She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown: all scenes based on individual Peanuts strips

so I can feel like this, coach, what do you think? There's no one harder to please than a skating coach, wake up sir, I can't lift my head, Marcy, give me a push, follow me for a while, ma'am, I'm here. but my nose is in the recovery room problem number six how many gallons of cream containing 25 percent butterfat and milk containing three and a half percent butterfat must be mixed to obtain 50 gallons of cream containing 12 and a half percent butterfat, ma'am? juice settled for 20 pushups Patty, oops sorry ma'am, guess I ran out for a second. I dreamed that I had just been given a scholarship to Vassar Patricia, please try to stay awake and come back to reality.

I can't stay awake Marcy yeah. you see me asleep do something to wake me up Patricia Patricia you're asleep again I'm awake I'm awake Trisha are you aware of what's happening no ma'am I don't know what's happening but I'm awake? I think you should try to have a couple of eggs for breakfast, sir. I think that might help me stay awake. Marcy, you've never seen a chicken fall asleep in class. Was that a joke, sir? I've been thinking about your problem, sir. Maybe you fall asleep in class due to uncorrected astigmatism. Oh, you sure would love to see me with glasses, right, Marcy?

Some of us think we look cute with our glasses, sir. Okay coach, rise and shine, come on coach, what do you think? from my routine coach a roller skating coach is as grumpy as you okay beautiful get off the ice let's play hockey hockey get stuck neck head i was here first would you like to be hit with a hockey stick could you beautiful how would you do it ? I like that they force feed you a pair of goalie pads. Listen beautiful, get your stupid Tippy Toe

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s off the ice. We want to play hockey. Look, we have 10 hockey sticks here telling you to get off the ice.

Oh yes, come and try something. Me and my coach will take you all. The only thing that keeps me going is my coach's words of encouragement. I really admire that you can

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like that, sir. Why are you practicing now? Mister. I'm working on the numbers for my third test. Marcy, there is a big competition coming up, how many skating events are there Mr. Aunt Marcy and they get more and more difficult you should try ice skating Marcy I have weak ankles Mr. there is no such thing Marcy it is just a matter of having skates that fit well such Maybe my skating pro could give you some lessons he's grumpy but he's a

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teacher Marcy you have a sewing machine it's not mine sir it's my mother's why don't you make me a skating outfit I don't know how to sew sir I want to Look beautiful for the skating competition How about a red skating dress?

That's all. You can make me a red suit with lots of sequins. He's not very

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at listening. Are you sir? Yes ma'am. We want to buy some material for a skating dress. Little friend, here's someone who was interested in making me a skating suit for a competition I'm going to participate in and before I forget, we're going to need about a million sequences when I'm out there doing my act, I want to really shine , No? You're excited, Marcy, my stomach hurts all the way down to my toes. Polyester double weave, that's too expensive, man, mmm, how's the denim?

I've been my little friend here. I could make myself a fancy skating dress out of denim. She is a great salesperson. Are you sure the denim will stretch? enough, don't worry about stretching, we'll just add some gussets, how are your guts?, those are Marcy's gussets, hi Marcy, how's the sewing going? You're working on my skating dress, aren't you? Oh yeah, I'm working on it, in fact, you. I should try it on Mark, you finished it, you finished my skating dress. I did my best, sir. I just hope you like it. How I can help? sew the sequence on Sir Mercy this is the worst dress I have ever seen how can I skate in a dress like this?

I will be the laughing stock of all the competition if you are a so-called sir, I told you I did. I don't know how to sew I think I'm going to cry I can feel the tears forming in my stomach look at this skating dress that stupid Mercy has ruined everything What am I going to do when a skater feels depressed? She should be able to do it. I cried on her shoulder professional her I can't even do that you don't have shoulders how do I look? you look beautiful sir. There's only one thing wrong with my hair.

How can I look beautiful when I have hair that is mousy, blah yes? I'll look good for the skating competition, you'll have to help me with my hair, okay coach, how did you like my spin sip? Daddy, well, how did you like my double wax? Don't you have anything nice to say? That's good, huh.