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Article Title

The Long, Long Letter

Authors

Karen Abbott

Keywords

Excellent, Preschool, Primary, Elizabeth Spurr, David Catrow, Loneliness, Elderly, Communication, Family Support

Document Type

Book Review

Abstract

Elderly Hetta is lonely. Hetta writes a letter to her niece and asks for a letter. The obliging niece sets herself at the table with a good old fashioned plume and writes a letter that is pages and pages and boxes of pages in length. When she has no more paper to write on, she sends it off with the postman. A fierce wind sweeps her letter out of the boxes and causes a swirling snowstorm of sheaves that circles the patient Aunt Hetta and buries her, her mailbox, and the entire farm. People swarm from miles around to see this phenomena and to help her gather the sheets. Aunt Hetta isn't lonely anymore.

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