October 5, 1970

Dear Penpal

I feel bad for wishing Meany Ming was dead. Now I think I will stop wishing for Barry Arble to die too. Every body at school is talking about Meany Ming. Some people think there was a accident. Some people think all her enemies did the job. Mrs Clover thinks she may have died of natural causes and told us we were rude and disrespectful for talking like this and that she would give us detenshins after school if she heard another word. But I know what really happened.

Your friend,

Johnny Wong