Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 26, 2018

It’s like they always say Lucy: “You play with fire, then your asking for a permanent burn!”

I agree with Lucy right there. That sure was impossible.

“If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it was meant to be.”

Wouldn’t shock me if the balloon came back just to spite Lucy.

What doesn’t drive you crazy, Lucy?

How do you know that it is the same balloon?

He has trained his balloon very well.

WAKE UP LUCY!! You’ve just been dreaming.

Balloons listen to those who follow the Great Pumpkin. Don’t you know that Lucy?

Don’t you feel ridiculous, Lucy?

Linus has that magic touch!

There was a similar strip with Sally releasing her balloon. But she wasn’t as lucky as Linus. “Ok, balloon. When I release you, you’ll come right back to my hand. Ok, balloon? Balloon?”

Could Schulz have been inspired by the short film “Le Ballon rouge” from 1957?

Balloons are not like dogs in training.

This is your daily Zen moment, Lucy.

You forget, Lucy, your little brother has the touch.

Well, trained balloon.

It’s all in how you talk to them. Linus is obviously a Balloon Whisperer.

The first panel is the rope that Charlie Brown tied to Lucy’s balloon back in the 50’s!

Today’s strip is cool.

Don’t tie your balloons up outside; let them in the house.

At least he’s not petting birds again.

“Your brother pats balloons on the head!”

Linus is truly gifted.

This is like the third strip in about a week (two of them Peanuts) featuring a red balloon, and the first two times, I made a reference to Stephen King’s It. I’ll take a pass this time, I suppose.

To be fair, I would have said the same thing if my little brother had let his balloon get “some exercise”.

Linus wanted a souvenir to prove the world was here.

That reminds me of the French short film “The Red Balloon”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Balloon

I’m reminded of a strip where Charlie Brown warned Sally that her beach ball was rolling on the water to the other side of the lake. She told him to stay calm, then shouted to the beach ball that it had better come back or it would regret it for the rest of its life. It returned obediently, and Sally told her big brother, “Sometimes you just have to know how to talk to a beach ball.”

Maybe it’s just a matter of knowing how to relate to the world around us.

And now, Linus is off to pat some birds on the head.

My dog (a Shih-poo – Shih-Tsu/poodle mix) never goes far from me. He just doesn’t like to be left home alone. #HoudiniTheMagicDog

I wish I had a little brother. I have three younger sisters but I wouldn’t trade them for anything!

Maybe the balloon has a slow leak.

Haha get owned Lucy!