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GR>SF>Hi Laura I'm 9 years old and I like math, reading, art and science. I
GR>SF>brothers and 1 sister, and 2 of them live with us.  Their names are
GR>SF>& Jeremy.   Jeremy is 9 years old.  Jeremy and me are twins. Jonathon
GR>SF>years old and thinks he's big and bad won't admit he is not. What are
GR>SF>favrite foods?  I like McDonalds and Mexican Gardens.
GR>SF>I just moved from Lincoln Park,MI. and I'm very upset beause all the
GR>SF>here are so weird they play the weirdest games. I like to cook, sew
GR>SF>things, go on the conputer and color. I gues you could say that we li
GR>SF>of the same things.  I have a dog a cat and 2 kittens. Are you in
GR>SF>I live in Michigan by Detroit.
GR>SF>Sorry it took me so long to answer.  Hope to hear from you soon.
GR>SF>Sara.Finan@nlite.ack.mi.org or just reply in this area.  BYE
GR>
GR>Dear Sara,
GR>
GR>I like Mc Donalds and Wendy's !  I like kittens but My dad is allergic
GR>to them. so I can not hav them!!!  We have two sewing machines!  I like
GR>to sew too!  How old are your other brothers?  What about the ones who
GR>do not live with you?
GR>
GR>Do you like Mexican food?  What type of games do you have on your
GR>computer?  We have Rainbow Paint and Jetpack.  One thing I like doing on
GR>Jetpack is making my own game.  Have you ever heard of Old World
GR>Wisconsin?  We go there in the summer sometimes.  It is a big outdoor
GR>museum where you go from village to village and go through old settler
GR>houses.  At Old World Wisconsin, they have an old school.  They have
GR>McGuffey Readers there.  We have McGuffey readers here at home too.  I
GR>want to get back into reading them.  I used to read them a lot.
GR>
GR>ED. Note:
GR>        If you ever get to this area in Southeastern Wisconsin, I
GR>        recommend that you and your family go there.  It is very
GR>        educational!  You can spend a whole day there and go through
GR>        various houses and speak to the tour guides who are dressed in
GR>        old fashioned clothes and watch them do old time chores and
GR>        cooking.  You can see them make linen from flax and do weaving
GR>        with the product.  They weave rugs and pass them to their
GR>        neighbors.  The neighbors would unweave them and weave them
GR>        again.
GR>
GR>        You can take a tram to go from one village to the next.  there
GR>        is a Norwegian village, a Polish village, a Yankee village, a
GR>        German village, and a Danish village.  They also have a gift
GR>        shop. Old World Wisconsin is near Eagle, wisconsin in the
GR>        beautiful Kettle Morraine Forest.  Eagle is about 35 miles
GR>        West of Milwaukee.  People go there from all over.
GR>
GR>In school there is some fun things like science history. There is also a
GR>fun book that I have and tomorrow I will be at the funnest page. The
GR>name of the book is Language II.  The McGuffey Readers are some books
GR>that were used in the olden days to teach kids to read and so they can
GR>read stories and stuff.  The is some nice stories in them. Have you ever
GR>heard of A Beka Books?
GR>
GR>Well, it is past my bedtime and my dad helped me type this letter so I
GR>can go to bed sooner and have the letter finished when he gets on the
GR>BBS tonight.
GR>
GR>Bye,
GR>
GR>Laura.
GR>+++++
GR>
GR> * SLMR 2.1a * Will you please shut off the computer and eat supper?

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     GLENN RICHARDSON
     SARA FINAN
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Here is another letter for you Sara.
Laura