Dear little Japanese
girl,
We are so interested in your doll
festival that we are sending this doll, Martha Heath, to live with you. We hope
that you will enjoy her, for we took great care in dressing her. You probably
have many, many Japanese dolls, but this American doll will be a great
addition, we hope. I wish we could send a picture of our class with this
letter to send to you with Martha. Japan is very different from
America isn’t it? I should think
you would be cold in winter with only paper houses. My uncle was a missionary
in China but he went to
Japan also. I like your country better
than China, it is a lot prettier. I know a
girl who lives in Tokyo, Masaco Yamada.
Sincerely yours,
Barbara Belcher