Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 18, 1952

Transcript:

Charlie Brown crouches on the floor beside Lucy ands instructs her: "You stand here by this chair, Lucy, and count... O.K.?" She agrees: "O.K." "I haven't played hide an' seek since I was a kid!" Patty exclaims to Schroeder. Violet sits on the back of a chair.<BR><BR> "All right, Lucy, start counting..." Charlie Brown directs. Lucy stands and faces the armchair.<BR><BR> "Everybody hide!" Charlie Brown calls as he, Schroeder and Patty scatter in all directions. Lucy faces the chair and counts off: "Two, eight, one, four, thirteen..."<BR><BR> "You can't hide in here, Charlie Brown! This is my place!" Patty announces to Charlie Brown as he opens a closet door to find her sitting on the floor. "Rats!" he exclaims.<BR><BR> "Get away from here, Charlie Brown! Get away!!" Violet declares, peeking out from behind a pairt of curtains as Charlie Brown passes. "Rats!" he says again.<BR><BR> As he runs through the kitchen, looking for a hiding spot, he notices Schroeder's head sticking up out out of a wastepaper basket. "Even the wastebasket is taken...Rats!"<BR><BR> "Where can I hide? I'm trapped!" Charlie Brown turns around rapidly, panicing.<BR><BR> "Eight million! Here comes Lucy...ready or not!" Lucy announces from her spot by the armchair.<BR><BR> "?" Lucy bends down in bewilderment, staring at a boy-sized lump under the rug.<BR><BR>