daddy long legs

Chapter 73

Dear Daddy Long Legs:
Uncle, are you willing to do something good to make more people happy?There was a poor family with four children beside their parents—the two older boys had left home to fend for themselves, and there was no news of them until now.My father, who had worked in a dying glass factory—a physically traumatic job—was in the hospital and had spent all his savings.The burden of the family falls entirely on the 4-year-old eldest daughter.She sews during the day and embroiders tablecloths at night, earning $24 a day (if she can find work).My mother was too weak to do much, and she was a pious person, always praying to God with her hands folded.The daughter is worried about the burden of the family every day and is exhausted.She doesn't know how to get through the rest of the winter - and neither do I.If she has 1 yuan on hand, she can buy some coal and a few pairs of shoes for the three children, plus have some money left over when they go to school.In this way, she will not be so worried that she can't find a job for several days.

You are the richest person I know.Can you save $100?That girl needs help more than I do.If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't beg you either.I don't really want to bother with that mother, she's such a loser!

Uncle, I am writing to you from the hospital bed.I have been bedridden for two days due to tonsil inflammation.In addition to drinking hot milk, nothing else can be eaten. "Why didn't your parents remove your tonsils when you were a child?" the doctor asked.How do I know, I even wonder if they really bothered about me.

Your J·A
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I re-read the letter before sending it. For some reason, I feel so sad in the letter.I assure you, I am young, happy and happy.I believe you too.Youth has nothing to do with age, but lies in the inner spirit.So uncle, even if you are gray-haired, you can still be a child at heart.

judy with affection for you

the next morning
(End of this chapter)