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je ne t’es pas ecris desuite
car je n’avais plus de papiers
s’eltellement rare j’espere
que tu m’escusera. j ai
bien reçu ta lettre qui
ma fait bien plaisir
pour une fois elle etait
assez longue. moi je passe
mes journée comme je peux
le matin je me lève et je
fait un petit tourt dans le
jardin ensuite je dejeune
comme de bien enttendue
et je vais faire des commitions commissions
après midi je vais me
baigner et puis voilà ma
journée passez
si tu à des
je termine en t’embrassant
bien fort
tu donneras l’autre lettre à Maly
I didn’t write back to you immediately
because I didn’t have any more paper.
That rarely happens, I hope
that you’ll excuse me. I
received your letter which
made me very happy,
as for once it was
rather long. Me, I spend
my days as best I can.
Mornings I get up and
take a little walk in the
garden. I then have lunch,
as you would expect.
After that I do shopping and run errands.
Afternoons I go
swimming, and there you have it, my
day has passed.
What is your little sister doing?
My brother has gone on
vacation, and my
little sister is doing very well.
if you have some
I’ll finish this now by hugging you
very tightly.
Give the other letter to Maly