Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 18, 1951
Transcript:
Patty stands in front of Shermy sitting on the curb, wearing his baseball mitt. He says,"Our baseball rolled down the sewer!"<BR><BR> She peers down the sewer ask he crouches next to her and replies,"Charlie Brown is down there now trying to find it..."<BR><BR> She stands over Shermy as he looks at eyes peering out at him from the sewer. He asks,"Did you find the ball, Charlie Brown?"<BR><BR> He continues,"Or aren't you Charlie Brown?"<BR><BR>
If he says anything about ‘floating’ down there, start running kid. Run like the wind.