Dear Abby Letter – “I Will Always Right Back”
Dear Abby, December 12th, 1998
I am a 14 year-old student from Zimbabwe, and about a month ago, 10 people in our school got pen-pals from America. You can imagine how excited I was to be exchanging letters with someone from such a fabulous place!
We told each other our favourite music, our loving family, and all our stories, but then, one day, my pal sent me a photo, which, in Zimbabwe, is the rarest luxury. in the letter, my friend asked me to send her a photo of me, and I know I should, since we should both know how each other look like, so I sent my pal the only photo in our house, which is of me getting an award for school. But of course that wasn’t the end of my worries. My friend later sent me popular and expensive shirts, and I have no idea what to give her in return.
I love my friend, and though I feel like I can tell my companion everything, I’m afraid that if I tell her all the horrible things happening in Zimbabwe, and the bad economical situation we’re in, I would scare my pal away.
What should I do? I can’t have her sending me all these luxurious thing without giving her something in return, which I can’t, but I’m also nervous about telling her how poor we really are.
Please help!
Torn Pen-Pal
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