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I read in my books every day. I love them very, very, very much.

I do want you to come back to me soon. I miss you so very, very much. I cannot
know about many things, when my dear teacher is not here. I send you five
thousand kisses, and more love than I can tell. I send Mrs. H. much love and a

kiss.

From your affectionate little pupil, HELEN A. KELLER.

In the fall Helen and Miss Sullivan returned to Perkins Institution at South
Boston.

TO MISS MILDRED KELLER

South Boston, Oct. 24, 1889.

My Precious Little Sister:—Good morning. I am going to send you a birthday
gift with this letter. I hope it will please you very much, because it makes me

happy to send it. The dress is blue like your eyes, and candy is sweet just like
your dear little self. I think mother will be glad to make the dress for you, and
when you wear it you will look as pretty as a rose. The picture-book will tell you
all about many strange and wild animals. You must not be afraid of them. They
cannot come out of the picture to harm you.

I go to school every day, and I learn many new things. At eight I study
arithmetic. I like that. At nine I go to the gymnasium with the little girls and we
have great fun. I wish you could be here to play three little squirrels, and two
gentle doves, and to make a pretty nest for a dear little robin. The mocking bird
does not live in the cold north. At ten I study about the earth on which we all
live. At eleven I talk with teacher and at twelve I study zoology. I do not know
what I shall do in the afternoon yet.