Chapter 1:Life In Birchwood

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Steven Spielberg and Charles M Shultz Present

The Voice Talents Of John Cleese,Phillip Glasser,Dom Deluise,Amy Irving,Jon Lovitz,Nehemiah Persoff,Cathy Cavadini,Erica Yohen,Bill Melendez,and James Stewart as Wylie Burp.

Music Composed By James Horner

Original Songs By James Horner and Will Jennings

"Dream To Dream" Finale Version Performed By Linda Ronstadt and Produced By David Foster.

Created by David Kirschner

PEANUTS Created By Charles M Shulrz

Story by Charles Swenson and Charles M Shultz

Screenplay by Flint Dille

Executive Producers: Lee Mendeleson,Frank Marshall,Kathleen Kennedy,and David Kirschner

Producers: Steven Spielberg,Robert Watts,Lee Mendeleson,and Bill Melendez

Directed By Simon Wells,Phil Nibbelink,and Bill Melendez

An American Tail: Charlie Brown Goes West

"And then the hero Wylie Burps squinted across the dusty street hopelessly surrounded by the Cactus Cat Gang,he stood his ground refusing to back down."

Standing in the middle of a seemingly abandoned and old western town,was the mighty and brave sheriff: Wylie Burp. He had been widely known as the greatest sheriff dog the Wild West had ever seen in it's life,for life threatning encounters with countless gangs and bandits was nothing more Tuesday for the old dog,and on this fateful day,he was surrounded by the ferocious and widely feared Cactus Cat Gang.

Standing on top of a nearby building to the right were 4 creatures of different species,a small field mouse,a black and white beagle,a small yellow canary,and a little boy with a round head were watching the confrontation fall out before they smirked at each other and jumped down to aid the dog. The mouse was wearing a traditional sheriff's outfit with a white suit and cowboy hat,the beagle was wearing little aside from a black mask to hide his eyes and a red collar,the bird had nothing on except for a very small cowboy hat in top of his yellow head,and last but not least the boy had very little hair and wore nothing but a yellow shirt with a black zigzag and black shorts.

"Have no fear Billy The Kid is here! And alongside him are his best friends in this here ol West,Snoopy The Masked Marvel,Woodstock The Wonder Bird,and Charlie Brown The Blockiest Of All Blockheads!" The mouse heroically exclaimed as he and his three freinds jumped down to aid Wylie,but the dog however wasn't very pleased by the sudden assistance,for he knew that they were still outnumbered.

"It's too tough kids,get out while y'all still can." The dog calmy pleaded but the three varmits simply ignored him as Fievel declined "If you're biting the dust,we're going down with you!" Fievel and his three friends then whipped out their pistols as they one by one disarmed all of the cats,all the intimidation they had was now vanquished in one fell swoop as each and every one of them ran off,leaving only the 5 victors as they blew out the smoke from their guns.

"Well,you saved my life I'll never forget this kids. Here boys,I want you to have one of of these." The dog gratefully remarked as he gave all of them golden sheriff stars,however they were unaware that one last cat was preparing to shoot them from behind atop one of the buildings. Once the dog noticed this,he shouted in a panic "Look out behind you kids!" and immediately after,the mouse and his friends turned around and fired bullets at the cat,but as they reached farther and farther a voice was suddenly heard that sounded familiar to the mouse "Fievel your lunch is ready!"

It was in actuality the voice of thr mouse's mother's and once he heard it,the bullets had meerly turned into a pop bullet with a string attached and his other freinds vanished from sight. The western town was slowly regressing into a mere painting of the town on a beer bottle as the mouse's fancy clothes turned into a red sweater,with his cowboy hat becoming a blue sailor's hat. It was all a dream.

This new reality was actually the living space of Fievel Mousekewitz and his family,they once had journeyed away from Russia to escape terrible living arrangements and constant attacks from Russian soldiers and their vicious cats. The family had a frankly terrible experience in America,not only did they lose Fievel for a very long time,but their temporary home in New York City was the very definition of horrible. It wasn't all entirety bad,for Fievel had managed to make a cat friend in New York named Tiger,let alone a friend at all.

After a while however,they had all been completely fed up and decided to move to a new home that to be honest wasn't much better,but it had been better than the filthy non stop rain of New York City,and Tiget had thankfully followed them too. Birchwood was a nice little town that provided Fievel and his family a proper living space for them since they were mice. It had a nice lineup of houses in a cul-de-sac,a small pond that was used for fishing and ice skating during the winter time,and even a small baseball field.

It wasn't much useful for the mice due to their size but for a neighborhood in general,it was a good place. Fievel and his family had been cooked up in a garbage heef that never seemed to be picked up by the garbage men,but it was mostly ok for any mice that were looking for a home. The garbage heef itself was near the city area of Birchwood in an alleyway,it was quite close to the elementary school and it had become the living area for plenty of other mice who had also gotten fed up with New York's living arrangements. They all had a similar looking house,it was a wooden box that they and the other mice helped put together to place their personal items like furniture,spoon,plates,and clothing.

It was quite a rainy afternoon in Birchwood,in fact it was more like a rainy month,for they hadn't seen a single speck of sunshine for a long long time. Fievel's sister Tanya was staring outside the window hole as she sang a hummable tune,for she was longing to become a widely loved and respected singer,but her current environment gave her little to no opportunity to sing in front of a audience.

Tanya: Somewhere out there,beneath the pale moonlight,someone's thinking of me,and loving me-

*SPLAT*

And loving me-

*SPLAT*

And loving me-

*SPLAT*

"SHUT UP!" People had actually been well aware of Tanya's singing and despite it clearly being an angelic voice that had a clear talent for singing,they had been very annoyed by it because they were throwing fruits at their home.

"Papa! The're throwing fruits and vegetables at me again!" Tanya cried to out to her father who merely insisted that she kept on singing as he gleefully encouraged her "Keep singing,maybe they will throw some fruit for dessert." Immediantly after he said that,an apple landed directly into their house and splatted onto their wall. This was the only way they've been getting any kind of food for a long while as Fivel's mother sadly remarked "Another day without cheese." before she took some of the sludge and put it onto a plate with a spoon.

Fievel on the other hand was the only happy and enthusiastic member of the family as he kicked the door to the kitchen open in a cowboy-like manner before he loudly greeted his family "Ye-Ha! Howdy mama! I come here to rustle me up some grub."

"And where have you been Fivel? You're late." His mother asked out of curiosity when she noticed how late he was to which the mouse explained himself "Me and my friends had to rescue the sheriff Wylie Burp. He was surrounded by the Cactus Cat gang."

"Oh such a tall tale Fivel,and dirty hands too. Go wash." Mama sternly retorted in disbelief as Fievel tried to get out of washing up "Oh mama I just washed. Yesterday."

Meanwhile Fievel's father was looking out the window hole in awe of the sheer mess of rain and grime as he stood up and remarked in dissapointment "I thought things would be better in America. In Russia my violins were famous,at least we never went hungry."

"Maybe Tanya should sing again." Fivel playfully suggested as Tanya retorted in a sarcastic tone of voice "Very Funny. You'll see,someday I'll be a big star. People will come from miles around."

"Yeah to eat!" Fievel mockingly laughed but before his mother could scold him promplty,a train suddenly came passing by and had managed to cause a small earthquake in their home which caused a massive mess of broken plates,and misplaced furniture.

They all lit a small candle once it stopped and Fievel's father mockingly remarked "They call America the land of opportunity. Opportunity for what? For our children to play in the filthy streets? To never see the sunshine? Fievel's birthday is coming,and we don't even have enough money for presents." before Fievel tried to brush it off "Oh Papa,I don't care."

"I could always sing in front of the gift shop and maybe they'll throw some presents." Tanya jokingly suggested before they all came in together for a family hug as Papa happily laughed "How truly blessed I am to have such fine children,maybe things will get better."

However they would soon hear voices coming from the outwide which Fievel quite recognized,it was actually Tiger and his girlfriend Mrs Kitty as Fievel ran over to the window to see what was going on. Tiger was the cat that Fievel met back in New York. He was a very big cat with orange fur and yellow whiskers. He also had a purple t shirt on that was way too small for him but he never really cared. Mrs Kitty on the other hand was a very pretty cat with grey fur,a very fluffy tail,a purple bow tie,and a red dress. They were apparently having a discussion and walking somewhere but it didn't look good since Mrs Kitty had two suitcases in hand.

"Can we talk this over a espresso please?" Tiger nervously asked but Mrs Kitty was having none of it as she kindly retorted "Listen Tiger,you're an alley cat born and bread. I got a ticket to sunshine and I'm going west. I heard there's a town that promises a new frontier and a brand new breed of cat."

"Is there anything wrong with my breed?" Tiger asked out of uncertainty as Mrs Kitty regrettably broke some bad news to him "City cats got too much purr in their fur,not enough growl and howl. Look at you,you cat nap,cat around,and heck,I don't mean to be mean but you're even a little bit of a fraidy cat."

"Who told you that? Hey I'm no fraidy cat I'll show you,I'll show them,I'm no fraidy cat." Tiger retorted out of determination and disbelief before Mrs Kitty continued "Tiger,I don't want a tom cat,top cat,or even a tough tabby. I just want...how do I say this? I just want a cat,who's more like a dog."

They had soon reached the fire escape of a nearby building as they could hear the sound of a bus coming their way as Mrs Kitty sadly bid Tiger farewell "That's my ride out west. Now show me you're tough and don't make a fuss when I leave,okay?" before she sprayed some perfume on herself that moved onto Tiger.

"You don't mean,this is goodbye?" Tiger sadly asked to which Mrs Kitty tried to lightnen up the mood "Hey,there are no goodbyes between you and me Tiger. After all we'll always have the Bronx. Here's looking at you kid."

Those were the last words she said before she jumped on top of the bus as it drove off,leaving Tiger completely alone as he told himself "The Bronx,that's right the Bronx I won't make a fuss,I can handle it." before the scent of her perfume caused him to star sobbing loudly "I can h-I can h-I can..." This breakup was not gonna be pleasant.

Meanwhile back at the Mousekewitz residence,Fievel was apparently trying to sneak out of the house before his mother caught him and asked "And where do you think your going?" to which he turned around and somberly replied "Um...Mamma,you know I haven't been liked all that much ever since we came to Birchwood. I want to go out and try to make some friends,you know some people who I can look at and call them my friends. When we left New York,you know how that felt."

Mama thought for a few moments before she reluctantly caved in and sighed "Be back before don't forget your hat." Fievel put his sailor hat and headed on out,for he knew that if he was gonna be happy here in Birchwood,he would need to find some friends. Although he had this strange feeling as he headed out of the alleyway and saw that Birchwood Elementary School was out in the distance.

Meanwhile in the aformentioned school,there was a typical school day going on inside,many kids were falling asleep in the middle of class,food fights were happening in the cafeteria,and some kids were even given recess despite the rain. The constant rain was also making it very easy for kids to get bored and even some had the luxury of staying home due to the rain giving them colds.

Fievel quickly ran across the street and climbed up to the nearest window out of curiosity,he knew he wasn't supposed to get around humans,but something inside him felt different. He looked and snuck through a crack near the window to find himself inside a classroom at the end of a hallway,and in there sat a peculiar group of kids,there was one girl who had black hair with a blue dress with a bow on the back,she sat at her desk waiting for something interesting to happen as lunch had ended 30 minuets ago yet the teacher wasn't back yet. Lucy Van Pelt was one of the most crabby and threatening girls that Birchwood had ever seen,every kid on the block knew not to get on her bad side. One minute she could be as happy as a girl could be but the next she could be a raging beast that couldn't be stopped. She raised her hands up and asked out of bordeom "Where on eartth is that teacher!? We've been sitting here for 30 minuets!"

"Hey it gives us less work to do,so that's a good thing." Another kid interrupted from a desks behind her,this kid in particualr was wearing a purple and black striped shirt and sported niceley combed blonde hair. This was Schroeder,he was completely obsessed with anything Behtoven related and had multiple head busts of him for his tiny toy piano. Lucy had a very big crush on him,but it was of no consequence to Schroeder,for although he knew that Lucy had a thing for him,he just didn't care and would always try to push her away.

"This is anything but a good thing,as this delay will directly impact the rate we get our education." Another kid suddenly joined in on the conversation,and the class knew that thie pretentiousness could only come from Lucy's younger brother,Linus Van Pelt. Linus was a huge pain to deal with for Lucy,not only did he constantly spout philosophical ramblings all the time,but he always carried around a baby blue blanket. Lucy hated and despised that blanket and always did everything in her power to get rid of it,only for it to come back one way or another.

"What do you think Charlie Brown?" Linus turned around to the desk behind him and asked out of curiosity. Charlie Brown was at the very back of the class and he was simply looking down at his desk. Charlie Brown was not very well liked at all for many reasons. He was extremely gullible which resulted in a constant prank by Lucy where she would hold up a football and doop Charlie Brown into kicking it,and right when he was about to kick the ball,she always pulled it away which resulted in him falling on his back. He was also the team manager of his school's baseball team and always got blamed for everything wrong with it despite his team mates being just as much to blame. This obviously resulted in him thinking very little of himself and thinking he was just a wishy washy failure and although he was at times,he wasn't always like that. He had very little hair and a yellow shirt with a black zigzag across it and black shorts. After Linus asked him again since he didn't seem to hear his question from before,the boy snapped out of his sulking and replied "Oh,I don't know why she's late. I don't see why Mrs Othmar is late."

After another 5 minuets,the teacher finally came back and told the relived class "Wa-wa. Wa-wa. Wa-wa. Wa-wa. Wa-wa." and immediately all the kids roared with excited cheers as Charlie Brown asked himself out of confusion "What's she talking about? We aren't gonna be here next week?" before the teacher continued "Wa-wa. Wa-wa. Wa-wa. Wa-wa. Wa-wa."

The kids once again roared with cheers and applause as even Linus couldn't help but get excited as he turned around and ecstatically told Charlie Brown "Can you believe this Charlie Brown? Because there's been something going on in the school,we get out of school early today and we have no school next week. And it seems that there's this town out west called Green River we can go to. How about that?" to which Charlie Brown smiled and admitted "I have to admit,that's really something Linus."

Now that the kids were let out of school early,they all quickly rushed outside to enjoy their weekend and discuss what they will do in Green River as Fievel watched with intrigue and thought to himself "Way out west huh." Little did he know that out in the distance a group of sinister looking cats were watching him,they all had clothes on like Tiger and their apparent leader was also intrigued by Green River. Due to their advanced hearing as cats,they heard the teacher's announcement and that gave the leader an awful idea. The cat in question was Mister Cat R Wual,he was a very sophisticated and dignified cat that wore a red tuxedo with a red cape,and red top hat.

One of his gang members suddenly ran up to him and excitedly told him "Boss,I've found a small mice neighborhood in that alley over there,lets go get ourselves some food." However R Waul simply smiled and declined in a devilishly evil voice "No,I got a better idea,one idea that will not only get us out of this heaphole of a town,but also the best batch of Mouse Burgers we will ever have."

The kids were now heading onto the bus one by one with the exception of Charlie Brown,for he had decided to merely walk home instead as an accompanimg Linus asked him at the bus door "You gonna go out to Green River Charlie Brown?" to which Charlie Brown surprisingly decided to go to Green River "You know Linus? I think I will. Maybe this will give me a opportunity to broaden my horizons,to become a man."

Linus after hearing that simply smiled and remarked "That's exactly what you said when we went to Camp Remote,anyway,I'm gonna go too. See you later Charlie Brown." before getting on the bus.

After the bus finally took off,Charlie Brown decided to sit on a nearby bench to ponder and think like he usually did,but he soon noticed that a small field mouse with odly enough clothes was looking up at him. Charlie Brown wasn't afraid of mice like other kids,but he wasn't in love with them nor did he have complete hatred for them like other people did. Fievel was taking a very big risk getting near a human,but when he saw Charlie Brown,there was something about him that seemed mostly harmless,he didn't know what it was exactly but he saw something there.

Charlie Brown looked down at the mouse and simply greeted him thinking the mouse couldn't understand him "Hello there. Though I doubt you can even understand me." to which the mouse unexpectedly and shockingly responded back "Why of course I can." which surprised Charlie Brown greatly,but he had no choice but to roll with it admists his rapidly pouring in thoughts.

"Wait...did...did you just talk?" The boy stammered in a panic as his eyes widened out of shock before Fievel replied once more as he climbed up on the bench "Yes. We can all talk,mice,cats,more. We're like you somewhat. My names Fievel,Fievel Mousekewitz." to which he held out his hand for a freindly hand shake.

"Well I guess that's another disadvantage to being me,I can now talk to animals." Charlie Brown groaned in his same old sulking tone before he continued more positively but not by much "Charles,but everyone else calls me around here Charlie Brown." before he carefully shook hands with Fievel due to the size difference.

"What are you doing out here Charlie Brown?" Fievel asked with slight intrigue before the boy merely shrugged his arms and retorted "I don't really know myself Fivel,I guess I'm thinking about how I'm gonna go out west to a town called Green River during my break from school."

"Way out west. You know I would like to go out west one day,to fight alongside Sheriff Wylie Burp and bring in no good varmits." Fievel remarked and fantasized with great enthusiasm which Charlie Brown quite frankly lacked before the boy suddenly got an idea.

"Well...maybe you could come along." Charlie Brown kindly suggested and it was then and there that Fievel knew he had a great once in a lifetime opportunity,his knew that his parents hated their current living situation and it would also fit into his dream of going out west as the mouse gasped and immediately took his offer "You know what? Yeah! I just have to convince my parents." before Charlie Brown replied confidently "I'm sure they won't mind. The train is supposed to leave Monday morning,maybe you can all come with me and I can hide y'all. Just an idea."

Fievel however merely shook his head and kindly declined that offer "No thanks,we can find our own way. It's part of being a mouse afterall." which resluted in a quick chuckle before Fievel suddenly heard screaming come from his alleyway as he looked to it in fear.

"What's wrong Fievel?" Charlie Brown asked when he noticed how scared he looked as Fievel simply muttered the words "Cat Attack?" and Charlie Brown instantly knew what that meant before Fievel jumped off of the bench and frantically excused himself "I gotta go!"

See you out west!" Fievel yelled as he got farther away from the school and closer to the chaos that seemed to be going in his home while Charlie Brown simply muttered to himself "The others are gonna have a field day once I tell them about this" as he started to head for home.

Meanwhile in Fievel's home alleyway,all of the mice were running around and screaming in a panic "CAT ATTACK!" as they used a old music player as a alarm. As to be expected it was Cat R Waul and his gang of cats as he sent them out to perform stage 1 of his master plan. "Pay attention,keep it clean and tidy,plenty of violence but no eating. Right,carry on chaps."

One by one the cats were terrorizing the mice and destroying their houses one by one,but as R Waul said there was no eating allowed for some unknown reason. The mice thankfully did manage to find a safe way out of the cats' grasp as they all jumped down a nearby hole leading into the sewer since the cats had blocked all the other ways out of the alley. Tiger meanwhile was watching the attack play out in absoulte horror,for he didn't eat mice,in fact he didn't eat any kind of meat at all for he was a vegetarian.

"Oh no! The mice! I gotta do something. I will be tough! I will be brave!" The cat heroically remarked but that brave nature instantly went away when he saw one of R Waul's henchmen that was actually spider named Chula and nervously stuttered "It's a spi-it's a spe-a spid-da-da-da,an arachnid!" before he had a heart attack and fell into a trash can below as he screamed.

Fievel's family was frantically pacing in their house as Fievel himself had still not come back and this cat attack was very bad news as they all screamed "Fievel! Fievel! Where are you?!" but one of the cats had soon reached their house and busted it up like the others and threw them clean out.

However Pappa was still hanging off the edge of the house as Tanya called out in fear "Pappa!" which the cat ended up hearing as he turned around to face and corner the terrified mice,for he was about to blatantly disobey his boss's orders until Fievel suddenly shouted "I see you're missing an eye,pilgrim! Now this makes it a fair fight." as the mouse was standing right behind him while he covered one of his eyes and wore a cowboy hat and suit to try and intimidate the cat. The cat however turned around and merely growled at the insult but Fievel showed no fear whatsoever as he retorted "That's right,I'm talking to you fur head!" to which the cat growled once again and evily smiled "Fur head! I don't care what the boss says,this mouse is lunch!"

The cat startle to cackle maniacally as he slowly walked up to the mouse as the his calm and collected face was slowly becoming to morph into something more fearful. Mamma,the baby and Tanya took this chance to run away from the fat as the former shouted "Run! Run! Fievel!" but he was too paralyzed by fear to move and as the cat got closer and started to form in his eyes until the sudden sound of a violin being played very badly caused the cat to cover his ears in pain. Papa was intentionally playing his violin badly so Fievel could escape as he shouted "Run for your life Fievel!" and the mouse proceeded to do so,but the cat had soon gotten over the ear peircing sound as he started to chase after Fievel.

As he was running frantically for his life,Fievel soon had an idea pop up in his head when he saw an empty metal can lying in the road as he jumped right into it just as the cat pounced right onto it,which caused the can to behave like a hamster wheel as Fievel ran and ran. He was soon catching up to his family in no time as he frantically yelled "Mamma,Tanya get in!" for the can's rapid speed had been getting them away from the cat. Pappa however was still not in the clear as he saw the can coming his way and took no chances as he jumped right in with the others. However as they were reaching the sewer hole where all the other mice had retreated,they had unfortunately slowed down and gotten stuck on the edge of the hole as the cat was now getting closer and closer. Pappa soon got an idea afterwards to run as fast as they could hoping to get enough speed to get inside the hole as he yelled "Everybody! Together! Run! Run!" and thankfully they managed to get inside right before the cat pounced onto them. Afterwards Cat R Waul slowly walked up behind him and giddily remarked as the cat nervously turned around to face his boss "Jolly,Jolly,good. Now for my part."

Way down in the sewers of Birchwood the family was floating along the water by using the can as a makeshift boat. It took quite a while for them to find the other mice and after going through a complete and literal water ride of a journey, they eventually came across the other mice. It was then that Fievel decided to go ahead and tell his parents about Charlie Brown and Green River since they actually had the time "I saw a human kid today at the school,his name was Charlie Brown and he could actually talk to me. He said he's going to a super nice town out west called Green River next week,it sounds like the perfect place for us to live." to which Mamma sighed and scolded him for disobeying her "Fievel what did we tell you about getting near humans,let alone talking to them? And it seems that your tall tales about the west are getting taller and taller."

"But momma I did see him and it is a real town." Fievel respectuflly retorted in an attempt to convince his family that Green River was real but his parents shushed him when they suddenly heard a voice in the distance "Why howdy fine mice! I'm in dire need of help y'all. It seems that I've come into possession of some railway tickets to the west,tickets to sunshine that I will be unable to use. Now surely there are some of y'all looking for a little elbow room y'all? Now I ain't gonna lie to you,there are problems out west. There's a lot of bright sunshine and fresh air but after these opulent,aromatic sewers,it might be frightfully upsetting for you all. You all,y'all. Sorry."

This was the voice of what appeared to be another mouse with a cowboy's outfit surrounded by all of the other mice who escaped from the cats,but little did they know that it was in fact a makeship puppet by R Waul who was manipulating them into journeying out west.

"I reckon we'll take some of them tickets." One of the mice decided to ask for a ticket as another one franticslly added "We'll take 15" before the puppet mouse tried to calm them down "Now just hold your horses one galdarn minute y'all. There's plenty for everyone,yes siree."

"Are there cats out west?" Another one of the mice curiously asked to which the puppet mouse instantly clarified in it's stereotypical western accent "There certainly are partners,and if you have any prejudices against cats,you better stay put. Because on the frontier cats and mice help each other. The anointed leader of the cats a Mister Cat R Waul,is one of the most enlightened,intelligent,sophisticated,charming,non-narcissistic,debonair,suave,dashing,renaissance cats you could ever wish to meet. The fact is,the cats even get along with the dogs out there. Why,sheriff Wylie Burp is probably the finest law-dog in the west actually,y'all." This caused Fievel to get very excited as he quietly gasped "Wylie Burp. Wow! I told you all this place was real."

"Too bad there aren't any desperadoes left to round up." The puppet sarcastically remarked before being flooded by coins and mice pleading for tickets,the cat's plan was working.

"Come on Pappa lets go!" Fievel ecstatically pleaded to go out to Green River as Mamma couldn't help but show support of the idea "There is opportunity out west." before Tanya added "Maybe they have a better appreciation of singers out there" to which Pappa finally agreed "So what are we fiddling around here for? Let's go west partners!" As they proceded to get theit tickets,Fievel looked out into the distance and thought to himself "See you soon Charlie Brown."

Meanwhile Charlie Brown had finally made it back home to his backyard and sleeping on top of a bright red doghouse was his dog Snoopy. Snoopy was a black and white beagle with a black collar and ears,he was pratically everything a normal dog wasn't,he could walk on his hind legs,he had multiple alter egos cooked up in his head such as the World War 1 Flying Ace and The Masked Marvel,and he did whatever he wanted,when he wanted.

Sleeping on top of him was possibly Snoopy's best friend in the whole wide world,Woodstock. Woodstock was a small yellow canary who could barely fly and rarely slept in his own nest. He and Snoopy were tighter than anyone else could ever imagine,with the only other person Snoopy being that close to being Charlie Brown although he barely showed it. Charlie Brown walked up to the sleeping duo and woke them up as he told them the news of Green River "Hey you two,guess what? I've decided to leave town,and go to a town out west called Green River next week. You can come along if you want but you have to decide before Monday morning." The boy neglected to tell anyone about meeting Fievel,for he knew that Snoopy and the others would just laugh in his face and never let him hear the end of it.

Snoopy got right up and started to get out a bunch of things to take including cowboy clothing for himself and Woodstock,and sometime later Charlie Brown came out to find a truckload of stuff by Snoopy's doghouse as he remarked in awe "You can't take all of this stuff with you,you're going to have to leave some of it behind." to which the dog merely threw out a single golf club and nothing else as Charlie Brown simply asked "Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?"

Later that night,Charlie Brown's phone suddenly rang and as soon as he picked it up,he was blown back by someone screaming the words "HOWDY CHUCK!" Given the pronunciation of his name and her voice,he knew that this was Peppermint Patty. She was a complete tomboy who was into any kind of sport,and she also had a bit of a crush on Charlie Brown that made him quite frankly uncomfortable if he so much as touched her hand. She had long stringy brown hair,plenty of freckles on her face,a green striped shirt,and a pair of black shorts and sandles.

"Hi Patty?" A very woozy and dizzy Charlie Brown greeted the tomboy to which Patty enthusiastically replied "I hear that you and some of the others are going out west next week. Are you Chuck?"

"Why yes I am Patty. Why?" Charlie Brown confirmed Patty's suspicions and asked to which Patty simply replied "Well me and Marcie have decided to come with you guys. It'll be just like a classic western movie." as Charlie Brown nervously tried to explain to Patty that it was a school thing,but Patty had already interupted him before he could start and continued "We'll be at the train station extra early,see you Monday morning,you sly dog." before hanging up. That was also another thing with Peppermint Patty,you could never explain things to her since she would automatically assume things and finish sentences you weren't even going to say. Charlie Brown hung up the phone and simply looked at his calendar before he groaned his most common catchphrase "Good grief."

Author's Note

I decided to completely rewrite this story since my writing has massively improved since my first story,and I wanted to go back and fix up all these mistakes I keep on notcing. So expect a highly improved version of my first completed story.