Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 20, 1983
Transcript:
Charlie Brown and Linus are walking through the forest. They stop in a clearing and Linus asks,"What are you thinking about, Charlie Brown?"<BR><BR> They walk along and he replies,"Am I wrong or did there used to be more trees than there are now?" Snoopy and Woodstock sit in a tree and watch them walk by.<BR><BR> Linus replies,"They say that when the colonists first came to this country, a squirrel could travel treetop to treetop fromt he atlantic to the Mississippi river without ever touching the ground..."<BR><BR> Woodstock and Snoopy look at each other.<BR><BR> They start hopping from tree to tree.<BR><BR> They hop from a tree and grimace as they realized that there wasn't another one to land on.<BR><BR> They fall to the ground, bonking their heads on it.<BR><BR> They sit up dazed and Snoopy thinks,"Either that was a long time ago, or that was some squirrel!"<BR><BR>
Deforestation has been a serious problem since the 17th century, Snoopy!