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Poor Charlie Brown. He can't fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn't help him much either. Against the sage advice and taunting of the girls in his class, he volunteers for the class spelling bee.

The voice of a perpetually anxious kid captures every ounce of childhood loneliness and quiet resilience. Even when the kite string snaps or the baseball game ends in defeat, this gentle animation finds profound heart in the smallest failures.

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