Snoopy Complete Collection: 14

Author: Charles M. Schulz
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Did the sound of me buttering toast bother you? — Linus's success is good, but it's not fun. Behind every excited success story, there are thousands of failures comforting themselves with jokes. — Charles Schulz "The world of Peanuts has a few eternal themes, the most enduring being hopeless love. Second is the solving of problems, which are achieved through a group of elementary school students possessing prophetic wisdom." — Laura Filreis "Schulz incorporates common ideas into a group of children, reminding us that while children's wounds are fresh, we possess the abilities of adults, healing pain through humor. If we laugh at the daily struggles of these adorable children and realize from their worries that we are already adults, we can release ourselves." — Schulz Museum website
The mischievous Snoopy is in trouble this time — as he's learning to meow with a silly grin, the more he laughs, the more frightening he becomes. Suddenly, his entire body disappears, leaving only a row of crescent-shaped teeth hanging in the air! The world of Snoopy has introduced a mysterious element of invisible people. When the confused Woodstock, terrified, returns to the doghouse roof, Snoopy pulls off his usual trick, but trouble arises: his disappearing body can no longer be restored. When Snoopy shouts "Don't call the fire department," a huge wave of water falls from the sky, flooding his teeth! Snoopy still can't find his body, and his owner, Charlie Brown, has no choice but to seek help from the psychologist Lucy.
Lucy remembers the method used to fix a TV with no picture — hitting it with her hand. Sure enough, Snoopy is restored to his original form. After the tyrannical Lucy declares, "It's a great day to be angry," everyone around her starts suffering: she scolds Snoopy for hating her but can't find a harsh enough excuse, she mocks Charlie Brown as an "incredible square root," and after her brother Linus prepares a delicious meal for her, she screams, "I don't even want to be happy," and even the little dog Snoopy makes her so angry that she kicks him off the beanbag chair.