once there was a boy named sparky
For,Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the
eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school, getting a grade of
zero.
Sparky also flunked Latin, algebra, and English. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he did manage to make the school's golf team, he promptly lost the only important match of the season. There
was a consolation match; he lost that too.
Throughout his youth,Sparky was awkward, socially. He was not actually disliked by the other students; no one cared that much. He was astonished if a classmate ever
said hello to him outside of school hours.
There's no way to tell how he might have done at dating. Sparky never once asked a girl to go
out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.
Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. So he rolled with it. Sparky had made up his mind early in life that if things were meant to work out they would. Otherwise, he would content himself with what
appeared to be his inevitable mediocrity.
However, one thing was important to Sparky -- drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course,no one else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he submitted some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook. The cartoons
were turned down. Despite this particular rejection, Sparky was so
convinced of his ability that he decided to become a professional
artist.
After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt
Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and
the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky drew the proposed
cartoon. He spent a great deal of time on it and on all the other
drawings he submitted. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He
had been rejected once again. Another loss for the loser.
So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography in cartoons. He described his
childhood self -- a little boy loser and chronic underachiever.
The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the
boy who had such lack of success in school and whose work was rejected
again and again, was Charles Schulz.
He created the "Peanuts" comic
strip and the little cartoon character whose kite would never fly and
who never succeeded in kicking a football -- Charlie Brown
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