LINUS:Got ya back again.
MMM... Delightful...
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM. . .
LUCY:
I got it, I got it! (she
laughs)
LINUS:
Arrgghh!!
(A big chasing scene begins.)
LINUS:
You give me back my
blanket.
LUCY:
No! I've got it and I'm
going to keep it. This is just the start you need to help you break
this disgusting habit.
LINUS:
Apparently you haven't
read the latest scientific reports. A blanket is as important to a
child as a hobby is to an adult. Many a man spends his time restoring
antique automobiles, or building model trains, or collecting old
telephones, or even studying about the Civil War. This is called
playing with the past.
LUCY:
Really?
LINUS:
Certainly. And this is
good, for it helps these men to cope with their everyday problems.
Now, I feel that it is going to be absolutely necessary for me to get
me blanket back, so I'm just going to have to give it a good YANK!
It's surprising what you can accomplish with a little smooth talking
and some fast action.
SONG: MY BLANKET AND ME
LINUS:
Got ya back again.
MMM... Delightful...
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM. . .
Sucking your thumb without a blanket is like eating a cone without ice cream.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM. . .
MY BLANKET AND ME!
(he dances)
LUCY:
Look at my little baby
brother Linus, and his little baby blanket.
SALLY:
There's your baby brother
with his silly little blanket.
LUCY:
Well, you know how babies
are with their blanket.
LINUS:
What do you
mean?
IT'S A COZY SANCTUARY BUT
IT'S FAR FROM NECESSARY.
CAUSE I'M JUST AS SELF-RELIANT AS BEFORE.
AS A SIMPLE DEMONSTRATION,
OF MY INDEPENDENT STATION.
I WILL GO AND LEAVE MY BLANKET ON THE FLOOR.
YES, I'LL WALK AWAY AND LEAVE IT,
THOUGH I KNOW YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT,
I'LL JUST WALK AWAY AND LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR.
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
I'LL JUST WALK. . . AWAY
AND LEAVE IT ON THE.....
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Don't ever let me do that again!
LUCY:
You're a
hopeless case Linus.
LINUS:
I thought I could do it.
I actually thought I could do it.
(Long Dance sequence - by the end of it everyone is dancing with their blankets too.)
LINUS:
IT'S FOOLISH, I KNOW
IT,
I'LL TRY TO OUTGROW IT,
BUT MEANWHILE. . .
IT'S MY BLANKET AND. . .
LUCY:
AND ME...
SALLY:
AND ME...
CHARLIE
BROWN:
AND ME...
SCHROEDER:
AND ME...
LINUS:
AND ME.
LUCY:
Linus, do you know what I
intend. I intend to be a queen. (Musical fanfare.) When I grow up I'm
going to be the biggest queen there ever was. And I'll live in a big
palace with a big front lawn and have lots of beautiful dresses to
wear. And, when I go out in my coach all the people...
LINUS:
(interrupting her)
Lucy!
LUCY:
All the people will wave,
and I will SHOUT at them. And...
LINUS:
Lucy, I believe queen is
an inherited title. Yes, I quite sure a person can only be queen by
being born into a royal family of the correct lineage so that she can
assume the throne after the death of the reining monarch. I can't
think of any possible way that you could ever become a queen. I'm
sorry Lucy, but it's true.
LUCY:
And in the summer time, I
will go to my summer palace and I will wear my crown in swimming and
everything. And all the people will cheer and I will SHOUT at them.
(She pauses) WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T BE A QUEEN!!!!!!
LINUS:
It's true.
LUCY:
There must be a loop
hole... this kind of thing always has a loop hole. Nobody should be
kept from being a queen if she wants to be one. It's
undemocratic.
LINUS:
Good grief!
LUCY:
It's usually just a
matter of knowing the right people. I bet a few pieces of well placed
correspondence and I get to be queen in no time.
LINUS:
I think I'll watch
television.
LUCY:
I know what I'll do. If I
can't be a queen, then I'll be very rich. I'll work and work until
I'm very rich and then I will buy myself a queendom.
LINUS:
GOOD GRIEF!
LUCY:
Yes, I will buy myself a
queendom and I'll kick out the old queen and take over the whole
operation myself. I will be head queen. NOW switch
channels.
LINUS:
Are you kidding? I'm not
one of your royal subjects. What makes you think you can just take
over?
LUCY:
These five fingers.
Individually they are nothing but when I curl them together into a
single unit they become a fighting force terrible to
behold.
LINUS:
Yes, you majesty.
Why can't
you guys get organized like that?!?!
SALLY:
A "C"... a "C"... I got a
"C" on my coat hanger sculpture. How could anyone get a "C" in coat
hanger sculpture? May I ask a question? Was I being judged on the
piece of sculpture itself? If so, is it not true that time alone can
judge a work of art? Or was I being judged on my talent? If so, is it
right that I be judged on a part of life over which I have no
control? If I was judge on my effort then I was judged unfairly for I
tried as hard as I could. Was I being judged on what I have learned
about this project? If so, were then not you, my teacher, also being
judged on your ability to transmit your knowledge to me? Are you
willing to share my "C"? (High pitched Oh) Well, perhaps I was being
judged on the quality of the coat hanger itself, out of which my
creation was made. Now is that not also unfair? Am I to be judged by
the quality of the coat hangers that are used by our dry cleaning
establishment to return our garments. Is this not the responsibility
of my parents? Should they not share my "C"?
TEACHER'S
VOICE:
WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA
WA WA WA
SALLY:
Thank you
Miss Othmar. The squeaky
wheel gets the grease.