a letter, September 21st, 1934

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Dear Future,

I am hungry. Please send delicious cookies.

Your friend,
Millie

[At the bottom is a drawing of a...girl? It seems to be a girl, since its head is covered in bows. Whatever it is, it is surrounded by round, dotted objects. Cookies, maybe?]

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[Lester wonders who this Millie person might be, but then again, if she's writing through these mailboxes and knows about 2012...She must have a fairy. So the conclusion was that she couldn't be a bad person.]

Dear Millie,

That's a very nice picture. And that's not good that you're hungry. I'm sorry it took a while to get these to you, I just found this letter earlier today. I hope they didn't spoil in the mail.

Since it look like you enjoy drawing (I enjoy drawing as well), I thought you might enjoy these. I hope you have fun with them, and that they taste good.

Lester Cotton
9/22/12

[enclosed are a batch of undecorated gingerbread men and some icing pens]

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[A couple lengths of red and green ribbon fall out of the envelope. The paper is slightly sticky.]

Dear Lester,

Thank you for the cookies! They were delicious just like Christmas. Also, thank you for the magical frosting tubes! They didn't taste good on the outside, but on the inside there was delicious frosting! And they're made of magical future material! What do you call it?

I drew pictures of the gingerbread men, but I am sorry if you want to meet them because they are dead now.

Since it reminded me of Christmas, I sent you some of the ribbon from my presents last year, which I have been saving in case I need ribbon.

Your friend,
Millie
September 23rd, 1934

[Millie's drawings of the gingerbread men she created are below. Some of them make it apparent that Millie had just covered the gingerbread men in frosting, whereas some of them are detailed enough that it is very clear that Millie is not even trying to accurately represent the cookies; she would not have been able to make such intricate designs in frosting.]

[turnofthewheel]

Dear Millie,

You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed them. Do you mean what the frosting was in? It's called plastic. [there is a blot of glittery ink here as Lester pondered whether or not Millie would be able to read the word correctly] It's pronounced plaa-stick. [...actually, he didn't check if it was actually made of plastic so he hoped he was right]

Thank you for the ribbon. I like the colors. Can I assume you like colorful things as well? A lot of people I have talked to in your time so far didn't seem very happy with what I sent them, so it's nice to know that you seem to like it.

Lester Cotton
9/24/12

[There is a glittery doodle of a stick figure with shoulder length hair and some red and green ribbon]

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[The letter is so covered in crayon that there is very little white left on the paper. The drawings sometimes flirt with resembling real things or at least some semblance of artistic effort but there is a substantial portion that is just scribbles. At least the words are mostly defined enough to read.]

Dear Lester,

Was that really plastic? We have plastic for some things but it usually does not have delicious frosting inside.

Your letters are so pretty! As you can see, I also like colorful things. My favorite color is pink but I like many other colors like blue and purple and pink and oh I already said pink. What is your favorite color? I also like flowers.

Have you been writing to other people in my school? If you write a letter to somebody named Theo, don't write it anymore. He is just a meanie.

Your friend,
Millie
September 25th, 1934

p.s. I like your drawing and it's sparkly!