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The Peanuts cartoons are not funny/in the ordinary way. We are more likely to smile/than to burst out laughing. But somehow they make us feel good. We want to see Charlie Brown and Linus and Snoopy/and all the other Peanuts characters again tomorrow/in our newspaper. If they are not there,/we will miss them/as we might miss a friend/who has gone away. It is not because our friend always makes us laugh,/but because he always makes us feel good about ourselves.
Charles M. Schulz seems to suggest/that real success in life is not a matter of money, fame, and power. Rather,/it is defined by hope, courage, respect for others/and, above all,/by a sense of humor. He used to say,/“If I were given the opportunity/to present a gift to young people,/it would be the ability/for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.”
The Peanuts cartoons are not funny/in the ordinary way. We are more likely to smile/than to burst out laughing. But somehow they make us feel good. We want to see Charlie Brown and Linus and Snoopy/and all the other Peanuts characters again tomorrow/in our newspaper. If they are not there,/we will miss them/as we might miss a friend/who has gone away. It is not because our friend always makes us laugh,/but because he always makes us feel good about ourselves.
Charles M. Schulz seems to suggest/that real success in life is not a matter of money, fame, and power. Rather,/it is defined by hope, courage, respect for others/and, above all,/by a sense of humor. He used to say,/“If I were given the opportunity/to present a gift to young people,/it would be the ability/for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.”