ma'am." "You're absolutely right." "We should have been studying." "But you'd-- ma'am?" "You seem to forget that you haven't given us any assignments yet." "Now you've done it." "Here comes a stupid assignment." "could you repeat our assignment?" "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah." "Wah-wah-wah-wah." "Write a 500-word theme on what we did this summer?" "How do you teachers keep coming up with these great new ideas?" "[ BELL rings ]" "Nobody can write a 500-word essay on what he did during the summer." "It's ridiculous." "When are you going to write yours?" "This evening?" "Mine's already finished." "I wrote it during study period." "you drive me crazy." "Do you know why English teachers go to college for four years?" "I don't know why English teachers go to college for four years." "then I'll tell you why English teachers go to college for four years." "So they can learn how to make stupid kids write stupid essays on what they did all stupid summer." "charlie [ lN VOlCEO VER ] :" "English Essay." ""What I Did This Summer. "" "I played ball and went to camp." "four... eight." "Four hundred and ninety-two words to go." "What did I do this summer?" "you wanted to stay home and read comic books and watch TV." "But I signed you up for camp." ""What I Did This Summer. " This summer I went to camp." "And it all started on the last day of school." "[ BELL rings THEN kids cheering ] ready for vacation." "summer at last." "I'm going to spend it reading comic books and watching TV." "Charlie Brown?" "I'm going to spend the summer developing the old pitching arm." "[ THWACK ]" "And I'm going to develop my piano technique." "My fingers must be loose and pliable." "I might even write a concerto." "And I'm going to spend all summer having clean thoughts." "[ ALL coughing ] I've signed everyone up for summer camp." "ALL:" "Camp?" "Everyone?" "There's to be no discussion and no need to thank me." "I feel like I've been drafted." "I won't go." "Camp?" "Camp?" "Those summer camps are always out in the woods someplace." "And those woods are full of queen snakes." "Have you ever been chomped by a queen snake?" "You'll not get me near any woods full of queen snakes." "sir." "Not me." "I'll tell the parents you will all be happy to go." "[ ALL wailing ] but what about Snoopy?" "charlie:" "Snoopy's ready." "Frieda?" "FRlEDA:" "Here." "Violet?" "Here." "LUC Y:" "Patty?" "Present." "LUC Y:" "Peppermint Patty?" "Yo." "[ playing SAD TUNE ON piano ]" "engine starting ]" "Hup!" "Hup!" "Hup!" "Hup!" "Hup!" "sir." "Patty." "Get off my foot." "Quit pushing." "everyone." "Back up." "everybody." "Move it along." "Hup." "Hup." "Hup." "Hup." "linus [ lN VOlCEO VER ] :" "So here I am on the bus headed for camp." "here I am on a bus going to camp." "linus:" "I'll no sooner step off the bus than I'll be chomped by a queen snake." "Why do they send little kids to camp who don't wanna go?" "What if my mother and father move away while I'm gone and don't tell me?" "I'm doomed." "We've been shanghaied." "linus:" "The first thing that happened did not augur well." "Somebody picked a leader for our tent." "I've been chosen your tent leader and activities chairman." "I feel my valuable experience at baseball managing will stand us in good stead." "BOTH:" "Good grief." "The first thing we must learn is the proper way to make our beds." "we must stretch and box-in the blanket... when I come by to check I'll take a quarter and bounce it on the cover." "It should" "so much for making beds." "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." "but don't make them look too bad." "boys are stronger." "the first thing those boys did was issue us a challenge to a swim meet." "swim to the float and back." "First kid back wins for his tent." "set go." "team." "Team." "come on." "team." "[ ALL cheering ]" "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." "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." "I like summer camp." "It's the next best thing to being in the infantry." "Forward march." "hup." "Column right." "[ YELLS ]" "[ ALL GRUNTlNG ]" "Quit pushing." "move it along." "hup." "here I am standing in the chow line." "Lunch is gonna taste good." "kid?" "Charlie Brown." "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?" "LUC Y:" "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." "we'll take our ups-to-bat." "Eagle Claws?" "You guys shag them for us." "Eagle Claws?" "gang." "you bat first." "Pop one up and over third base." "will single over the second baseman's head." "Don't hit the ball near that shortstop." "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." "Forty-three to one." "And the one run was a single by Snoopy... third and home." "[ EXHALES ] I hope all the queen snakes leave us little kids alone." "my strongest point." "I bet they're happy." "They really beat us." "It must feel good to be a winner." "I bet they feel great." "I wish I felt great." "I feel terrible." "will you please go bring some more wood for the fire?" "I hope those queen snakes leave us little kids alone." "Hey." "There's a spider on that log." "Aah!" "I'm sorry. I was wrong." "It's just a piece of bark." "Wow." "Look at all those stars." "Boy. I'll bet they're having a good time up there tonight." "It looks like they're really living it up." "Charlie Brown?" "They've got all the lights on." "I was right." "There really is a spider on that log." "Aah!" "I'm sorry. I was wrong again." "It was just an old cocklebur." "Surprise." "Peppermint Patty?" "What are you doing here?" "Chuck." "We thought we'd come over and cheer you up." "Maybe sing a few songs around the old campfire." ""Pack Up Your Troubles" ..." "" or "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."" "Mm. I feel terrible." "let's cheer up the troops." "[ singing "PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES" ]" "[ BUGLE playing ]" "LUC Y:" "Violet." "Here." "Patty." "Here." "Frieda." "Present." "Sophie." "Here." "Linus." "Clara." "Snoopy." "Here." "Shirley." "Schroeder." "Here." "Here." "Peppermint Patty." "Shermy." "Yo." "Pigpen." "Peppermint Patty." "Take the troops to chow." "Forward march." "Right face." "ow!" "BO Y 2:" "Quit pushing." "oh." "Quit pushing." "BO Y 3:" "Get off my foot." "BO Y 4:" "Back up." "[ sighs ]" "Bleah." "charlie:" "After our rousing breakfast we were scheduled for a nature hunt with the girls." "wasn't it?" "Beautiful." "Sorry I had to hit that home run." "I considered letting you strike me out and be a hero but I knew you wouldn't want me to do that." "there's a bug in your hair Charlie Brown." "Where?" "Where?" "Brush it off." "That's all right. lt's gone now." "That's the one thing I hate about all this outdoor living." "don't worry." "It's not in your hair anymore." "It fell down your neck." "Help." "Help." "Help." "A bee." "A bee." "Aah!" "A bee." "A bee." "Aah!" "Not unlike Robin Hood." "Look at this." "A big yellow butterfly." "it flew up from Brazil." "I'll bet that's it." "you know." "They fly up from Brazil and they" "This is no butterfly." "This is a potato chip." "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." "Charlie Brown." "They're having a canoe race." "A canoe race?" "Snoopy." "everyone will forget about the softball game." "Snoopy." "we'll win this race and we'll be heroes." "I had planned for you to help me with the paddling." "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." "but you got 4 feet from the dock." "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?" "why didn't I think of this before?" "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." "Charlie Brown." "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... none other than The Masked Marvel." "[ BO YS cheering ]" "we're going to have to put you in training." "plus a training table for you." "No more gourmet meals." "You'll have to eat with us and get a lot of good nourishment." "macaroni... chipped beef." "Bleah." "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." "we should issue the challenge." "I think now is the time." "you and Linus and I will go over to the girls' camp." "[ ALL cheering ]" "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 know." "and we don't need any training time." "the world's champion will meet your challenger and decide the issue." "manager." "Are you the boys' champion?" "or ball playing... or pillow fighting... or volleyballing." "Good grief." "you'd better not eat till after the contest." "you can have plenty of that solution of Linus' ." "Aah." "Aah-ha." "girls:" "Hooray for Lucy." "Yay!" "champ." "Yay!" "BO YS:" "The Masked Marvel." "their shortstop." "The only decent athlete on their side." "BO YS:" "Hooray for the boys." "Hooray." "girls." "rah." "cheering ]" "Augh!" "Foul." "Foul." "This stupid Masked Marvel fouled." "And I'm the rightful winner. I won." "[ CROWD cheering ]" "500 words." "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah." "Wah-wah-wah-wah." "I have it right here." "But I couldn't write 500 words." "I only wrote 1 3." "HALVERSON:" "Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah." "Detail?" "I suppose I could have gone into more detail." "it's best to try to forget the details." "Charlie Brown." "What did you get?" "l got a C-minus." "That's too bad." "Charlie Brown." "And it looks like it's going to be a long winter."