Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 20, 1952

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"My last penny! I think I'll squander it on myself!" Charlie Brown decides as he shakes his piggy bank upside down and watches a lone coin bounce to the floor.<BR><BR> "I never feeel badly about spending money my dad has earned honestly." Charlie Brown declares as he runs down the street.<BR><BR> He stands in a drugstore and stares at a gumball machine. He ponders, "I can't decide whether I should buy a balloon or a gumball."<BR><BR> He sticks his tongue out hungrily at the gumball machine. "A gumball would taste mighty good."<BR><BR> He crouches down in front of a display shelf of toys: "But a ballooon would be a lot more fun..."<BR><BR> He stands at the soda fountain counter and announces, "I'll take a balloon!"<BR><BR> "Sooner or later in life a person has to learn to make decisions!" Charlie Brown announces as he walks down the block, holding his balloon by the string.<BR><BR> "!" He is startled to see Patty walking towards him, also carrying a balloon.<BR><BR> He stands alone and gazes at his balloon disconsolately: "Gee, I wish I'd bought a red balloon."<BR><BR>