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Grandparents Writing to their Grandson
Dear Grandson,We're writing this letter slow, because we know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left: we read in the paper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from home, so we moved.
This new place has a washing machine, but I don't think it works very well, the first day I put four shirts in it, I pulled the chain and haven't seen them since. The weather is pretty good here. It only rained twice this week-three days the first time and four days the second time.
The coat you wanted me to send you-your Aunt Sue said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the big heavy buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
We got a bill from the funeral home, it said that if we don't make the last payment on Great-Grandma's funeral bill, up she comes.
Your Uncle John fell in the whiskey vat. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated, and he burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off the bridge in the pickup. One was driving, the other two were in the back. The driver got out, he rolled down the window and swam to safety; but the other two drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down.
There's not much more news at this time, nothing much has happened.
We'll write later.
Love,
Your GrandparentsP.S. We were going to send you some money, but we had already sealed the envelope.