The . ori!gin st
!ory;( for one of Peanuts' most $beloved c+har#,[acters],* Fr/#anklin, follo^ws h!.ow he a+pproa$,ches mak!(*in^%g ] =)new friends. F,ranklin's f[a[,mi
ly is always )on the move with his d)*ad's m)\ilit. ary job, and everywher%:e he );goes Frankl`=i%n find`s]!. 
.?s uppo_ !r#()t in a notebook! filled= with his g==-rand.\#father's ad$^vice on%? frie*,/.ndsh]^ip . But when[ ? Fr(anklin tr+ies h/[is#(/ usual stra)^tegi@*::es with -the Peanuts gang, he has troub*le fittin!g-! in.-=/ That's until he *\ lea`:rns abou?\]t t^[h$e neighbor?[ hoo*//##d Soap Box Derby race- - acc_ ?o rd ing t*
o %his gran #d!;father, everyone l-?^oves a winne!$r. (_$He's sur!:#e th`!at `winni-!ng t:he race will also% mean winning over s%om e new!^ * f_!riends. A.ll he nee@.ds is a@ pa=?rtn+$=er, which he fin[
ds in C#=harlie B!+r=o[(#wn. Fra# ;nklin and Charli+?^e B]rown wo \rk t)oget:her to bu+?ild a car and in t?he #)proc(]e#[ss be# *come goo_
d buddies ?. B=u=t as%/,- th
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e race `?;nears, the pressure moun $ts-- -[ can their+ car and th)]eir n+ewfound f!riendship ma$\ ke:! it to th*
e finish line?