Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
25th October
Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,
I'm in the basket-ball team and you ought to see the bruise on my leftshoulder. It's blue and mahogany with little streaks of orange. JuliaPendleton tried for the team, but she didn't get in. Hooray!
You see what a mean disposition I have.
College gets nicer and nicer. I like the girls and the teachers andthe classes and the campus and the things to eat. We have ice-creamtwice a week and we never have corn-meal mush.
You only wanted to hear from me once a month, didn't you? And I'vebeen peppering you with letters every few days! But I've been soexcited about all these new adventures that I MUST talk to somebody;and you're the only one I know. Please excuse my exuberance; I'llsettle pretty soon. If my letters bore you, you can always toss theminto the wastebasket. I promise not to write another till the middleof November.
Yours most loquaciously, Judy Abbott
Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,
I'm in the basket-ball team and you ought to see the bruise on my leftshoulder. It's blue and mahogany with little streaks of orange. JuliaPendleton tried for the team, but she didn't get in. Hooray!
You see what a mean disposition I have.
College gets nicer and nicer. I like the girls and the teachers andthe classes and the campus and the things to eat. We have ice-creamtwice a week and we never have corn-meal mush.
You only wanted to hear from me once a month, didn't you? And I'vebeen peppering you with letters every few days! But I've been soexcited about all these new adventures that I MUST talk to somebody;and you're the only one I know. Please excuse my exuberance; I'llsettle pretty soon. If my letters bore you, you can always toss theminto the wastebasket. I promise not to write another till the middleof November.
Yours most loquaciously, Judy Abbott