November 20, 1953: "Aus Der Tiefe"

Read this strip at gocomics.com.

There are certain personality characteristics that Peanuts characters exhibit.  Here is exhibited one that we might call "mischevious."  Snoopy has it definitely, and Lucy might have some of it.  Charlie Brown used to have to, as we see here, but kind of grows out of it.

Yet another reason to love Peanuts: you have just read a strip about the pronunciation of a German particle.  That's not something you'll typically find in Dennis the Menace.

In panel 2, Charlie Brown is sitting on the far end of Schroeder's toy piano.  That thing must be really heavy to avoid being upended.

October 24,1953: Dottie

"Dottie" could be taken for either "daddy" or "doggie," right? I don't get the cookie angle, though.

July 12, 1952: Charlie Brown is bi-lingual

Snoopy can say "Arf." So, apparently, can Charlie Brown, even though he isn't a native speaker.

June 8, 1951: I name thee Laughing Dog

I feel like I'm beating a dead horse here, but again, it's odd to think of a time when the characters didn't know if Snoopy could understand what they're saying.

Other than the laughing post in the first frame, Snoopy is very dog-like here, just blankly staring forward.