Page 141 - The Story of My Lif

My dear uncle Morrie,—I think you will be very glad to receive a letter from
your dear little friend Helen. I am very happy to write to you because I think of
you and love you. I read pretty stories in the book you sent me, about Charles

and his boat, and Arthur and his dream, and Rosa and the sheep.

I have been in a large boat. It was like a ship. Mother and teacher and Mrs.
Hopkins and Mr. Anagnos and Mr. Rodocanachi and many other friends went to
Plymouth to see many old things. I will tell you a little story about Plymouth.

Many years ago there lived in England many good people, but the king and his
friends were not kind and gentle and patient with good people, because the king
did not like to have the people disobey him. People did not like to go to church
with the king; but they did like to build very nice little churches for themselves.

The king was very angry with the people and they were sorry and they said, we
will go away to a strange country to live and leave very dear home and friends
and naughty king. So, they put all their things into big boxes, and said, Goodbye.
I am sorry for them because they cried much. When they went to Holland they
did not know anyone; and they could not know what the people were talking
about because they did not know Dutch. But soon they learned some Dutch

words; but they loved their own language and they did not want little boys and
girls to forget it and learn to talk funny Dutch. So they said, We must go to a new
country far away and build schools and houses and churches and make new
cities. So they put all their things in boxes and said, Goodbye to their new
friends and sailed away in a large boat to find a new country. Poor people were
not happy for their hearts were full of sad thoughts because they did not know
much about America. I think little children must have been afraid of a great
ocean for it is very strong and it makes a large boat rock and then the little
children would fall down and hurt their heads.

After they had been many weeks on the deep ocean where they could not see
trees or flowers or grass, but just water and the beautiful sky, for ships could not