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.&