To Freddy Rotlender

Dear Freddy,

I am writin to you cos I was told to practis. Can we hav a nise dinner wit rabbit tonait toneit tonite? Writin is hard but i naow now now manie words for fud leike like rabbit & stew & beef & onions & vegtables also tea & cofi. Chikn Peggy is hapie thou she is not leyin egs yet! She sat on Torintns shoe! I fink she finks he is her eg! I fink ! is used four wen egsited and ? wen askin.

Your frend,

Zachary Pye

(The last was written as an exact copy of Torrington's own handwriting, while the other letters looked to have taken a lot of effort to write and many dips of ink.)

Dear Zach,

I am practising tou. We can hav a nise dinner if you hav rabbit. Wi is it bb? I am egsited al de tim, so dou I use ! Alwais Alweis always? <-- Mylord helped me wit dat! He says his name is Torrington. If a name ends wit ton, it is speled ton, he says. And Captayn Vickery is speled so and Cotton is dis. And we are Riflemen! It is not wrong! El can be speled lik dat! Le and el!

Your frend Friederich Rottländer