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PEN PALS:
SARA WRITES BACK
CHAPTER SIX
1239 Lincoln Boulevard
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
U.S.A.
October 7, 1982
Dear Roberto,
I was very happy to receive your letter. Thank you! Yes, I
would really like to be pen pals with you. I am very interested
in South America. My uncle works for a company in Venezuela.
Maybe next summer I can go to visit him there. (Wow! Super!)
Until then, we can send pictures to each other.
Your family is very different from mine. I don’t have a large
family. I live with my mother here in Fairbanks. She works for a
T.V. station. My father died ten years ago. I don’t have any
brothers and sisters. I have one grandmother in Chicago,
Illinois. My other grandmother lives in Miami, Florida. We don’t
see each other very often.
My hobbies are dancing, swimming, and foreign languages.
I study Spanish and French in high school. Maybe next time I
can write in Spanish. I have two cats. We don’t have a dog
because our apartment is too small.
The weather in Alaska really isn’t so bad. I like it a lot here.
It isn’t as cold as you think. Here is a picture of me and a news-
paper story about Alaska for you. It’s called “Enormous cabbages
Show the Effect of Long Alaskan Days.”
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
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