Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for July 02, 2015

George Washington as a lad chopped down a cherry tree. Never thought of Charlie Brown chopping down an oak tree.

by time he can chop it down, he would be a great grandpa

I remember “planting acorns”.

Who said that “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” quote?

In today’s sensitive society, Charles Schulz would be lambasted on social media for showing a kid with an axe. Edgy stuff from way back then. :)

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations states that ‘great oaks from little acorns grow’ is a 14th century proverb. Unfortunately, they don’t include any details to support their view.

The ‘mighty’ version is known, in the USA at least, from the middle of the 19th century. It appeared in A. B. Johnson’s The Philosophical Emperor a Political Experiment, 1841.

“When your trials are many,And your rewards are few,Remember that the mighty oakWas once a nut like you!”

anyone get why???