October 2, 1970

Dear Penpal

If you came to my street you could tell where most of the chinese live. They all grow vegetables. My mother grows red spinach peas and some times bitter melins melons too but I can not stand them. Do you like bitter melons. Meany Ming has the biggest garden. Her for real name is not really Meany Ming. Every body calls her that because she yells at people from her garden all the time with the same kitchen aperin aprin apron and over alls and thick glasses like a fish tank ready to fall down but do not and she watches every thing and every body mostly to make sure nothing comes near her vegetables. One time I saw her scare off a cat just by looking at it when it got near to her garden. Lots of times my ball fell over her Great Wall as Rollie calls it. She yelled at me and complained to my mother who also yelled at me. Still I never got my balls back. Some times I wish Meany Ming would just die.

Your friend,

Johnny Wong