Dear Big Zack

Dear big Zack

The lion doesn’t hang out with the goats. What does Mama mean? She say this when I ask when is big Zack coming home. She say this when you go to that big school. She say this a lot. But tell me when are you comming back. I miss you. Don’t tell Mama I send you this letter. She scold me. Mama say you are different from us. You have black hair and we all have red. You can also colour your hair red so that we all become same. Mama say you not my real brother. but you are my real brother. I love you so much to the moon. Dada say we can come to meet you on Senior Prom. Who is Mr. Prom? Dada say he good at dance. Is he your dance teacher? You know I parteeseepatid in dancing in school. Miss Sherly say I danced like a doll. Jojo won the competion. Yesterday I draw you in my secret drawing file. I made your favoureete shirt red. But you like both blue and black shoes so I coloured one as blue and one as black. Then I make buttons on your pant and make a smiley on it to make it happy. But then Dada say I forget ears. Silly Sally. I also draw wings so you an angel. I love when Dada tell me how he found you in a little basket on our front door. He says that an angel dropped you there so that you can give me chocolates when you grow up. How is your school? How is your bed? How is your class? How is my mister whale? Do you give him a bath every day? Because if you do not he will die. Fish need water to live. Do you miss me. Because I miss you. I miss you because now no one tells me story at night. I have to sit more in school. Miss Sherly gives me juice. Dada say he teach you how to fly kite. Will you teach me when you come home? We will play together. I will show you puppys in park. They all very little and small. big Zack what is adoptid. Mama say you are adoptid. Is that why she shout at you. I dount like when she shout. When I ask am I adoptid too. She shout at me too. She say you and I different. But you and I are same. You like chocolate, I like chocolate. You like tea party, I like tea party. You like kitty, I like kitty. You know kitty run away on night. She come back in morning. Me ask kitty where she go but she just say Meo. She a bad kitty she eat my cooki and make a hole in my tresare map. I found diamond in back yard. When I get rich I will buy three doll and lots of chocolate for you. But I will eat half too. Because Miss Sherly say Sharing is caring. Ok now I will go mama make pizza in dinner. Bye

I love you big Zack

From Sally

Dear Sally

I love you so much my sweet sis. And I miss you a lot. I will come back very soon. I would also love to see the puppies. And I will get you bags full of chocolates as well.

Darling, Prom is not a person. It is… a dance.

(Are you sure Dad, that you and Sally will be able to make it to my Senior Prom without upsetting Mom? I would hate to see her unhappy. Oh! sorry back to Sally.)

I would love to share a dance with you, my princess. Congrats on you participation of the dance competition. And I agree with Miss Sherly. You do dance like a doll.

Sweetie don’t worry when Mom says that you and I are different. We are the same soul shared in two bodies. What if not by blood, we both are connected by love. I am your real brother and you are my real sister. I always promise to keep loving you and will protect you with all my life.

Thank you, Sally, for drawing me as an angel. You are nothing short of a mischievous one yourself!! When I come back home, I will definitely teach you how to fly a kite. And will read you heaps of bed time stories. And we will host a tea party with all your lovely toys. Even with the poor Hunk.

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I have black hair.

(I am sorry Dad. How can I let her innocence die?)

When I come back, I will dye my hair red as you commanded and then we will look just the same. Not a soul will be able to tell us apart.

I am so glad that kitty came back home. That’s an old habit of hers. Did you know once she ran away for a month and came back with seven kittens? What a great time was that! I am sure Dad would agree, isn’t it Dad?

And wow!! You found diamond in our back yard!! You are sure to get very rich. Keep that stone very carefully with you, ok? When I’ll come back in my holidays, we will sell it to the jeweler and go on a trip round the globe. Don’t worry I’ll let you eat all of my chocolates ‘cause you are the life of me. Do keep writing me letters and don’t forget to do your homework daily. Ok? Big Zack loves you a lot.

(Dad, as you read this letter to Sally, please let her know that I love her a lot and miss her every single moment. I am not sure if someone would ever be able to love me like this sweet little baby does. My studies are going good and so is my soccer practice. How is everyone there? Is Mom any happy that I am no longer there? You know sometimes I miss the younger version of her. The one that loved me. The one before Sally… Where did I go wrong? Sometimes I wonder if all her love for me transferred into Sally. It seems as if not an ounce of it remained in her for me. How did I go from being a pampered child to a burden?? You know, every night I pray to God that one day I would be able to make Mom see that maybe I was not so much of a burden after all.)

Your Big Zack