Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 01, 1956
Transcript:
Snoopy sits on the ground in front of Charlie Brown, who holds a bubble-blowing pipe in his mouth <br> <br> He puffs out some soap bubbles. Snoopy looks on expectantly.<br> <br> Snoopy runs after a bubble.<br> <br> He turns around and jumps up.<br> <br> He leans towards the bubble and thinks, "Easy now...."<br> <br> As he opens his mouth and catches the bubble, he thinks, "Gently....Gently...."<br> <br> He trots back with the bubble in his mouth.<br> <br> KLUNK! Snoopy falls on the ground and swallows the bubble: "Gulp!"<br> <br> Charlie Brown takes the pipe out of his mouth to remark, "You're the only person I know who can be deft and clumsy at the same time!" Snoopy's sticks out his tongue, as though nauseated.<br> <br>
I like that word. Deft.