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21 OCTOBER L94g. U S S PRAIRIE

DEAREST

LITTLE SISTER,

NINE YEARS AcO

LETTER S0MEriHEBE

NEVEn THOUGHT

ilD

BE lilRlTlNG A BIRTHDAY

tN THE pACtFtC,

ESPECTALLY

T0 A LITTLE SISTER.

AT THAT TIME

I $JAS ALL FoR AL LITTLE BROTHER, lN FACT MoM HAD

IID HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER AND HIS NAiliE U{OULD BE CHARLES \fiILLIAM. I JUST KNEIT THAT IT IiIAS IfuiPOSSIBLE FOR ONE
PROMISED ME THAT

KID LIKE ME T0 BE OUTNIiMBERED BY S0

S0 PUT ALL

,.IANY

GIRLS lN THE FAMILY

AND

iviY F0NDEST H0PES 0N GEIT ING

A BABY BR0THER-

ONE THAT

I COULD BEAT UP LIKE MY FRIENDS DII TO THEIR LITTLE BROTHERS. SO I ${AS ALL HAPPY UNT ILL I FOUND OUT THAT ,r,0THER HAD CR0SSED ME AND
GIVEN ME THREE TO ONE ODDS IN FAVER OF

GIRLS.

THEN AND THERE

MADE

RESOLUTION THAT GIRLS WOULD ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE ENEMYES.

IF REALLY EN1tsARRASSED ME TO HAVE TO ADMIT TO FRIENDS THAT I DIDNIT

HAVE

A BROTHER.

THREE S|STERS,

lT $tAS ALWAYS THE SAME, MY CHUMS

HEADS

WOULD JUST

RML THEIR EYES AND SHAKE THEIR

IN SYMPATHY.

IPOOR

YENNE' THEYID SAY,AND THE|\I POLITELY OFFER ME A BITE OF CANDY IN

ORDER TO CONDOLE IliE.

BUT AS ltlOMEN ALWAYS i;;ANAGE T0 THE UNSUSPE0TING ii{ALE

00, LTTTLE 0R Blc,

I4ONTHS

EATTNG |NTO

HEART, lN A FEII

HAD BEEN l10N OVER

T0 THE FEMALE CAUSE.

ANY$JAY, BY THE TllvlE

Tll0 !ARS HAD PASSED,

HAD N0TICED THAT N0 BR0THER C0ULD CAUSE AS MUCH FtANtC, N0|SE 0R

SECOND

JUST PLAIN PINDEMONIUM ON THE SAfuIE NOTICE. BY THE END OF THE

YEAR YOU AND

I I'{ERE PLAYING FOOTBAAL UP IN THE HALLWAY. FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS YOU AND I HAD 80ME PRETry HOT GAMES, DIENIT VrlE? NgT 6NLy couLD You tilANAGE T0 RUN Y0UR D0, MoM, T|IO 0LDER SlSTEtSii BUT EVEN
ME

T0 THE CLEANERS.

THERE WERI TIMES, lv'lY PET,

LIKE IIHEN YOU BR0KE

AND

INTO MY MOVIE FILM AND CIUSED UNHOLY DAMAGE TO MY FAVORITE I,IUTT

JEFF CARTOON, THAT IIR ING ING YOUR NECK ll{OULD HAVE BEEN

TOOSOFT

A PUNISHMENT. dUT EVEN AT THAT YOU SOON SHO|IJEIJ THE MALE PORTION (wuer rHERE trAS 0F tT) 0n THE FAMTLY JUST wHAT THETR PRoPER PLAoE
I1AS BY BECOMING CHAMPEEN FISHERMAN OF THE ENTIRE YENNE CLAN. YES MAM- YOU COPPED ALL HONORS

IN THAT LINE. BIG

GAME

DIDNIT

BOTHER

you ETTHER-

REMEMBER THE P0RCUPINE

(pOnXvplNE)? EVEN THE C0LD

HONEST TO

WATERS OF TEMAGAMI

DIDNIT CURB YOUR BRAVERY AS AN

G0ODNESS CAMPER. YES COULD

SlR, DoRA,
THAT

DOUBT

lF ANY LITTLE BR0THER

MADE.
POOR MAMA,

LIVE UP TO THE SENSATIONAL

RECORD YOUIVE

REMEMBER HER SAYING

IT

I'{AS NICE YOU llIERE

A LITTLE GIRL
U8 KIDS

BECAUSE YOU COULD KEEP HER COMPANY AFTEi. THE REST OF

LEFT HOME-SWEET GENTLE LITILE

oNE HITTER 0N THE

GIRL.

OCCORDING UO DAD YOUIRE NUMBER

.

BL0CK, ALL-STAR TACKLE.

ilELL, H0NEY, VOUnrytOeS

$J|TH ME, AND MAYBE tN ANoTHER YEAR

WE CAN CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY TOGETHER.

[iE CAN HAVE

SOME OF

THOSE BULI- SESSIONS AFTER YOUIVE GONE TO BED AND RE-DO SOME OF

THE SWELL LITTLE THINGS IVEIVE

DONE.

BECI/ME

A LITILE AFRAID,
INTERESTED lN
tN

THOUGH' THAT YOU ARE NOw BEC0MING

SCHOOL THAN

A Blc GIRL- i,i0RE

lN

OUR FO0TBALL GAMES

IJPSTAIRS, piORE INTERESTED

FANCY DRESSES TO llJOO THE BUDDING MASCULINE HEARTS OF GRADE SCHOOL

THAN INTHOSE RUGGED BULL SESSIONS.

BUT, NO MATTER HOIiI MUCH YOU CHANGE YOUTLL ALWAYS HOLD

CONTBOLLING INTEREST

THE

IN EVTRY

HEART THAT KNOr,S YOUR

HEART.
DAD [/AY

PLEASE

BE GOOD AND REMEMBER THAT ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES

SEEM

MOM AND

A B lT

I'|EAN

0R

CRANKY THEY ARE K IND G00D AND LoVABLE AND MoST

MISSED WHEN

00E lS

AWAY FR0ld THEhi AUIHILE.

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