Question

After a boy fails to perform this action, a character assumed to be asleep tells him “we fanatics are light sleepers”. A character reasons that a girl “wouldn’t try to trick me on a traditional holiday” before being convinced to try this action in a Thanksgiving short. (15[1])In an animated (15[1])Halloween (15[2])special, (15[1])a character presents (15[1])a boy with a signed document (15[1])to goad him into attempting this action, only for her to explain the document wasn’t (*) notarized after the boy slips and falls. In one strip, Lucy gets her hand injured after finally holding onto an object to (10[1])allow this action (10[1])to happen. (10[1])For 10 points, a long running Peanuts gag involves an object being pulled away at the last second to prevent Charlie Brown from performing what athletic feat? ■END■

ANSWER: kick a football [prompt on kicking a ball with “what kind of ball?”; prompt on hitting a football]
<JC, Trash Lit>
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