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My daughter Jane never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year we were travelling across the channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again.
But ten months later she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.