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big sweet strawberries and then she will be very happy. I hope she will not eat

too many of the delicious fruit for they will make her very ill.

Sometime will you please come to Alabama and visit me? My uncle James is
going to buy me a very gentle pony and a pretty cart and I shall be very happy to
take you and Harry to ride. I hope Harry will not be afraid of my pony. I think
my father will buy me a beautiful little brother some day. I shall be very gentle

and patient to my new little brother. When I visit many strange countries my
brother and Mildred will stay with grandmother because they will be too small to
see a great many people and I think they would cry loud on the great rough
ocean.

When Capt. Baker gets well he will take me in his big ship to Africa. Then I

shall see lions and tigers and monkeys. I will get a baby lion and a white monkey
and a mild bear to bring home. I had a very pleasant time at Brewster. I went in
bathing almost every day and Carrie and Frank and little Helen and I had fun.
We splashed and jumped and waded in the deep water. I am not afraid to float
now. Can Harry float and swim? We came to Boston last Thursday, and Mr.
Anagnos was delighted to see me, and he hugged and kissed me. The little girls
are coming back to school next Wednesday.

Will you please tell Harry to write me a very long letter soon?

When you come to Tuscumbia to see me I hope my father will have many sweet
apples and juicy peaches and fine pears and delicious grapes and large water
melons.

I hope you think about me and love me because I am a good little child.

With much love and two kisses