TILBAGE




An Irish Mother's Letter
Dear Son,
Just a few lines to let you know that I am still alive. I am writing this slowly
because I know that you can't read very fast.
You won't recognize the house when you come home. We've moved.
About your father, he has got a lovely new job. He has 500 men under him. He
cuts grass at the cemetery. Your sister Mary had a baby this morning. I haven't
found out yet if it's a boy or a girl, so I don't know if your an aunt or an
uncle.
I went to the doctors on Thursday and your father came with me. The doctor put a
small tube in my mouth and told me not to talk for 10 minutes. Your father
offered to buy it from him.
Your uncle Patrick drowned last week in a vat of Irish whiskey at the Dublin
brewery. Some of his workmates tried to save him but he fought them off bravely.
They cremated him and it took 3 days to put the fire out.
It only rained twice this week, first for 3 days and then for 4 days. We had a
letter from the undertaker. He said if the last payment on your grandmother's
plot wasn't paid in 7 days, up she comes.
Your loving Mother,
P.S. I was going to send you 5 pounds, but I have already sealed the envelope.

TILBAGE