To the mom, 11-year-old and 12-year-old who sign in with the "Soccer•Swim•
Ski" stamp:

I invite you to not find any more of my boxes. When I pulled my letterboxes
for maintenance and found your nasty notes, I was really disheartened. Of
course I don't appreicate being told my Fountain of Youth letterbox "sucks." It
took two entire weekends to walk those clues and then write them in rhyme for the
enjoyment of others, including you. But that didn't hurt as much as seeing a
whole page of my logbook written by a child lecturing me on all the different
ways I suck. I didn't laugh at the entry in the Dance Flurry letterbox telling
me you stole my stamp and were holding it for ransom. I'm glad you returned
it. Shame on all of you. Perhaps it is time to teach your children a golden
rule: "If you can't say anything nice..."

Mookie


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