Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 07, 1973

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"Why couldn't she just stay away?" Snoopy thinks. He lies on top of his doghouse.<BR><BR> He sits up and thinks, "Why did she have to come back?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown sits on a footstool. He says, "Poochie, it's good to see you after all these years.." Poochie, seated in an armchair, responds, "Where's Snoopy?"<BR><BR> He reminisces: "You were the one who first started to call me Charlie Brown..."<BR><BR> Poochies leans her arms on the back of the chair. She frets: "I wonder if Snoopy will remember me..." "He's changed a little since you lived around here..."<BR><BR> They head towards the door. Charlie Brown offers, "He's probably out in the back yard and..." Poochie runs ahead, saying, "I'm really anxious to see him...I remember what a cute little puppy he was..."<BR><BR> Poochie stands on the doorstep: "Snoopy?"<BR><BR> "Snoopy, where are you? Snoopy?" She walks in the snow covered yard.<BR><BR> "!" Poochie stands in front of Snoopy's doghouse. Snoopy, wearing a pair of sunglasses, leans against his doghouse.<BR><BR> He grins at her. [PANEL 11]: Poochie walks away, saying to Charlie Brown, "Thomas Wolfe was right...you can't go home again!"<BR><BR>