六年级英语写一封信(优秀20篇)

I have a little dog. Its name is Googlo. He is three years old. He has two

big eyes. Theyre black. He has one blue ear and one black ear. He is

clever.

I like my Googlo. He likes playing with me. He can bark, jump and run. He

can play football, basketball and volleyball. He likes playing football very

much. He likes some fruit, such as apples, bananas, oranges, pears and

watermelons. He enjoys his snacks.

I love my dog--Googlo. He is very interesting.

In the summer holiday， I will visit some places of interest in southern

China. By visiting these places I can learn a lo In the summer holiday， I will

visit some places of interest in southern China.

By visiting these places I can learn a lot about our brilliant national

culture. I will visit the Suzhou Gardens， the West Lake， Lu Xuns former

residence and so on. I think I can broaden my horizon of our countrys culture

during the holiday. It is very helpful and interesting.

I went to the countryside to spend my summer holidays this year. I liked

green plants， clear rivers lovely amimals breathed the fresh air on the mountain

sometimes i went swimming in the river. I kept a diary every day.

I liked not the scene of the countryside， the people there. i helped them

to do farm work. i also helped the children in the neighbourhood with their

lessons. the children were interested in english. they were good at reading

writing， not do well in listening speaking. i helped them improve their

listening speaking. their parents thought highly of me. i realized that

knowledge is greatly needed in the countryside.

Dear Anne，

Thank you for your invitation to dinner at your home tomorrow evening。 Unfortunately， it is much to my regret that I cannot join you and your family， because I will be fully occupied then for an important exam ing the day after tomorrow。 I feel terribly sorry for missing the chance of such a happy get-together， and I hope that all of you enjoy a good time。 Is it possible for you and me to have a private meeting afterward? If so， please dont hesitate to drop me a line about your preferable date。 I do long for a pleasant chat with you。

Please allow me to say sorry again。

Regards，

Li Ming

亲爱的安：

感谢你邀请我于明日晚上与你和你的家人共进午餐。但是，我十分遗憾地告诉你我无法赴约，因为我将忙于准备后天的一门重要考试。错过了这么一个欢乐的聚会我深感遗憾，我期望你们能度过一个愉快的时光。对了，在我考试后我们能够见一面么?如果能够的话请随

时给我打电话，我十分期盼能和你愉快地聊天。

请允许我再一次致歉。

您真诚的，

李明

There are 3 people in my family.They are my father,my mother and me.My

father is a policeman.My mother is a housewife.I am a student in _x School.My

favorite subject is English,because I think it is very interesting.I like my

family very much.

Embracing the World, Embracing sports

Good afternoon honorable judges and beloved friends. My topic today is

"Embracing the World, Embracing sports".

Since MaLong and Zhangjike’s breathtaking triumph over all the opponents in

Rio, no matter in competition or in real life, their loving little interactions,

has already captured the heart of thousands of girls from home and abroad. Are

you still obsessed with a bunch of pop stars in entertainment industry

?SinceFuyuanhui told CCTV reporter. "Ive been utilizing prehistorical powers."

Are you still believe in the traditional sports concept that "winner-takes-all"

or "victory only belongs to the winners"? When Sunyang didn’t won the champion

of 1500-meter freestyle swimming match, but stick to the last minutes enduring

the pain of physical sickness, are you still accusing him of not winning honor

for our country? Of course, no!

Because of the nationwide sports system in our country, we always attach

great importance to the glory of the most high-necked award platform, requiring

athletes to win the game. I still remember that in 2008, Liu Xiang dropped out

because of the serious injury in his Achilless tendon, but he grit his teeth

and stick to the end, bearing all the pain and pressure we may never know.

However, someone mock him that he is no longer the Asian flier anymore, some

even said that his injury was just put on a show, suddenly he turned from a

national hero into a loser, just because he upset the whole country of not

winning one game.

From "medal only" to enjoy the charm and joy of the competitive sports,

from requiring athletes to win the game to sincerely admire the noble-character

and charming personality of them. This maybe one small step for 2016 Rio

Olympic, but one giant leap for the Chinese national sport spirit. Who can say

this is not the mistery of sport? who can say this is not the power of sport?

And who can say this is not the charm of sport?

So, ladies and gentlemen,lets embrace the world with the charm of

sports!

Dear Sir,

I was very interested in your advertisement in todays edition of The

Evening Post and I should like to apply to be a member of the Amazon Expedition

team.

I am twenty-three years old and have an honors degree in Botany from Bath

University. Since leaving university I have been working in a research

laboratory but my contract comes to an end in six weeks. I would particularly

like to join the expedition for the opportunity it would give me to study the

plant life of the area.

I enjoy several outdoor activities including rowing and rock climbing and I

consider myself to be both fit and healthy enough to undertake such an

expedition.

If you would like me to attend an interview, I would be able to come at any

time convenient to you, (J1) my employers have agreed to give me time off for

the purpose. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Lily Ma

dear kate:

excuse me for my long delaying in returning to you your robinson crusoe

which i read through with great interest. i had finished reading the book and

was about to return it when my cousin came to see me. never having seen the

book, she was so interested in it that i had to retain it longer. however, i

hope that in view of the additional delight thus afforded by your book, you will

overlook my negligence in not returning it sooner.

thanking you again for the loan.

sincerely yours,

tom

Last week, when I passed a clothes shop, I was attracted by the beautiful

dress, so I asked my mother to give me money to buy one. But she refused me and

said that I could collect some money by helping her to do little work. I agreed.

So I started to clean the house and the dishes. Sometimes washed my father’s

car. Finally I got enough money.

Dear Minister,

I am writing this letter to thank you for you warm hospitality accorded to

me and my delegation during our recent visit to your beautiful country. I would

also like to thank you for your interesting discussion with me which I have

found very informative and useful.

During the entire visit, my delegation and I were overwhelmed by the

enthusiasm expressed by your business representatives on cooperation with China.

I sincerely hope we could have more exchanges like this one when we would be

able to continue our interesting discussion on possible ways to expand our

bilateral ecomomic and trade relations and bring our business people

together.

I am lookingforward to your early visit to China when I will be able to pay

back some of the hospitality I received during my memorable stay in yur

beautiful country. With kind personal regards,

Faithfully yours,

(Signed)

Dear friends,

Hello!

How have you been doing? Are you okay? Where did you go this summer

vacation? I now introduce a good place to you, that is my hometown. My hometown

is He Street, which is about 20 kilometers away from the downtown of Hezhou

City. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides with a wide basin in the

middle.

When you are driving on the road, you will involuntarily look around the

surrounding mountains: the mountains on the east are like a giant Chinese

dragon, winding and winding; the mountains on the west are like high humps with

continuous peaks; the mountains on the south are plum red. The small tree on the

hill to the north is green. If you walk on a mountain path and look up at the

blue sky, the blue sky is like a blue belt; looking down on the earth, the earth

is like a beautiful picture. Isnt this living in a fairyland?

When you walk out of the mountains, you will clearly hear the crowing of

chickens, the singing of children and the bells of the mountain village

elementary school. At this time, the appearance of the mountain village will be

revealed before your eyes: a brand-new cement road leads directly to the

entrance of the village; small bungalows are strewn together; under the sun,

industrious people are watering and fertilizing the rice fields. The village

here is like a pearl, inlaid on the placket of the lichen.

When you come to my home, the hospitable grandparents will bring out their

own peanuts, bean sour, radish sour, mung bean porridge and other delicious

things to greet you, and tell you the fun that will never be finished. s

story……

Dear friend, in fact, there is nothing peculiar about my hometown. It can

be said that it cannot be simpler or simpler, but the unique charm of the

mountain and the unique taste of the person are not worth your visit. ? You are

welcome to come and play!

I wish you learning progress! May all go well with you!

Yours,

____

亲爱的朋友：

你好!

你近来好吗?身体还好吧?今年暑假你去哪里玩了?我现在介绍一个好地方给你，那就是我的家乡。我的家乡在贺街，它距贺州市城区约20公里，它四面环山，中间是宽广盆地。

当你乘车走在路上时，你会不由自主地环视四周的群山：东边的山像一条中华巨龙，蜿蜒盘旋;西边的山想高高的驼峰，峰岭连绵;南边的山上李子红了;北边的山上小树绿了。如果你走在山间小路，仰望蓝天，蓝天像一条碧蓝的带子;俯视大地，大地像一幅美丽的图画。这难道不是生活在仙境中吗?

当你从群山中走出来时，就会清晰听见鸡鸣犬叫，还有孩子们的歌声和山村小学的钟声。这时，山村的容貌便会展现在你眼前：一条崭新的水泥路直通村口;一幢幢小洋房错落有致;阳光下，勤劳的人们在稻田里浇水、施肥。这里的村庄就像一颗珍珠，镶嵌在大地衣襟上。

当你来到我的家时，热情好客的爷爷奶奶便会拿出自家产的花生、豆角酸、萝卜酸、绿豆粥等等好吃的东西招呼你，给你讲永远也讲不完的有趣的故事……

亲爱的朋友，其实我的家乡并没有什么奇特之处，可以说简单得不能再简单，朴实得不能再朴实，可是它那山独特的魅力，那人独特的情趣，难道不值得你来看看吗?欢迎你来玩哦!

祝你：学习进步!万事如意!

____

Dear teacher,

Hello!

On the occasion of Christmas is approaching, I would like to send you the

most sincere greetings!

I will all kinds of respect and deep wishes woven into the text, with my

piety - bow to you! I silently pray, pray that this thin piece of writing paper

is a boat, with affectionate eyes, sailing into your dream bay, guard your

fatigue, comfort you lend...

Teacher, your hard work! Whenever you figure flashing in the night under

the window lattice, I remember, remember the sacred and ancient division,

remember what an amazing ChengChu exclamation topic...

824. Teacher, I love you for you, for you are sharp in writing style in the

little room; In the quiet of night, with candle burning, you sit in the book

city; You too much hard work and grievance, you too little too little to obtain

and complain...

Ah, your cold and unrestrained, bearing the secular, bearing the

indifference, silently compose a high and vigorous life! Teacher, in your

students bid farewell to the campus that day, in your haoshoupaui that day, your

soul will be comforted, will laugh proud forever!

Teacher, I respect you! The ancients said, "The state will prosper, and

your teacher will be rewarded." China cant take off without you sowing fang Zhi

Xin, science and education to revitalize the country, cant leave you paving the

road and building stones! Look up todays Chinese, respect for teachers and

education, has become a trend. I am excited and excited! I wish every Chinese

respect teacher!

So dead! Several years of cold window, I cant remember how much I have

listened to your teachings! Often recall the old friendship between teachers and

students, often see the teacher todays face, I have a surge of excitement,

gratitude wanfen! "Who made the heart-inch grass, reported in the apartments?

Teacher, please once again accept my sincere blessing and infinite gratitude to

you! Best wishes to your teacher

Good health, happy holidays!

Your students:

敬爱的老师:

您好!

值此圣诞节翩然即至之际，谨向您致以无比诚挚的问候!

我将万般的敬意和深深的祝福编织成文字，带着我的虔诚——给您鞠躬!我默默祈望，祈望这张薄薄的信纸是只小船，载着深情的眼睛，驶进您的梦湾，守护您的劳累，给您慰藉藉……

老师，您辛苦了!每当您的身影在夜幕下的窗棂中闪动，我便记起，记起神圣而古老的师道，记起一个令人枨触感叹的话题……

老师，我热爱您——您，斗室中孜孜矻矻，励精笔耕;您，静夜中秉烛苦读，拥坐书城;您太多太多的辛劳与委屈，您太少太少的索取与抱怨……

啊，您的清寒与潇洒，背负着世俗，背负着冷漠，默默连缀励节高亢的人生!老师，在您的莘莘学子告别校园那天，在您皓首穷经那天，您心力交瘁的灵魂将获抚慰，将笑傲千古!

老师，我尊敬您!古人云:“国将兴，必将贵师重傅。”中华腾飞，离不开您播芳植馨，科教兴国，离不开您铺路筑石!举目当今华夏，尊师重教，蔚然成风。我欣喜感奋!我祝愿每位国人都敬重人师!

逝者如斯!几载寒窗，记不清我聆听过您多少教诲!每每回忆旧日师生情谊，每每再睹老师今日面容，我都心潮激越，感念万端!“谁言寸草心，报得三春晖?”老师，请您再一次接受我对您的真诚祝福和无限感激!敬祝老师您——

身体健康，节日愉快!

您的学生：

Dear Sir,

I noticed an ad. In the paper today you said you were looking for people to

join your expedition team. It sounded as if it might be fun so Im writing to

say Id like to come along.

About myself: I left school at 16 because I wanted to earn a bit of money.

After that I got a few part-time jobs as a waiter, etc. But I didnt stick to

any of them for long. Recently Ive been doing a bit of hitch-hiking round

Europe so Ive had some experience of traveling the hard way which should come

in handy on the expedition youre planning. By the way, Im a great guitarist so

I can keep you all amused round the campfire at night.

Let me know when I can call in for a chat about dates and other details,

etc.

Yours,

David Smith

Dear parents：

Though today is not Thanksgiving Day， I still want to tell you I love you

and thank you for what you ve done for me.

I know you are not successful people， but you give me lots of love. I know

you love me more than anything else in the world. I know you spend lots of time

and money on me. How can I return the love to you? I am deeply touched.

Sometimes I argue with you and make you angry and sad， but you always smile to

me.You never change your love to me.When something worries me，you always make me

laugh. You play pingpong with me and tell me funny stories. Though I am very

busy with my homework， I never feel stressed. I lead a happy life because of

your love.

Believe me，I will try my best to be a successful person and let you be

proud of me in the future. I love you!

Lots of love

Yours Daughter

Hello, everyone! I’m Zhou Kexin. Today I am so glad to share my trip to

Changzhou Spring City with you. It was a very pleasant trip for me.

This Nation’s Day, I went to Changzhou Spring City with my parents. It’s

the first time for me to go there. I was looking forward to it for a long time.

My dream was coming true. After one and a half hour’s drive, we arrived. We saw

a lot of old buildings. They are very special. The most interesting place was

the zoo inside. There are many animals, such as, tigers, elephants, zebras and

monkeys. Monkeys are my favorite animals.They are our good friends. Later I went

to the Children s playground, it’s children’s world. I played happily with my

parents. Finally, we watched 4D movies, It was very exciting。

How times flies! It’s time to go home. I had to say good-bye to everything

here.

This was a pleasant trip for me.

My speech is over. Thank you!

When I was very small, I had always heard many stories from my uncle,

because he traveled a lot. So I have made up my mind. When I grew up, I must

travel around the world, which is my biggest dream. In order to realize my

dream, the first thing for me to do is to master English well, so I spend many

hours to learn. I can realize my dream some day.

Dear Mr. President,

I am writing this letter to you to express my concern about the sports

facilities on campus. I have noticed that our university has very limited

resources in terms of opportunities to participate in sports, especially given

that the number of students on campus is increasing every year.

As we both know, sports are very important for the sound growth of young

people. If they have access to quality sports facilities, young people are able

to choose a healthier lifestyle, to boost self-esteem and confidence, and to

build a positive outlook and sense of achievement.

My proposal is to build a new sports area. It should be designed with

soccer players, basketball players, and ping-pong players in mind. It should

have a different section for each activity and be available to students all year

round. I believe such facilities will meet our sporting needs.

Thank you for your reading this letter.

Yours faithfully,

Li Ming

Today, I learn how to cook at home with my mother.

I wash the good rice cooker first, put two cups of rice, add some water to

rub a rub, pour out the water. Flushing put some water, and then poured some

water, and then, put some good water filter. Clean the bottom of the pot of

water, put in the cooking pot, closed the rice pot, open the power switch, press

the button to go cooking.

After the meal cooked, I installed a bowl of rice, tastes, very delicious!

Even mom and dad also full of praise!

Bei Bei classessed are over, mom and shellfish shellfish bought the flower

of a bundle of balmy beauty to beautiful inn together, still above write on:

"Father, birthday joy. " still bought greatly cake. Bei Bei ask mother urgently:

"Is father at 6 oclock at ordinary times came back? Now 6:30 how has not father

come back? " mom says: "Possible father is becoming an operation to the patient.

" Bei Bei says: "A few minutes can father just come back even? " mom: "Even

ability of a few hours come back, perhaps father can divide big cake to eat with

us immediately. Perhaps father can divide big cake to eat with us

immediately.

Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there was an India princess called

Lily; she lived with her father in a desert, where the camel was always good and

healthy… One day Lily went off through the woods to find some food to eat up.

One or two times she would stop to admire the beautiful views, and try to aim at

those who bother her; when she returned, she dragged a big deer for supper… it

was also Dum for her to hit a very poor deer… Sometimes her father would say,

“Well done!”

After supper, Lily begged her father to let her go and have an adventure in

the woods. Her father agreed, and Lily got her bow and arrow, ready to have an

adventure. Along the way, she met a very lovely prince, and fell in love with

him at once, but how could she express her love to him?

She thought and thought about it along the way home. Until she figured out

that she had lost her way. She had decided to move along and try to find her way

back home, at last she found a big and tall tree that had branches that form a

room; just like a platform… She cut off some branches that made a small floor;

then she made the furniture, of sticks and wood and mud. In the evening, she

rested on the platform, and waited until the sun rise… At sun rise, Lily woke

up, she got her bow and arrow, ready to find home. But just as she was about to

get down from her platform, a crocodile blocked her way, she sat there looking

frightened.

At last some back men rode horses came to this place, they quietly without

any word, kicked the crocodile down; and then killed him. Lily finally got down

from the tree or platform, and went with the black men.

At last they arrived at the black men hiding place, and they fed her with

some delicious meals; during the great time that Lily was having some men with

white horses galloped toward Lily; she was still having delicious meals when

bomb! Lily was captured in a cage.

Lily was very worried, she yelled out for help! Finally the black men came,

and found the cage where Lily was in.

They hurried up, and used their stick and opened the cage. The white men

came, and were ready to battle; the black men made a signal to let Lily get out

of here. Lily got out and scrambled. When the black men returned, they found

Lily clasped on the ground… They carried Lily on their horses to their hiding

spots, and fed her some water and some meals.

At last Lily woke up, and saw the black men; she went to hug them and say

thanks for saving her. The next day the black men took Lily to find her parents.

Lily asked for a bowl of porridge as a meal, and set off on their black horse.

Along the way, they found a camp place; it was where Lily’s father lived! Lily

jumped off the black horse, and ran to her father and hugged him; they were all

very, very happy.

When the king saw the black men, he was very angry. But Lily said to him;

“Father, these are the men that saved me from the white men that had captured

me, they are amazing!” the king thought about this for a moment, and so decided

to let the black men go in peace.

At last Lily was at home, his father was so very glad to see her. During

their happiness together, the black men came back and prepared a special feast

for everyone to enjoy. The music began to blow, and they started to dance up and

down and twirling about in the air…

They ate their meals, and drank some porridge, and lived pretty happy. One

day when the black men were about to leave, the king asked; “Is there something

that you would like me to give to you?” “Dear king,” replied one of the black

men, “I would love you to grant me a very happy wish your honor, and that is to

let all the poor people survive from the dangerous stuff…” the black men wish

was at once granted, and all that was left was the action and the build.

Before the only time the king knew, that the black men was killed, he

killed himself, with always a smile on his face…

Lily on the other hand, was very sad about the wish; but she too, had

always a smile…

In the past two years， my parents took me to travel to many places，

including big cities， small towns， famous mountians and so on。 Therefore， I like

traveling and I hope I can visit to many more places。 Since then， I hope I can

be a tour guide in the future， so I can travel to many tourist attractions。

Besides， I can meet various people and I think municating with different people

is interesting， wchich can broaden my field of vision。 I hope they can share

their life stories with me so that I can know the general life of a place。 I

know it would be a challenging job， but I believe I can do well in my job。

My Darling McGeorge

You said that things seemed clearer when they were written down. Well, here

with a very boring letter in which I will try to put everything down so that you

may read and re-read it at a horror at your folly in getting involved with

me.

Deep breath. To begin with ,I love you. With a depth and passion and I have

felt for no one else in this life. And if it is astonishes you, it astonished me

as well. Not, I hasten to say, because you are not worth loving. Far from it.

Its just that, first of all,I swore I would not get involved with another

woman. Secondly, I have never had such a feeling before and it is almost

frightening. Thirdly, I would never have thought it possible that another human

being could occupy my waking and sleeping thoughts to the exclusion of almost

everything else. Fourthly, I never thought that even if one was in love one

could get so completely besotted with another person so that a minute away from

them felt like a thousand years. Fifthly, I never hoped,aspired, dreamed that

one can find everything one wanted in one person.

I was not such an idiot as to believe this was possible. Yet in you I have

found everything I want: youre beautiful, gay, giving, gentle, idiotically and

deliciously feminine, sexy, wonderfully intelligent and wonderfully silly as

well. I want nothing else in this life than to be with you, to listen and watch

you, your beautiful voice, your beauty, to argue with you, to laugh with you, to

show you things, to share things with you, to explore your magnificent mind, to

explore your wonderful body, to help you, protect you, serve you ,and...bash you

on the head when I think you are wrong...

Not to put too fine a point on it, I consider that I am the only man

outside mythology to have found crock of gold at the rainbows end. But, having

said all that, let us consider things in details. Dont let this become public,

but, well...I have one or two faults. Minor ones,I hasten to say. For example I

am inclined to be overbearing. I do it for the best possible motives, all

tyrants say that, but I do tend, without thinking, to treat people underfoot.

You must tell me when Im doing it to you, my sweet, because it can be a very

bad thing in a marriage.

Right, the second blemish. This actually is not so much a blemish of

character as a blemish of circumstance. Darling, I want you to be you on your

own right, and I will do everything I can to help you in this. But you must take

into consideration that I am also me in my own right. And that I have a head

start on you. What Im trying to say is that you must not feel offended if you

are sometimes treated simply as my wife. Always remember that what you lose on

the swings you gain on the roundabouts. But i am an established ‘creature’ in

the world, and so on occasions you will have to live in my shadow. Nothing gives

me less pressure than this. But it is a fact of life that has to be faced.

Third, a very important and nasty, blemish. Jealousy. I dont think you

know what jealousy is, thank god, in the real sense of the word. I know that you

have felt jealousy over Lincolns wife and child, but this is what I call normal

jealousy, and this to my regret, is not what Ive got. What I have got is a

black monster and any goodness that I have in my make-up. It is really a Jekyll

and Hyde situation... my Hyde is stronger than my good sense and defeats me,

hard though I try. As I told you, I have always known that this lurks within me,

but I could control it, and my monster slumbered and nothing happened to awake

it. Then I met you and I felt my monster stir and become half-awake when you

told me of Lincoln and others you have known, would you like to end with your

letter my monster came out of its lair, black, irrational, bigoted, stupid,

evil, malevolent. You never know how terribly corrosive jealousy is; It is a

physical pain as though you have swallowed acid or red hot coals. It is the most

terrible of feelings. But you cant help it at least I cant and god knows Ive

tried. I dont want any ex-boyfriends sitting in church when I marry you. On our

wedding day I want nothing but happiness both for you and me, but I know I wont

be happy if there is a church full of your ex-conquests. When I marry you I will

have no past, only a future. I dont want to drag my past into our future and I

dont want you to do it, either. Remember I am jealous of you because I love

you. You are never jealous of something you dont care about.

Okay enough about jealousy. Now let me tell you something. I have seen a

thousand sunsets and sunrises, in a thousand sunsets and sunrises on land where

it floods forest mountains with honey-coloured light, at sea where it rises and

sets like a blood orange in a multi-coloured nest of cloud, slipping in and out

of the vast ocean. I have seen thousand moons. Harvest moon is like gold coins,

winter moons as white as ice chips, new moons like baby swans feathers. I have

seen seas as smooth as if painted, coloured like shot silk or blues as a

kingfisher or transparent as glass or black and crumpled with foam, moving

ponderously and murderously. I have felt winds straight from the south pole,

bleak and wailing like a lost child; Winds as tender and warm as a lovers

breath; Winds that carried the astringent smell of salt and the death of

seaweeds; Winds during the moist rich smell of a forest floor, the smell of a

million flowers. Fierce winds that churned and moved the sea like yeast, or

winds that made the waters lap at the shore like a kitten. Ive known silence:

the cold, earthy silence at the bottom of a newly dug well; The implacable stony

silence of a deep cave; The hot, drugged midday silence when everything is

everything is hypnotized and still moved into silence by the eye of the sun. The

silence when great music ends. Ive heard that summer cicadas cry so that the

sound seems stitched into your bones. Ive heard a tree frogs in an

orchestration as complicated as Bach singing in a forest lit by a million

emerald fireflies. Ive heard the Keas calling over the grey glaciers that

groaned to themselves like old people as they inched. Their way to the sea. Ive

heard the hoarse street vendor cries of the mating Fur seals as they sang to

their sleek golden wives, the crisp staccato admonishment of the rattlesnake,

make the cobweb squeak of the Bat and the belling roar of the red deer knee-deep

in purple heather. Ive heard wolves baying at a winters moon, read howlers

making the forest vibrate with their roaring cries. Ive heard the squeak, purr

and grunt of a hundred multi-coloured reef fishes. I’ve seen hamming birds

flashing like opals round a tree of scarlets blooms, humming like a top. I have

seen flying fish skittering like quicksilver across the blue waves, drawing

silver lines on the surface with their tails. Ive seen Spoonbills flying home

to roost like a scarlet banner crossed the sky. Ive seen Whales, black as tar,

cushioned on a cornflower blue sea,creating a Versailles of fountain with their

breath. I have watched butterflies emerge and sit, trembling, while the sun

irons their wings smooth. I watch tigers, like flames, mating in the long grass.

I have been dive -bombed by an angry Raven, black and glossy as the Devils

hoof. Ive lain in water warm as milk, soft as silk, while around me played a

host of Dolphins. I have met a thousand animals and see a thousand wonderful

things.

All this I did without you. This was my loss. All this I want to do with

you. This will be my gain. All this I would gladly have forgone for the sake of

one minute of your company, for your love, your voice, your eyes, hair, lips,

body, and above all for your sweet, ever surprising mind which is an enchanting

quarry, in which it is my privilege to delve.

Gerald Durrell