Dear Sylvia

Dear Sylvia — page 7 — Deer Sylvia By now I hope you aren’t mad becuase I haven’t sent any letters yet I’m still thinking about the signing Andy said its very tricky and a girl could get offally upset if you sign the wrong word So now I don’t know Fillus came home from the hospital today Mom made a big party for her and Ant Lorraine and when we were all their she said to me all of a sudden we should have invited Sylvia But it was too late Sorry Eleanor and Sadie took turns picking up Fillus and carrying her around like 1 of thier dolls Fillus screamed and screamed until I thought my eardrums were going to ruptewer Then Ant Lorraine picked her up and Fillus became a hole yowelling nucleer orkestra Leonard and Andy had to run out of the house So much for the big party I tried to bring in the carrot sticks from the kitchen in case Fillus was hungry but Mom almost hit me over the head with the plate Well I didn’t know you can’t feed babies carrot sticks Ant Lorraine gave Fillus to Mom and then Mom walked around singing a lullaby right into Fillus’s little red

Dear Sylvia — page 8 — cabbidge ear And Fillus went WAAAAA-waaaaa like a train that’s not going to make it round a corner on top of a cliff over a waterfall a thousand feet above the ocean right over the Marianas Trench which is the deepest place in the hole Earth Then Leonard ran back in and said give her to Owen Leonard is the closest thing we have to a baby so maybe he knows how she feels Anyway Mom gave her to me and it was ice cream licking again MWIM-MWIM mwim mwim Fillus said right into my shoulder Loud then softer soft I giggled her a little and blew on her red cabbidge hair From Owen

Dear Sylvia — page 9 — Deer Sylvia The reason why Leonard thought I was the Bog Man that other night was becuase I was pretending to be the Bog Man I had Dad’s big torch flashlight from the kitchen which we are only allowed to use in an emergensy but Andy said it would be OK Leonard stayed in his sleeping bag and me and Andy went to the kitchen in the dark and found the flashlight in the big drore and Andy switched it on and I held it under my chin like the Mummy Then I started moaning and straggling like the Bog Man and Leonard forgot it was me So he screamed and ran up the stairs to warn everybody and somehow his head ended up stuck in the banastare which is hard to do And his ears were trapped too Dad came running down the stairs like his breaks were cut and nearly tripped over Leonard’s feet And Eleanor stayed at the top of the stairs like she was Queen of the Ejypshiuns asking why did Leonard have his head stuck in the banastare I don’t think even then Leonard was yowelling as loud as Fillus Leonard’s head is better now but the banastare is still broken so Mom is mad about that Andy and I tried to put Leonard’s head back in the banastare just to see but its a

Dear Sylvia — page 10 — mistry how it got stuck in the first place Lots of luck Owen

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