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Miss[redacted] Delphine [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] -FRANCE To Ryan White [redacted] Kokomo, INDIANA U-S-A Dear Ryan Lately I readed an article about you in a French magazine who's called "Paros-Match" and it was very affecting. So I wrote to "Paris-Match" and I asked your adress. I've just received it today and am writing to help you in your misfortune. I know what it is because my mother is very ill and it isn't always funny-But I don't write you to tell you my troubles. I know you've never been to France, so I'll tell you lots of things about my country. First I'll try to describe myself (I'll [continued on next page]
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send my picture later- I hope you won't get a schok!) I'm closer fifteen, I'm not very tall (I don't know how to tell it in En glish!). I have short [redacted] hair and [redacted] eyes ([redacted]) I live in the south of France in [redacted] (there's always a lot of shine) I haven't got brothers, sisters or pets. I had too cats, a black one and a grey one but they are dead a year ago. Of course I go to school in[redacted], I'm in 4e- I study Math(I hate) French(I'm very good) English(I'm be fond of), German(it's my first year), Histoy, Gography, but also Sciences and art. I don't enjou doing homework, how do you feel about it?
_ Well, I think that'll be all for today. I have a lot of things to tell you. In my next letter, why not? _ I hope you'll write soon and tell me all about yourself.
Yours sincerely, Delphine (or Helen)