Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 09, 1958

Transcript:

Zip! A hockey puck slides across the ice past Charlie Brown: "!" Shermy and Pig-Pen stand opposite him on the frozen pond. "GOAL!" Pig-Pen shouts.<br> <br> Shermy demands, "What's the matter with you, anyway?!" Pig-Pen berates him; "You let it go right through you!!" They stand on either side of Charlie Brown and he looks from one to the other.<br> <br> "Go on home, Charlie Brown! We don't want you on our side!" Shermy announces.<br> <br> "Rats!" Charlie Brown clutches his hockey stick.<br> <br> "I can't do anything right!" He says as he skulks off.<br> <br> "I can't play hockey, I can't play checkers, I can't fly kites, I can't do anything right!" he grumbles as he sits on the curb.<br> <br> "What's the matter, Charlie Brown?" Lucy asks as she approaches. He sits with his chin in his hands and says, "Oh, I don't know..I'm depressed ...I don't feel good..I think maybe I'm getting the Asian flu.."<br> <br> "THE ASIAN FLU?! That's been over for six months!" Lucy declares.<br> <br> "HA HA HA HA! What a guy!! Everyone else got the Asian flu six months ago, and HE'S just getting it now! HA HA HA!" Lucy laughs as she walks off.<br> <br> "Good grief! I can't even get SICK right!" He thinks glumly.<br> <br>