608 Maple Avenue

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

December 15, 2017

Thank you for your interesting letter. I showed it to several of my friends at school. Two other people in my class also have pen friends in South America. They sometimes get letters from them. One of them lives in Columbia, and the other lives in Brazil.

In this letter I am going to write something about my family. I have two brothers. One is a lawyer in England and the other works in a hospital. I’m going to send some pictures of my brothers in my next letter.

Would you like to write something about the members of your family? Could you send me a few pictures? Please write back soon. And best wishes for the coming Christmas.

Lovely,

Dick

I was sitting on my mom’s sofa and thinking of my hard life. Being out of work and short of money made my wife, our baby boy and me live with my parents. We slept in my old bedroom, and I was feeling upset.

Thankfully, I had one new job: helping my son learn how to walk. Anytime he took a few steps, however, he would fall down and cry. So I had to bend over (俯身) and hold his hand as he walked along. But my back wouldn’t let me do that for long.

As I sat there with my eyes closed, I suddenly heard my mother say, “Joe, look!” I opened my eyes and watched my son catch the coffee table, pull (拉) himself up and smile. Next with a giggle, he started walking around it, keeping his hands on it for balance. Finally, when he reached the end of it, he took two big steps and made it to the wall. Then he started walking down the hall with his hands balancing on the wall the whole way. I laughed and cheered (欢呼).

Suddenly, I learned that losing the job wasn’t so bad, for at least my boy had learned to walk. Trying to do something new is a lot like first learning to walk. We often fall and cry. However, as long as we try again and again, we will find our own feet and know how to do it. Don’t be afraid to step out. Don’t be afraid to fall!

Jo is a cute girl and she likes drawing very much. One day, she goes for a walk with her father and Coco, a lovely dog, after the rain.

“Wow! What is it?” says Jo.

“It’s a rainbow. It has seven colors. So it looks so beautiful.” says her father.

“I want to draw a rainbow, Dad,” says Jo, “but I don’t have orange, and purple.”

“Don’t worry. Let me help you. Red and yellow makes orange. Put the color of blue into the color of red, and we can get the color of purple.” says her father.

With the help of her father, Jo draws a beautiful rainbow. How happy she is!