Episode 18: Getting Ready for Summer

CHAPTER 1: SUMMER PREPERATIONS

Charlie Brown was walking to the bus stop with Frieda and Sally. He was looking sad. He had found out that he was going to camp again and he really didn't want to go. Not only because he couldn't stand going to camp, but it also meant that he would be away from Frieda. Frieda noticed her boyfriend's demeanor.

"Is everything okay, hun?" she asked, concerned.

"No not really," said a sad Charlie Brown. "I just found out I'm going to camp again. I just hope it's not all summer and that I can come back home after a week or two."

"Which camp are you going to?" asked Frieda.

"Camp Remote. You remember the same camp where we encountered those bullies and their even more evil cat? I just hope I don't run into those guys again."

"Well, it looks like I have no choice but to join you."

"Wait. What?"

"I'm going to Camp Remote, too!"

"Really?! That's great, Frieda! Now I know it won't be as bad with my girlfriend with me."

"Aww, Charlie Brown." She kissed him on the cheek, making him blush.

"Well, I, for one, am NOT going back to that awful place!" retorted Sally. "If I have to go to camp again, I rather stay as far away from Camp Remote as possible. I don't like camp, either, but that one was worse than the others. Besides that, Michael's family had invited me up to their beach house around the same time you two go to camp."

"Well I hope you do have fun, Sally," said Frieda. And the kids arrived at the bus stop. Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, and Rerun were already there.

"Hey gang," said Lucy. "So, Charlie Brown, Linus tells me you're going to that same camp where we had trouble with those bullies and the raft race."

"Yeah, I am," said Charlie Brown. "But I just found out that Frieda, here, is going, as well."

"Well you two are going to have company, Charlie Brown," said Linus. "I just found out I am going there, too. And so is Eudora."

"Wow!" said a happy Charlie Brown. "I thought I was going to be alone at camp. But now with both my girlfriend AND my best friend going, I don't think it will be as bad as I thought. I just hope those same bullies won't be there. I rather deal with Joe Agate, the one who took Rerun's marbles, than any of those jerks."

"What do you have planned for the summer, Lucy?" asked Frieda.

"You're looking at it, Frieda!" said a smiling Lucy, holding on to Schroeder's arm.

"Lucy and I are planning to go to some classical concerts in the park, and maybe some side trips to museums," said Schroeder. "In layman's terms, we plan to spend as much time together."

"Do you know if Peppermint Patty, Marcie, and their boyfriends are joining us at camp, Charlie Brown?" asked Linus.

"I have no clue, Linus," said Charlie Brown. "I'm sure they'll tell me this week sometime if they are or not. I will talk to Snoopy about going, though. He one of the few I know who likes going to camp."

"Well I hope you all enjoy your summer," said Sally. "I know I will with my Michael when we go to his family's beach house. We may even have a barbecue."

"Don't mention that to Snoopy," said Frieda. "He may join you two instead." And the kids laughed. Just then the bus arrived to take them to school.

NEXT CHAPTER: THIBAULT RETURNS