The Adventures of Flat Stanley

Hey Greg,

Sorry I have been so poor at keeping in touch this week but your Uncle Greg kept forgetting either to take me with him to work or he forgot the camera or when he did remember both me and the camera, the batteries were flat!

It's been a busy week - your Uncle Greg has been busy at work and so too has your Aunt Penny. The first photo of me this time is standing by your uncle Greg's computer screen - it's cool! Do you recognise the photograph he has as his background?

The other one is of me sliding down a Playchute that your aunt Penny is making for China - as you can see, it has numbers on it and it will be used to help Chinese children learn their numbers in English. Do you know, they start learning English when they are five years old - how is your Chinese? About the same as mine, I guess.

I had to send this to your mom and dad's e-mail because yours, at the moment, won't let me send attachments but I hope they will pass it on to you.

Are you almost finished with school for the Christmas holidays? What are you hoping to get for Christmas this year?

I guess I'll see you soon.

Your pal,

Flat Stanley

This brought a response from Greg....

Dear Stanley,

Just telling you I don't speak Chinese. I speak Japanese.

I hope your having a good time in England. Your in good pockets with Uncle Greg and Aunt Penny.

Since your in England and it is close to Paris I thought you might answer a question for me. My question is where did the people go that travelled in the sewers. I heard they escaped but I don't know where they escaped to. Also, what is the population of Europe?

Hope you have a good Christmas. See ya in April!

Greg

And the following answer....

Dear Greg,

I am having a great time in England although sometimes it gets a bit slow for my liking - as you know, I like nothing better than to party all night but your Uncle Greg and Aunt Penny are a bit past the party scene. I might have to go out on my own one evening to check out all the action that Byfield has to offer.

I haven't been to Paris yet but I did ask Greg if he knew the answer. He couldn't remember exactly but he thought that it was related to the novel/play by Victor Hugo called "Les Miserables". He couldn't remember many of the details but he thought it was something to do with an innocent person who got caught stealing a loaf of bread because he was starving and going down into the sewers to try and escape. This was, I think, during the period of the French Revolution and therefore there were lots and lots of people having to escape from the authorities and I think the sewers was a good hiding place and that you could get away from the police. I don't think they actually escaped to anywhere, just came out in a different part of Paris.

Your uncle Greg says that he has been down into the sewers in Paris - apparently it is a very popular tourist attraction.

As to the population of Europe, that's a hard question because it depends on how one defines Europe. According to some people, some countries are in Europe and according to other people, they aren't. Also, some countries like Turkey and Russia are part in Europe and part in Asia. But, I did find a site on the Web which has a table with all the countries in Europe with their population - you can find it at http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/europe.htm So, for example, you can see that the population of the United Kingdom is just under 59 million people which is almost the biggest; France has 59 million and Germany has 82 million. Anyway, you will have to add up all the numbers yourself! Some of those numbers are more than I can count to!

See you,

Stanley

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