Dear sister,
Thanks for your golden greetings. May the New Year dawn on you with milk, honey and roses!
Yours,
Billoo.
(i) Ring out old sorrows! Ring in new joys!
(ii) Let me wish you all the joys you wish.
(iii) Let the New Year brick up all your castles in the air!
(iv) May the New Year build for you an ivory tower in a rose garden!
(v) Let your dreams of 1993 be realised in 1994.
Dear Shaista,
Thanks for your greetings. I want to dive as long as You–no longer!
Yours,
Shagufta.
Dear Uncle,
it was so nice of you to have taken us to the Zoo last Monday. I write this to tell you how much I enjoyed that day with auntie, Pappy, Bobbu and Neeto. You gave me a nice time and I think I was very lucky. It was so grand to have ice-cream with you at the Zoo. In fact, every moment we spent together was magnificent.
Yours Lovingly,
Shafi.
Dear Brother,
How can you be silent for such a long time? No news from you at all ! You had promised to write a letter to me every day, and the whole month has gone by without a word for you. Remember what you used to say, “A promise breaker is a shoe_maker.” Do you intend to become one?
Yours,
Razia.
Dear Auntie,
How can you stay away from us so long and never send a word? Have the new environment made you so woefully forgetful of your old associates? “Blood thicker than water,” then say. You have to prove it now?
Yours sincerely,
Akram.
Dear Razia,
Thanks for your letter. If one could make shoes by breaking promises, many would gladly do so. Fortunately it is easier to write a letter than to make a shoe. So here is a letter. If you do not receive another next week, rest assured you will find it in my shoe when you come home next month.
Yours,
Noman.
Dear Akram,
You are as dear to me as is my own son here. There is no water between you and us. It is all thick blood. I am sorry I could not write to you because I was not feeling well ever since I arrived here. Now I am better. There is no cause for anxiety.
Yours lovingly,
Auntie.