Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 11, 1953
Transcript:
Snoopy stands on the grass looking up at Charlie Brown. The latter asks, "Well!?! Where's the ball? Didn't you bring it back?!"<BR><BR> He raises his hands and continues, "Of all the dumb dogs...you get worse every day!!"<BR><BR> They are both startled when Shermy walks up and says, "I see your ball rolled under the porch, huh, Charlie Brown?"<BR><BR> Snoopy walks away and Charlie Brown looks at the reader, embarassed as Shermy explains, "I watched Snoopy trying to get it, but he couldn't quite reach it..."<BR><BR>
Shermy seems to have been temporarily un-phased out