Especially if that’s the 3rd base foul line in the bottom left corner of the first 2 panels and they forgot to color it in. At that age even fielding a ball like that is a good play for most kids.
Darryl probably feels a bit like Charlie Brown right now: “I can’t stand it. I just can’t stand it.” (shout out to the Peanuts-inspired lamp for the idea)
A cold usually isn’t sufficient reason to keep a kid home from school. Or at least they weren’t years ago when I was in school. It might be a different story now after the pandemic.
Snoopy got hoisted on his own petard there.