Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 24, 1974
Transcript:
Lucy leans against Shroeder's piano as he plays.<BR><BR> Lucy says, "Sometimes I think you don't realize that you could lose me..."<BR><BR> She faces him: "Are you sure you want to suffer the tortures of the memory of a lost love?"<BR><BR> Shroeder stares at Lucy as she demands, "Do you know the tortures of the memory of a lost love?"<BR><BR> "IT'S AWFUL!!!" Lucy pounds her fist on the piano, and Shroeder goes flying through the air from the force.<BR><BR> Lucy kicks the piano up in the air and screams, "It will haunt you night and day!!"<BR><BR> "YOU'LL WAKE UP AT NIGHT SCREAMING!" Lucy adds, stomping on the piano.<BR><BR> "YOU CAN'T EAT! YOU CAN'T SLEEP!! YOU'LL WANT TO SMASH THINGS!" She continues to stomp.<BR><BR> Lucy wails: "YOU'LL HATE YOURSELF AND THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY IN IT!"<BR><BR> She flops face down onto the floor, in a fit. "!" [PANEL 11]: Lucy looks up at Shroeder over the remnants of his piano. She asks, "Are you sure you want to risk losing me?"<BR><BR>
Not that I condone the piano-smashing, but I can’t help but feel sorry for Lucy.