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her husband. Robert and I will run and jump and hop and dance and swing and

talk about birds and flowers and trees and grass and Jumbo and Pearl will go
with us. Teacher will say, We are silly.

She is funny. Funny makes us laugh. Natalie is a good girl and does not cry.

Mildred does cry. She will be a nice girl in many days and run and play with me.
Mrs. Graves is making short dresses for Natalie. Mr. Mayo went to Duckhill and
brought home many sweet flowers. Mr. Mayo and Mr. Farris and Mr. Graves
love me and Teacher. I am going to Memphis to see them soon, and they will
hug and kiss me. Thornton goes to school and gets his face dirty. Boy must be
very careful. After supper I played romp with Teacher in bed. She buried me
under the pillows and then I grew very slow like tree out of ground. Now, I will
go to bed.

HELEN KELLER.”

April 16, 1888.

We are just back from church. Captain Keller said at breakfast this morning that
he wished I would take Helen to church. The Presbytery would be there in a
body, and he wanted the ministers to see Helen. The Sunday-school was in

session when we arrived, and I wish you could have seen the sensation Helen’s
entrance caused. The children were so pleased to see her at Sunday-school, they
paid no attention to their teachers, but rushed out of their seats and surrounded
us. She kissed them all, boys and girls, willing or unwilling. She seemed to think
at first that the children all belonged to the visiting ministers; but soon she
recognized some little friends among them, and I told her the ministers didn’t
bring their children with them. She looked disappointed and said, “I’ll send them
many kisses.” One of the ministers wished me to ask Helen, “What do ministers
do?” She said, “They read and talk loud to people to be good.” He put her
answer down in his note book. When it was time for the church service to begin,
she was in such a state of excitement that I thought it best to take her away; but
Captain Keller said, “No, she will be all right.” So there was nothing to do but
stay. It was impossible to keep Helen quiet. She hugged and kissed me, and the
quiet-looking divine who sat on the other side of her. He gave her his watch to