小学毕业时的一封信10篇 写给某某的信英语(汇总20篇)

I havent been so moved for a long time. Just four or five hours before the party began, I was afraid that the program would not be good and the scene would be cold. However, this period of time really moved me a lot.

First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to the participants of tonights party for their outstanding performance, arranging the venue and tuning the sound equipment, although everything was prepared in a hurry. However, you gave the audience a perfect New Years Party.

Secondly, I would like to thank our host for his excellent performance, which made the atmosphere of the whole meeting very high.

Another is our tuner and cameraman, from the beginning to the end of the evening, kept busy, coordinating with the host, from the beginning to the end of the tension, there is no mistake.

I would also like to thank __, __ and others, who have been busy choosing programs, making procedures, planning games and buying gifts from the very beginning. I would like to express my thanks to you for your painstaking efforts for this party.

Thank you to the actors and actresses for the wonderful evening. I would like to express my deep appreciation for your efforts.

Thanks to all the staff, it is you that let me realize that our team is so excellent, and it is your every work that ensures the smooth running of the whole party.

Thank You to Hinoqin Group, Jinhai Support and Xinying Support group, Thank you to China Mobile, thank you to China Telecom, thank you to Mengsimei, thank you to bug image, thank you... Thank you so much. I would like to express my deep gratitude to you again for your efforts. Wish you all the best in 20__ and the spirit of Longma.

Thank you to all the audience for your participation and support. Thank you for your interest and support in our activities.

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,

孩子：

小学六年过的真快，瞬间就过去了。六年来印象最深的估计就是六年级下学期了，我们一起努力备考，一起经受压力，经历过华杯赛，中大附中考试的失败，也享受到广州附中入围的胜利喜悦。一次次的努力，希望，失望，失败和成功，我们一起度过了精彩的六年级!我想人只有经过辛苦的付出，无论成功失败，生活才会不平淡，人生才有意义。

更令爸爸高兴的是到了六年级，你真的成长了。不但成绩上来了，而且还被同学们选为优秀少先队员!爸爸还从其他同学的聊天中得知，你是一个很受同学们欢迎的人，这令爸爸非常欣慰!希望你在以后的人生当中，继续进步，团结和帮助身边的人，和身边的人和谐生活，共同进步。

回忆这六年也有很多遗憾，其中主要是爸爸的不胜任的教育，我想这肯定是给给带来了很多的不愉快和负面影响。所以，在未来的日子里，爸爸想尽量改进，给你更多的自由空间。但，人在年轻时必须要接受教育才能进步。这世界上有很多人都远远超越你爸爸，他们非常杰出，非常伟大，幸运的是这些人你都很容易和他们接触并接受他们的教诲。。。这就是拜读这些伟人留下来的经典书籍。所以，从现在开始，你就要自觉的接受这些伟人的教诲!

另外，学习方面，小学阶段你妈妈给了你详尽的帮助，为你精选了优秀的课外教育，让你的奥数和英语成绩比较突出。但，很显然这些学习都是被动式的。所以从初一开始，在学习方面你就必须开始独立和自主了!具体如何开始独立自主的学习，也是你自己必须通过读书和向其他优秀同学学习才能掌握的!但小学的成绩充分证明了你是完全具备成为一个优秀初中生素质的，这点我们很有信心，希望你自己也要有充分的信心。上初中后，具体学习上的事情我们就不再过问了，但，有个事情请你一定要做到，爸爸一直强调，上初中后每天都有半个小时以上的体育锻炼，这是我们对你初中以后的的一个基本要求，请你一定遵守!

小学毕业前，学校要求父母给你写了这封信。我觉得非常有意义的，希望我们以后就算一起也要多点用文字进行比较深层次和比较冷静的沟通。

祝身体健康 学业快乐。

Hi!I am a happy and quiet girl.I am from Chin.I am twelve years old,I am a

pupil,I am in Class Three Gread Four.I many good friends.I like many pet,the

peacock panda rabbit and bird,they are lovely.I am tall ,I have around

face,these are big eyes small mouth small nose on my face.I have a black long

hair.I like eatting apple banana eggpiant chicken and...I like music sing run

pinting...I often saying: book is my good frieng,I like it!Whate am I?Yes,my

name is Lv Enhui.

Do you like me?

Christmas Day is on December 25th. It was originated in the western

country, but today, this festival has been celebrated by the world. For the

manufacturers, they are very happy to make this day as a shopping day. I enjoy

the great atmosphere.

I had a very special Christmas day last year. I experienced the western

style festival. There was a new foreign teacher taught us the lesson. She was

about 50 years old and she was very kind and we all liked her. On Christmas Day,

she brought us the desserts she made early in the morning. We enjoyed the

home-made cakes. Whats more, she invited us to came to her house and spent the

day with her. Then for the first time, I ate big turkey, which was so delicious.

The turkey was filled with many stuffs and the flavor was so good. After dinner,

we sang songs and danced.

Thanks to my foreign teacher, I experienced the American style festival. It

was such funny for me. Though today many people enjoy shopping in all kinds of

festivals, the meaning of these festival should be remembered.

On the top of the mountain hill there lived a little boy called Marlin. He

was a jolly fellow that helped people when they were in need.

The only problem was, whenever there was somebody in need, he would give

them something to eat and to solve their problem. The people in his country soon

became sick of this, and so wanted him to stop. But Marlin just won’t; and went

on helping and helping and helping… nobody knew when he was going to stop, or

when they were going to let him know that they didn’t want him to bother all

day. Ugh, but Marlin wouldn’t stop; all day long he helped this and that, the

problem was that people don’t want to mordacity him, and so said that he was

very kind.

One day, Marlin saw a boy crying, and said, “Hey there little one; don’t

cry, I, the super Marlin is here! And I am going to solve your problem!” “I want

a music box,” at these words, Marlin was astonished, “A-a music b-box?” “Yes,”

replied the boy jumping happily, “But my parents won’t buy me one. It is at the

shop near Sunshine school. I hope to get me one! Wahoo!” Marlin said, “I

couldn’t afford a music box! It is worth $100!”

Marlin was very sad, but also wanted to try, for he was the king of

everything, and helps save the day. He ran to his house, and counted his money,

but found out that he only had $10. He was now very, very angry. He had decided

to earn more and more money, and so to help that poor little boy. As he had

promised, he worked very hard to earn money. Although he was juts a little boy,

he ought to do what he had said; for those are the rules. And when he had enough

money, he would buy the music box, and hand it to that poor boy.

Marlin did anything he could to earn money: Sweep the floor, clean his

room; grow plants, water them, and cut flowers for the house. When he had

already $90, he had decided to help other people. When it was already winter, he

took a shovel and helped his neighbors, friends to shovel snow; and they paid

him a great deal of money.

At last, Marlin had got enough money; he was so excited that he hopped here

and there ten times! Finally, he went to the store near Sunshine school, and

bought the music box, and then handed it to the same boy at his home. Marlin

soon became famous, and he was called, ‘Marlin Blavatsky.’

There was once a little girl named Jerry that lived with her mother in a

small cottage in the forest. They were very poor, and could only afford to eat

bread. “Oh no!” cried Jerry’s mother one afternoon, “We ran out of bread, and it

is almost time for supper!” “Do we have any eggs left?” asked Jerry, “No, none;”

said her mother very worried.

“Don’t worry mother,” said Jerry suddenly, “I shall go and get some in the

market.” Then she ran off through the forest to the market with her basket.

Along the way, she was quite tired, so she rested upon some big rocks. It

gradually became late and Jerry decided to go and buy the bread, but suddenly a

wolf cried out behind her; “Please, please help me!” cried the wolf, “I have a

problem that nobody wants to help!” then he held out his paw to Jerry, there was

a thorn stuck to his paw. “Is this a trick?” asked Jerry, “Because wolves like

to eat people.”

“Oh no,” answered the wolf, “We do not eat people now, we only want to eat

some bread with mustard on top;” then he cried again. Jerry quickly knelt down

and removed the thorn from the wolf’s paw; “Oh thank you! Thank you!” shouted

the wolf joyfully, “I shall never forget your kindness!” then the wolf returned

to his home. Jerry walked to the market to buy healthy fresh bread, and then she

ran back home with a full basket of it.

On the way, she was still tired; so she stayed at the same place. As she

was about to go, some greedy wolves blocked her way. They had water in their

mouths and said, “Give us the bread!” said a wolf, “Where are the mustard?”

asked a second wolf, “Just give it to us!” shouted the third wolf. Jerry had no

choice, as she was about to give the fresh bread away to the wolf, the wolf that

she had saved before rushed out and said, “Leave her alone!” he growled, “That

girl saved me before, and so leave her alone!” he shouted again.

The other wolves had no choice but to obey, they walked away. Jerry thanked

her new friend the wolf, and the wolf said that he was supposed to do that in

return. In order to show Jerry’s respect for him, she gave him half the bread,

and returned home immediately to tell her mother about it.

They had some bread that evening, and Jerry’s mother including Jerry

herself both became good friends with the wolf. The wolf also had plenty of

bread, and moved his home close to Jerry.

The moral of this story was: if you help others and they will help you in

return, you help them again then friends you’ll become. It will be a peaceful

life if friendship is all around us.

Many people will have an idol in their inner heart. There is one in my

mind. Maybe I cannot say that she is my idol, but she is truly the person has

influenced me the most. She is my mother. When I was very small, she always

telling me that I need to study hard to get more chances to be educated, though

I was a girl. It was her that I earned the chance to go to school. She liked

reading, and sometimes she would give some books for me to read. Now, reading is

one of my hobbies. She always respected my grandma, and took care of her

carefully once she was sick. From her, I know the virtue of respecting the old.

My mother influences my whole life. I love her.

远方的朋友：

最近你还好吗?你还记得我吗?我就是以前和你写过信，李家中心小学的学生——付小霞。

我是一个品学兼优的学生。虽然我平时学习成绩很好，每次能考_十分。可是一到了期末考试，我就紧张得直冒汗，总是考不到理想的成绩，你可以帮我出出主意吗?如果你有好办法，下次回信时再告诉我。

我是一个活泼可爱的小女孩，但我的兴趣偏向语文。你的学习成绩怎么样?希望你是一个聪明机灵的小学生。

我出生于1997年2月21日，正好是元宵节。我降临于一个温暖的家庭。我的家境并不那么富裕，属于中等家庭。我一家三口，爸爸妈妈在同一个地方干活。爸爸妈妈为了维持这个家庭，辛辛苦苦地干活。经常一个人呆在家里，有时小妹妹会来跟我玩。

我的家住在山脚下，那儿的空气十分清晰，我非常希望你到我这儿坐客。你一定会大饱眼福的，因为我这儿风景十分好。我这儿有一座山，山上有许许多多的怪石和漫山遍野的绿树、青草、小花，你一定会喜欢的。

祝你：

身体健康，学习进步!

你的朋友：付小霞

20__年2月27日 星期五

I have a happy family. There are three people in my family， my father， mother and me. My father is a businessman. He is always busy with his work and he often goes to business trips. But when he is free， he stays with us. My mother is a worker. She works hard， too. She works hard to take care of our home. I love my parents

I always complain about my mother, because she is very strict to me and I

can’t do whatever I want. But some day, when I go home very late, she criticizes

me at first and then asks me whether I get hurt. I explain to her that I just

play with my friends. My mother loves me so much and she does everything for

me.

尊敬的领导：

您好!

首先真诚地感谢您在百之中浏览我的求职信，在这对我而言，将是一份莫大的鼓励。这对一份简单而又朴实的求职信。也许它的普通没能深深地吸住您的眼光，但它却蕴藏着一颗真诚的心。为此，这诚心恳求您能阅读我份普通的求职信!我怀着一颗真诚的心和对事业的执著追求，真诚地向您推荐自己。

我是一个农民的儿子，血管里流着的是泥土的芳菲醇和农民的憨厚，也教了我坚韧不跋的处事准则和方法，家庭的贫困、父母的期望、社会的竞争是我学习的动力。我十分珍惜自己的学习时间，所以我在校期间不但认真学习知识，还积极的参加一些培训。作为一个21世纪的青年，我很清楚地认识当代人才的竞争是何等激烈，一个有竞争力的人不仅需要扎实丰富的专业知识，更要有各方面的能力，特别是实际操作能力和人际交往能力。

是雄鹰必求搏击成里长空!愿您的慧眼，开启我人生的旅程。

如果我有幸得到您的赏识，成为贵公司的一员，我将保持奋发向上的精神，谦虚地向前辈学习，并尽我所学，与贵公司一同开拓进取，奔向更加辉煌美好的明天!

此致

敬礼!

求职人：

求职日期：

There was once a little girl named Anna, that wanted to have magic in this

world; but she knew that her mother would just only laugh at her if she had told

her. And so she decided to go on the adventure on her own.

She got everything that she needed to complete her mission, and then

started off without a word to say. She headed out to the woods, and found a

little tree house nearby; she climbed up there with a ladder, and found lots of

books and shelves there. She found a book about knights, and turned to a page of

pictures of knights long ago; and how they battle enemies such as that. Anna

wished so much that she could go there.

After that she fell asleep, and then she opened her eyes, and found her on

the ground; as if she were asleep… She thought it very weird, that she was here;

at first she was at the tree house, then she was at the grass plot.

She got up, and walked through looking for an exit, then she found the book

that she was reading before; she knew that she must have gone into the knight’s

story because of her wish. She picked up the book, and looked around; The book

suddenly moved like magic, then, she found the books end; there were some words

written all over it.

She read in out loud, “If you want to escape this land you are in, all you

have to do is try and face all the knights, there are four of them; good luck!”

then she began searching for knights, but what she did before that was to think

about how to defeat them… She walked along the road, and finally saw a big tree

with a sharp branch; she had an idea of how she could face the knights; she

broke down the branch, and kept on searching. She was not quite ready for

beating them, for she just needed some other things in order to defeats them…

She kept on her journey, and suddenly realized a big rock; she was tired and so

lay on it. Then a crack came on her back, and the rock got up. Anna was

astonished, she stood up and said, “Who are you?” then the rock replied. “I am

the alive rock and I suppose you are Anna;” “How did you know my name?”

The rock took a breath and replied, “Because I heard your voice ever since,

I know you are looking for some new weapons to defeat knights…” “I most

certainly am alive rock,” and she bowed down. The rock then said, “I suppose I

can be of much use to you, I am going to come with you; and see whether there

are dangers…”

And so Anna and the alive rock moved along, suddenly they came to a big

giant tree; the tree said slowly, “Who are you that dare come to my place?”

“Ah!” shouted Anna, “Alive tree!” “How did you guess my name?” asked the talking

tree; “Because-because your, a-liv-e!” “Yep! And that’s my neighbor;” answered

alive rock. Anna then said; “OH, well I suppose you can be a lot of use to me

when I defeat knights!”

“Knight? Defeat? Ha! That is already the easiest sport I could think of! I

had defeated knights for like 2089 times!” “What?!” asked Anna rather surprised,

then she gulped and answered; “Then you must come with me!” answered Anna

proudly. And so the three of them marched down, until they came was a big knife;

the knife turned around and said, “Who are you little girl?” “Ah!” shouted Anna

again, “That’s our neighbor too!” replied alive tree and alive rock

together.

Anna then said, “Oh, then you must come with me; I have to defeat knights!”

“Oh,” answered the knife, “Then I suppose I could be a lot of use to you, now

all we are missing in the alive shield…” He didn’t even finish until, “What?!”

shouted Anna, “Don’t shout Anna!” replied alive tree, “This isn’t fake, it is

true; follow knife!”

Then knife led the group to where the big shield was, he was brushing his

face when they arrived, “Oh, hello everybody; and hello little girl named Anna!”

“How did you all know my name?” “No time for that!” shouted alive rock, “We have

knights to defeat!” “And you must come with us alive shield!” “No problem!”

shouted he, and then the group marched off.

They at last reached the knights hiding spot, the four knights answered;

“We shall destroy you!” speaking of which, the knights charged toward Anna’s

group; “Attack!” shouted Anna. Alive tree, alive rock, alive knife and mostly

alive shield charged toward the knights. Seeing such a fright, the knights said,

“You know what; maybe today is not the day boys…

Then the knights were destroyed by the alive group team.

Suddenly a flash came upon Anna, and she vanished out of sight; “Where did

she go?” asked the group. Then she shook their heads, and went back to their

homes…

And for Anna, she got back home; and she at last knew that magic is really

magic…

I study at Beishan Primary School. I like my school very much. Our school

is small， but it’s very beautiful.

When you go into the school gate， you can see a big tree in the middle of

the small playground. If you turn left， you can see a playground. It’s our

little world. We often play games there. In our school， there are many trees.

They grow well. There are one buildings on the right side of the playground. We

have classes in the building.

This is our school， our second home. Do you like it? Welcome to our school!

You can see many lovely students.

New York is the first city in America. When people come to take a visit of

America, they always choose New York as their destination. New York has many

world-famous tourist attractions and people can find them in the Hollywood

movies. The Statue of Liberty is one of the symbolic building, which represents

America. The statue is a gift to the people of United States from people of

France. The meaning of freedom and friendship are shared by both countries.

Today, the meaning of this statue is admitted by the world and when people see

it, they think of freedom. On the right hand, the woman holds a torch and on her

left hand is the book called Declaration of Independence. Whats more, on her

foot is the broken chains. All of these stands for freedom.

nt cast your net never kill you consciously leave otherwise dont blame us

youre welcome. Voice just fell, shi ling feng said that our two race though

they had been enemies but to our this generation should resolve

contradictions.

Even though I was born of the wind, but I believe that I cant stop my

ability but I believe I can dissolve our two race Mao Dun. Now that we are all

human and said to the angel of the Milky Way so we should not completely make

antinomy. Our two race make antinomy can make dark emperor set in again, chief

of the fathers of mine told me that because we have the relationship between the

two family hopeless so would make the galaxy in the rule of the great dark. Now

our two race should unite completely guards the Milky Way.

Oh for below said that if it werent for two communities because we make

antinomy is not back to cause this tragedy its time we should reflect on. Next

year is our two race against diablo emperor day here I also want you to work

together against diablo emperor. All of them are Shouting.

Diablo in the second attack the Milky Way all people united together to

resist dark emperor rule. Because everyones efforts to achieve the success of

this time. And this time the big hero is our masked men - wind walker, shi ling

wind

once upon a time. there was a house. beside the house there was a bird

cage. one day a cat went to eat the bird, so the cat jumped and hit the bird

cage.

the bird cage fell down to the ground knocking the bird cages door open.

the bird then flew away. so the cat started to chase the bird and the dog chased

the cat. however the bird flew on top of the tree. so the cat started to climb

the tree and the dog barked at the cat. before the cat could reach the bird, the

bird flew away. this caused the cat to fall out of the tree.

the dog then ran away, the bird quickly flew back into his cage and the man

from the house carried him safely home.

How time flies! It has been a few years since I left high school, but I

still remember you in my heart, because you’re the best teacher in my mind. It’s

not only because you taught me knowledge, but also you taught me how to study. I

have really benefitted a lot from you. So I would like to express my great

thanks to you, and share my life in college with you.

Now I’m studying in Hunan First Normal College, which is Chairman Mao’s

former school. I major in English, because I find it so fun and interesting. As

far as I’m concerned, our English Department is the best department in our

college. The teachers in our department are knowledgeable, experienced, and

warm-hearted. And my classmates are nice, friendly and helpful. Thus, I have a

good atmosphere to study. When I have difficulties in study, I always ask my

teachers for help or discuss with my classmates. Through their help, I have made

great progress in my English study.

College life is much different ...

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敬爱的老师:

您好!

我是一名即将毕业的六年级学生，我马上就要成为一个初中生了。

我心中充满了不舍，我在这儿读了六年书。您教了我六年书，头发由黑变白了。您把知识教给了我，让我懂得了许多。您像一支蜡烛，燃烧了自己照亮了我们。您又像一个园丁，辛勤地栽培着祖国的花朵。

老师，我要走了，虽然不是再也见不着面，但我依然舍不得您。您毕竟教了我六年，已经在我心中留下了深刻的印象。老师我想对您说:即使我走了我也不会忘了您，之所以这样，是因为这六年来您对我的好都印在了我的心里。

感谢老师六年来对我的关心和教导。我将要带着我六年的回忆踏出校门。这一刻我很想哭，因为我毕业了，要离开学校了，以后我很难再见到您了。我十分不愿意，可这是事实，人不得不接受事实。

老师，在校的这些年，您对我的表扬和称赞，使我有信心去面对一切。您对我的批评，使我更加下定决心要挑战自我。您向我提出的意见使我变得更加优秀。这些我都会铭记在心。

今天，我要说出我不想说，又不得不说的两个字"再见"

"再见了，敬爱的老师。"

我代班上所有同学说出这一句话:老师，您辛苦了!老师，我们爱您!

祝您:身体健康，万事如意

您的学生邓紫馨

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

Dear Mike,

This Saturday is my birthday and my parents will hold a simple celebrating

party for me. I am glad to invite you to come to the party. Blair, Emma and Roan

will also be invited. I am sure we will have a good time. We will have dinner at

18:30 so that you are wished to come at 18:15. My mother is a good cook and you

will enjoy the dishes. After the dinner, we will play some small games and then

eat the cake. My parents and I sincerely expect you to come and hope to see you

then.

True yours,

Daniel