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Hello Ryan! 11.10.1985
Before I tell you the reason for this letter I must tell you, that I'm not very good at English and so I hope you excuse me and my speach.
My name is Andrea [Redacted] and I'm at the age of 16. I'm a German girl and live in a small town/villiage [Redacted] by [Redacted], that's in [Redacted].
In Germans newspapers, like FREIZEIT-REVUE, I read about your illness and at first I will angry when I hear about your "friends" which now let you alone. And that's the reason for this letter. I hope I can your lonely hours with some sentence from me make to be not so long ([left pointed arrow] the hours).
It's dufficult to write a letter to someone and didn't know anything about him. But you even doesn't know anything about me and so I will let you some facts about me.
Name: Andrea [Redacted] eyes: [Redacted] Age: 16 years hair: [Redacted] Birthday: [Redacted] High: [Redacted] Job: I works by an "Rechtsanwalt" (I don't know the English expression) I've got one brother, he's 12 years and his name is [Redacted]. My parents were working in shops.
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Now I doesn't know anything to write. That means in German's language I could write some more. Do you understand German? Or your parents? Do you have some brothers or sisters? I know you are 13 years old, aren't you? Oh Ryan, If I was better in school (in English). It means: Why do I haven't no more attention (damals) at school? ("Hätte ich besser aufgepaßt, könnte ich Dir nun viel mehr von mir schreiben. Aber ich hatte immer nur eine "4" in English) I hope you understand my ugly English. Even so I hope, you write me. So, now I must go to work.
GERMANY [left pointed arrow] [drawing of the ocean] [left pointed arrow] [USA] Your Andrea
P.S.: If you write some sentence to me I will be very happy. I hope yo do so and answer my questions. And, maybe, we can write us many letters.
The words with ..... are words where I doesn't know the right speach (der richtigen, Englischen, Ausdruck)
Ciao your Andrea
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[Postmark redacted] Ryan White [Redacted] [Redacted] Kokomo, Indiana USA
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Abs.: Andrea [Redacted] [Redacted] [Redacted] [Redacted] Germany