{"id":212,"date":"2023-07-05T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/sneak-peek-letter-writing-week\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:44:00","slug":"sneak-peek-letter-writing-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/sneak-peek-letter-writing-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Peek: Letter Writing Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About once a month, Rhino got something in the mail. It
\nmight be a letter or a postcard, but he always got something, and they always
\ncame from the same place. Grandpa Rhino used to live in the toy store but had
\nbeen adopted by a young boy when Rhino was quite young. They loved each other
\nthough and to keep in touch, they would write letters to each other.<\/p>\n

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One day, Sam saw Rhino writing a letter to his grandpa and
\nasked him about it. \u201cWhy do you write him letters, Rhino?\u201d he asked.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun way to keep in touch. I can tell him about
\neverything that happens here. I just wrote about the big spaghetti party that
\nMario threw for us. If I didn\u2019t tell him, he\u2019d never know, and I think that he
\nwould miss it. Plus, he always writes me back and I get to hear about the
\nadventures that he goes on with his boy.\u201d <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s pretty cool. I think that I would like to write a
\nletter too, but who would I write it too?\u201d asked Sam.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cYou could write to me,\u201d answered Rhino. \u201cYou have all kinds
\nof adventures, and I would love to read about them. I\u2019ll even write you back!\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cAwesome! I\u2019ll go back to my cubby and work on it right
\nnow.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Sam waved and headed back to his cubby where he got a pencil
\nand some paper and write Rhino a long letter, telling him all about his
\nadventures with Melanie and his other friends. At the end of the letter, he
\ninvited Rhino to go on an adventure with him. Then, he put it into an envelope
\nand put it in the toy store mailbox.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

As he was walking to the mailbox, Asbestos came up to him
\nand asked what he was doing. Sam explained all about letter writing and how he
\nhad written Rhino a letter. Asbestos loved the idea and ran back to his cave to
\nwrite his own letter. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Before much time had passed, there was a line at the mailbox
\nof toys waiting to drop their letters in. All week long, they had been writing
\nto each other. Now, some of them were writing back and others were mailing out
\ntheir first letter. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Some of the toys wrote long letters. Others wrote just a little
\nbit on the back of a postcard. They all had one thing in common though. They
\nloved writing to each other. Rhino got so excited about how everyone was
\nwriting letters that he wrote a second one to Grandpa Rhino telling him all
\nabout it. Grandpa Rhino wrote back telling him that the toys where he lived
\nwould love to get letters and postcards.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Rhino couldn\u2019t wait to share this idea with all of his
\nfriends. He hurried over to Horace and told him all about what his grandpa had
\nsaid in his letter. Horace thought it was a great idea so he decided to call
\nall of the toys together to tell them all about it. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Soon, all of the toys were collected together in the reading
\narea. Some had letters in their hands and others were carrying their paper and
\npencils. Some of the younger toys had crayons. \u201cHey, everyone, I have something
\nthat I want to tell you about!\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Everyone settled down and got quiet so that they could hear
\nHorace.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cI was just talking to Rhino about how great all this letter
\nwriting is and he told me that he had gotten a new letter from Grandpa Rhino.
\nAs you know, Grandpa Rhino lives across town now with a wonderful boy and his
\nfamily. It\u2019s because of his letter writing that all of you started writing
\nletters. Now, he has a suggestion!\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The toys whispered among themselves, wondering what the
\nsuggestion might be. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cHe would love it if you wrote letters to his friends that
\nhe lives with! They don\u2019t get letters or postcards now and he knows that they
\nwould love them. What do you all think? Can we bring some smiles to other toys?
\nYou never know, you might make some new friends!\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The toys all cheered and clapped to show their support. Then,
\nthey hurried up to Rhino who had his grandpa\u2019s letter with him. In it, Grandpa
\nRhino had given a list of toys who would love to receive letters. After
\neveryone had gotten the name of a toy, Rhino went back to his cubby to write
\nhis grandpa to tell him that lots of letters should be coming to their playroom
\nvery soon. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Across town, Grandpa Rhino smiled as he read his grandson\u2019s
\nletter again. It was good knowing that he was happy, healthy, and surrounded by
\ntoys who all took care of each other. He hoped that they would be sending lots
\nof letters their way, but even if they didn\u2019t, he knew that each week there
\nwould be one from his grandson, Rhino. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u2026And that\u2019s how the toy store pen pal program came to be. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

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