Episode 33: A Mother for Peppermint Patty
CHAPTER 1: WHO IS THAT MYSTERY WOMAN?
Peppermint Patty, Marcie, and Claudia were walking down the street one early spring day. The weather was fair and the three friends decided to enjoy the day together. They had went to Joe's Café to get something to eat and later went to the movies. Now they were heading back to Patty's house for some TV watching and girl talk.
"So I said to Franco that he should try steak one of these days," said Patty. "I told him it was like wiener schnitzel but without the breading."
"He's n-never had steak b-b-before?" asked Claudia.
"Surprisingly no," Patty responded. "And wiener schnitzel is a veal cutlet breaded and fried. And veal is beef, like steak and hamburgers."
"Hans had some steak with my family a few nights ago," said Marcie. "He loved it."
"I tell ya, Claud," sighed Patty, "trying to get your German boyfriends to try new American things isn't easy."
"I g-guess not," Claudia replied.
The girls had made it to Patty's home when they saw her father getting out of his car. With him was a woman who looked very pretty and had dark brown hair and a slender figure. The girls took notice.
"Who's that lady with your father, sir?" asked Marcie to Patty.
"I don't know, Marcie," Patty responded. "My first time seeing her."
"Maybe it's his girlfriend, sir," suggested Marcie.
"Don't be ridiculous, Marcie," retorted Patty. "My dad's too busy to have a girlfriend. He just doesn't have the time."
"W-w-well it looks like he f-found the t-t-time," observed Claudia.
Patty thought for a moment, then said, "Girls, maybe we should hang out another day. I need to talk to dad about this. Okay?"
"S-sure, no problem."
"Give me a call later, sir." And Marcie and Claudia left. Patty walked towards her father and his lady-friend to see what was going on.
Elsewhere, Sally was doing homework. She was sitting on her bed and was out of her wheelchair. Snoopy came walking in. He saw the empty wheelchair and Sally sitting on her bed. The temptation was too much for Snoopy and he immediately hopped into the wheelchair and started doing spins and tricks with it. Sally looked up from her work and saw the mischievous beagle messing with her wheelchair.
"YOU CRAZY BEAGLE!" she shouted angrily. "GET OUT OF MY WHELCHAIR! IT'S NOT FOR DOGS TO BE PLAYING AROUND IN! I NEED THAT TO GET AROUND!"
Charlie Brown ran in to see what the fuss was about. "What's going on in here?!" he asked.
"You're stupid dog is messing around in my wheelchair and won't get out!" cried Sally.
"Come on, Snoopy!" Charlie Brown pleaded. "Leave Sally alone so she can finish her homework! Get out of the wheelchair!" But Snoopy kept going, even doing circles around his round-headed owner.
"Snoopy!" he shouted. The chaos only ended when Lucy walked in.
'YOU STUPID BEAGLE, GET OUT OF SALLY'S WHEELCHAIR RIGHT NOW BEFORE I POUND YOU!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Snoopy immediately stopped what he was doing and parked the wheelchair back where it was and quietly left.
"Stupid beagle!" Sally ranted.
"Couldn't have said it better myself," added Lucy.
"Thanks, Lucy," said a grateful Charlie Brown. "When Snoopy gets a hold of something new, he can't control himself. Incidentally, what are you doing here?"
"First, the pleasure was all mine," said Lucy. "And to answer your question, I'm here because Linus wasn't able to tutor Sally today. He's sick with the flu, so who better than his equally smart, yet much prettier sister to take his place?"
"I don't know, Lucy," said an apprehensive Charlie Brown.
"Come on, Charlie Brown," Lucy replied. "She's in good hands with me. Linus even gave me the lesson plans he was going to use today."
"Well, if he gave you the lesson plans, I guess it's all right," said Charlie Brown. "Okay, Lucy, go to it."
"Righto, chief!" Lucy remarked. Charlie Brown shrugged and went to the den. He was expecting Frieda to come over in a few minutes, so he waited for her to show up so they could do their studying together.
NEXT CHAPTER: SALLY MAKES SNOOPY AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE, BECAUSE HE LIKES IT!