Tuesday as I was leaving for work, I found a letter on my door. The envelope said in English, "abroad friends receive." I'm sure it will lose some of its cuteness and humor after translation, but here's what the letter said:
Foreign friend, hello:
To the older brothers and sisters who came to China, welcome. Maybe you have many Chinese friends, but I don’t have even one foreign friend. Even though the difference in our age is very great, I would still like to be friends with you.
Where are you from? What is your purpose in coming to China? How many of you are there? I have many questions I want to know the answer to. I would like to be your young Chinese friend. Even though I am only 13, I really want to study your country’s language, but I really want to know what country you come from…America, England, or Russia? Today I have my final exams. This is very important for me so I need to review.
Ok. If you want to be friends with me, you can put the letter on the middle door downstairs from you. I can see it when I come home. But please don’t come to look for me. I can’t wait to meet you.
I really want to be friends with you,
the young boy downstairs
2 comments:
hey what is going on with this story any updates???
Aj, Derek and lydia
I'm a jerk who hasn't written back. Writing a letter in Chinese takes some time for me. It's much easier to read than to write. So I haven't seen him and haven't responded yet.
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