Dear Ann, I was very glad to hear from you. I haven't written for ages because of my school activities. Now I want to tell you about my summer holidays. When my holidays came I was very happy! The weather was fine so my friends and I went for a walk every day. It was fun! Then I spent a month in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. It was great. I drank milk and ate a lot of tasty food which my granny prepared for me. I have many friends in this village because I go there every holidays. We played football and tennis every day! There is a small river near the forest and we swam when the weather was fine. It was great! I liked my holidays very much. That's enough for me today. I have to go now. Best regards to your family. Write soon.
Yours Anita
Дорогая Анна, Я очень рада получить весточку от тебя. Я не писала долго, потому что была занята своими школьными делами. Теперь я хочу рассказать тебе о моих летних каникулах. Когда наступили каникулы, я была очень счастлива! Погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили гулять каждый день. Это было весело! Затем я провела месяц в деревне, где живут мои дедушка и бабушка . Это было здорово. Я пила молоко и ела много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня. У меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы. Мы даже играли в футбол и теннис! Около леса есть небольшая речка. Мы купались, когда погода была хорошая. Это было здорово! Мне очень понравились мои каникулы. Думаю достаточно на сегодня. Я должна идти. С наилучшими пожеланиями твоей семье. Пиши быстрее. Твоя Анита.
When I was a child my family moved to a big old two-floor house, with big empty rooms and creaking floorboards. Both my parents worked so I was often alone when I came home from school. One early evening when I came home the house was still dark.
I called out, “Mum?” and heard her sing song voice say “Ys?” from upstairs. I called her again as I climbed the stairs to see which room she was in, and again got the same “Ys?” reply. We were decorating at the time, and I didn’t know my way around the maze of rooms but she was in one of the far ones, right down the hall. I felt uneasy, but I figured that was only natural so I rushed forward to see my mum, knowing that her presence would calm my fears, as a mother’s presence always does.
Just as I reached for the handle of the door to let myself in to the room I heard the front door downstairs open and my mother call “Sweetie, are you home?” in a cheery voice. I jumped back, startled and ran down the stairs to her, but as I glanced back from the top of the stairs, the door to the room slowly opened a crack. For a brief moment, I saw something strange in there, and I don’t know what it was, but it was staring at me.
I was very glad to hear from you. I haven't written for ages because of my school activities.
Now I want to tell you about my summer holidays. When my holidays came I was very happy! The weather was fine so my friends and I went for a walk every day. It was fun! Then I spent a month in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. It was great. I drank milk and ate a lot of tasty food which my granny prepared for me. I have many friends in this village because I go there every holidays. We played football and tennis every day! There is a small river near the forest and we swam when the weather was fine. It was great! I liked my holidays very much.
That's enough for me today. I have to go now.
Best regards to your family.
Write soon.
Yours Anita
Дорогая Анна,
Я очень рада получить весточку от тебя. Я не писала долго, потому что была занята своими школьными делами.
Теперь я хочу рассказать тебе о моих летних каникулах. Когда наступили каникулы, я была очень счастлива! Погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили гулять каждый день. Это было весело! Затем я провела месяц в деревне, где живут мои дедушка и бабушка . Это было здорово. Я пила молоко и ела много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня. У меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы. Мы даже играли в футбол и теннис! Около леса есть небольшая речка. Мы купались, когда погода была хорошая. Это было здорово! Мне очень понравились мои каникулы.
Думаю достаточно на сегодня. Я должна идти.
С наилучшими пожеланиями твоей семье.
Пиши быстрее.
Твоя Анита.
When I was a child my family moved to a big old two-floor house, with big empty rooms and creaking floorboards. Both my parents worked so I was often alone when I came home from school. One early evening when I came home the house was still dark.
I called out, “Mum?” and heard her sing song voice say “Ys?” from upstairs. I called her again as I climbed the stairs to see which room she was in, and again got the same “Ys?” reply. We were decorating at the time, and I didn’t know my way around the maze of rooms but she was in one of the far ones, right down the hall. I felt uneasy, but I figured that was only natural so I rushed forward to see my mum, knowing that her presence would calm my fears, as a mother’s presence always does.
Just as I reached for the handle of the door to let myself in to the room I heard the front door downstairs open and my mother call “Sweetie, are you home?” in a cheery voice. I jumped back, startled and ran down the stairs to her, but as I glanced back from the top of the stairs, the door to the room slowly opened a crack. For a brief moment, I saw something strange in there, and I don’t know what it was, but it was staring at me.