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Dear Blitzo,
Hello! I really hope this letter makes it to you. I have never written a letter to anyone before, so I’m not exactly sure how it works. But Mr. Butler promised it would reach you. I hope he was right!
Oh! This is Stolas, by the way. I probably should have said that sooner (like I said, I’m very new at this!). I just wanted to thank you again for playing pirates with me. And listening to me talk about my plants and my books. And the amazing circus performance too. It was the best birthday ever!
I hope you are having fun at the circus. Do you always perform in Pride? Or do you travel to the other Rings? I’ve never left the Pride Ring before, but I have always wanted to go to Envy and see the ocean. Have you been there?
I apologize for asking so many questions. If you want to write back, I would love it! But it’s okay if you don’t.
Say hi to Worm Horse for me!
Sincerely,
Stolas
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Deer Stolas,
Wow thanx 4 the letur! Ive nevur gotten a letur b4. The onlee peeple I reely no are Mama and Papa and Barbie and Fizz. And they dont need to rite me leturs. Duh.
Aneway, Mama helpt me reed ur letur and sed sheed help me send u a letur bak. I hope u get it! (I gess if ur reeding this, it meens u did!)
I hope we can send it befor we leev. I think we are goin to Greed soon. I dont reelee lyk it ther but Fizz is exsyted cuz he is supur ubsest with that big green dood, Mamin. Hez ok i gess. Persunlee i think Fizz is way funneer then him. Not Barbie tho. She is reely gud at flips and stuf but she is not veree gud at joks. They kinda suk. (Mama sed not to rite that but its TRU!)
O, and sinse u askt, ive ben to Nvee befor but we didunt get to go to the beech. Papa allways sez if its not makin monee its a wayst of tym. And i dont think we can mak monee at the oshun. But i think it wud be kewl to visit!
Mayb nex tym we go to Nvee i can rite to u and let u no. Mayb we can meet at the beech. Then u can meet Barbie and Fizz and we can all play on a reel pyrit ship! Ill be the captin and Fizz will be the firs mayt and Barbie will be the lookowt cuz shes so gud at climin and u can be the wun who luks at the starz to figure out ware weer going. We can go on an aventur and mayb we will find sum treshur (then Papa mite be les mad abowt it. sumtyms hes reelee scaree wen he gets mad).
Aneway, Wurm Hors sez hi bak! And i gess u can tell ur plants or wutevur that i say hi too.
Ok Papa is lookin for me so i gotta go. Bye!
-Blitzo
PS: U can rite bak if u want. That wud b kewl.
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Dear Blitzo,
Oh, thank you so much for writing back to me! By the time I send this, it sounds like you and your family might be in Greed. But if my last letter made it to you, I’m sure this one will too!
Thank you for answering all of my questions, by the way. I hope they weren’t too annoying.
I would love to visit Envy with you someday and meet your friends! I am not sure whether there would be any pirate ships though. They haven’t existed for a long time. But you never know what we could find, especially with our imagination! And I’m sure we could find lots of treasures too! I have always wanted to start a collection of seashells. Let’s go find some together! (But only if you want to. If you don’t, that’s okay.)
And thank you for remembering my plants! Flint has been helping me tend to my little corner of the garden, and many of the buds have finally started to bloom. Did you find the flower I included with this letter? I made sure to dry it out before sending it, so it’s very fragile. But I hope it arrived safely. It’s an Alstroemeria pelegrina from my garden!
It may seem like a silly thing to be so excited about, but there is so much more to gardening than you might think. You need to consider things like temperature, sunlight, fertilizer… It really is a lot of work, so getting to see the plants finally bloom is very exciting! I imagine it’s kind of like all the practice you put into your routines at the circus. All that hard work makes hearing the audience finally cheer for you even better, doesn’t it?
Anyway, I hope you have a lot of fun in Greed. “Break a leg,” as they say! (But not literally. I don’t actually want you to get hurt!)
I hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely,
Stolas
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Deer Stolas,
Sorry it took a lil longer to rite bak this tym. We are doin mor showz heer in Greed then i thot. The peeple heer hav lotsa monee, and Papa lyks that a lot. Hez ben havin me look for lotsa ‘treshur’ after the showz, so Ive ben SUPER bizee.
And speekin of Papa, i reelee lykt the flower u sent me but i dont think u shud send me 1 agen. He herd me showin it to Fizz and started askin kweschins. Mama told him she gave it to me and he bleeved her. But she sed i gotta be mor karful. Sorry.
But thanx for sending it. I didunt reelee get wut u were sayin abowt all that plant stuf but ur rite abowt how kewl it is wen peeple lyk my act! Papa alwayz sez its abowt monee, but fer me, wen peeple cheer or Fizz lafs or Barbie and Mama smyl, THATS the best! I lyk makin peeple hapee. And I lyk it when they lyk ME, u no?
Aneway, i shud go. I gotta practis with Fizz for tonite. Thanx for riting bak to me.
Latur!
-Blitzo
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Dear Blitzo,
It was so great to hear from you again! I’m glad you liked the flower, but I’m sorry that it caused you trouble. I’m not sure I really understand, but I promise not to make that mistake again. Sorry!
Also, you don’t need to worry about not writing back sooner. I’ve been very busy too! My father can be very strict (it sounds like you know what that’s like!), and ever since my birthday, he has been encouraging me to focus more on my responsibilities as a Goetia. Which unfortunately means less time for my garden – and less time for writing letters too (but don’t worry! I will always make time for you!)
Your letter actually came at the perfect time. I’ve been feeling kind of sad lately. Father set up a meeting between me and my future the girl I’m supposed to the daughter of one of his friends. I was really hoping it might be a chance to make another new friend, but honestly, it was awful. And her brother was there too, and he was just as bad as she was. They made fun of me when I tried to show them my books and tell them about my garden, and when I suggested we play pirates like you and I did, they just laughed at me. It was very embarrassing. I just don’t understand why they had to be so mean!
I’m sorry for whining about it. I guess what I’m trying to say is that your letter really helped me feel better after all that. It means so much to me every time I hear from you. And do you want to know a secret? The day I met you was probably the happiest day of my whole life! I am so, SO happy that we’re friends, and I hope that we can stay friends for a really long time.
I hope that wasn’t an odd thing to say! I just remember what you told me about how much you enjoy making people happy and people liking you. Well, you definitely make me very happy by being my friend! And I like you very much! Probably more than I’ve ever liked anybody else.
I look forward to hearing some stories about your time in Greed, when you have a chance! I hope you are having fun.
Your friend,
Stolas
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Dear Blitzo,
I am sorry for bothering you with another letter. I just noticed that it’s been over a month since the last time I wrote to you, and I still haven’t heard back. I just wanted to make sure everything was alright, and apologize if I said anything in my last letter that made you uncomfortable (but I really hope I didn’t!)
Let me know when you’re back in Pride – or maybe even in Envy, if I can convince father to bring me there! Even if we don't find any pirate ships, I would love to see you again and show you my newest books! And maybe you can tell me a few more jokes too.
I hope to hear from you soon!
Your friend,
Stolas
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Dear Blitzo,
I’m very sorry about the last couple of letters. I really wasn’t thinking about how strange some of those things might have sounded, and I sincerely apologize. Do you think it would be okay for us to start over? Maybe we can just pretend those other letters never happened (and maybe this one too?)
Please write back. I miss talking to you.
Sincerely,
Stolas
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Hi Stolas,
Im reelee sorry i didunt rite bak to u for a long tym. Papa saw me tryin to rite to u and he got REEL mad. Reel scaree. He dosunt want us to be frens ne mor. He sed we wernt spost to keep tawking aftur the firs day we playd togethur.
I dunno if i can send this to u befor he cachis me but i wanna try. I reelee hope u get this letur cuz i dunno if i can send u ne mor aftur this. And im not reelee shur if u shud send me ne mor eethur. I think Papa wud get reelee mad agen.
Thanx for the leturs tho. And all the nise things u sed to me. i hope ur plants grow reelee big and i hope u can go to Nvee sumday and c the oshun. Mayb ill c u ther.
Im sorry.
-Blitzo
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Dear Blitzo,
It’s me again. I still haven’t heard from you in a very long time, and I just wanted to let you know that it’s okay. I know you’re very busy at the circus, and that you probably have much more important things to do than write back to me, especially after my last few letters.
You already know this, but I’m not very good at talking to people, so I apologize for making you uncomfortable with some of the things I said. I never meant to upset you, and I promise I won’t bother you with my silly letters anymore.
If you ever change your mind, please know that I would be very happy to hear from you again. But if you don’t, that’s alright too.
Thank you so much for being my friend, Blitzo. Even if it was only for a little while.
Sincerely,
Stolas