THROUGH THE BOOK REPORT
A PEANUTS ONE SHOT
Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Scheroder, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Franklin were all sitting at their homes and each looking down at a printed copy of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland as well as its sequel Through The Looking Glass,for they along with the rest of the PEANUTS gang were all tasked by their teachers at school to do a book report on the two pieces of classic literature over the weekend,and they had all decided to spend their Friday afternoon getting it over with so they could have the rest of the weekend to themselves. It really wasn't anything too different from the time they had to do a book report on Peter Rabbit,even to the point where Scheroder was planning on using a computer as a way to write his report since it was almost like playing a piano to him. The clock was continuing to tick ever so slowly and they all knew they had to do their assignment as they all opened the first installment in the duology and began to read.
Charlie Brown:
Through the looking glass we go.
Risking everything for what might be.
Linus:
All the things you used to know.
When your heart was young enough to see.
Lucy:
Through your own reflection.
Scheroder:
Past your imperfection.
Peppermint Patty:
It's so intimidating.
Everyone:
No more hesitating!
Franklin:
Through the looking glass we go.
Marcie:
Where the world is in reverse.
Franklin:
And the ending always starts a new beginning.
Everyone:
Through the mirror even though.
Things might go from bad to worse.
Linus:
Close your eyes and go and learn to believe so we can pass-
Everyone:
Through the looking glass.
It was at this point that the kids started to have a fantasy where they were all walking through a grassy field while they were continuing to read the books,only for a white rabbit in a waistcoat to come dashing by,snatch their books and jump down a rabbit hole,which prompted the kids to chase after the creature,go down the hole as well and be subjected to some of Wonderland's dream like nonsense,including a Cheshire Beagle instead of a Cheshire Cat and the Queen Of Hearts which was just a taller and somehow scarier Lucy.
Here we come so clear the deck.
Bombs away and then look out below.
Lucy:
Bombs away,look out below.
Charlie Brown:
I am such a nervous wreck.
Don't know up from down or friend from foe.
Peppermint Patty:
Fear will make you braver.
Brave enough to save her.
Marcie:
All of you and me then-
Everyone:
Get set one,two three and through the looking glass we go.
Where the front is always back.
And what's left is right and sometimes wrong is righter.
Through the mirror even though.
Night is day and white is black.
Scheroder:
As my crazy life begins to approach critical mass.
Everyone:
Through the looking glass.
Linus:
Strange but true.
Something's changing deep inside me.
Breaking through.
Charlie Brown:
Waking what's asleep inside me all at once.
I know where it is I'm going to.
And what to do.
Linus, Lucy, Scheroder, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Franklin:
(Through the looking glass we go.)
(Towards the opposite of me.)
(Where clocktower's hours all run counter-clockwise.)
Everyone:
Through the looking glass we go.
Through the nightmares in our way.
Through the mirror we all go.
Lucy:
Through the looking glass!
It was at this point that the kids suddenly snapped out of their fantasy to reveal that they had all finished both of the books and that they were ready to start writing their book report,but not before Linus sighed and wondered to himself while he began writing "I sincerely hope this isn't how writers get the motivation to write."
The End
"Through The Looking Glass." Written by Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy.
©️Sony Music Entertainment.
Author's Note: Here's a short little one shot that I made out of boredom,I was actually influenced by the book report sequence from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown after I started thinking about it while listening to the song in this story.