September 3, 1859

September 3, 1859

Dear Lucy,

I told you not to go back to the waterfall.  Well, considering the circumstances, I guess it couldn’t really be helped, but you if Jaime didn’t listen to you when you said you wanted to go home, then you should have started kicking and biting and scratching him, and I do not care how cute he was.

So you went behind the waterfall.  Then what happened?  I need details, little girl, because I’m sure you got into trouble, and if I can help you get out, then I need to know what’s going on.

And to your previous questions about Agnes.  I just met her daughter a few days ago.  I found that she is a kind old woman who is crabby, but whoever she’s crabby to is who she really cares for.  She has four children, three boys, and a girl, and they’re all grown and married.  The oldest boy has three children, then the girl has two.  The second youngest boy has five children, and the youngest boy has three.  That’s quite an extensive family, if you ask me.

I found that she is one of the kindest woman anyone has ever met, so if you want to, you can move in with her as soon as you pack your bags.  Now please write back soon, I do need to know what happened behind the waterfall.

Sincerely, Safiya

Author's Note

The letters to Lucy from Safiya are probably going to be shorter for a while, but the ones for Lucy are going to be a bit longer than they were for the rest of the book. Just giving you a warning =)