22 A Glass Envelope

A glass envelope

玻璃信封

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.

我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑娘的来信。

Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.

去年,当我们横渡英吉利海峡时,简把写有她姓名和住址的一张纸条装进了一只瓶子

She threw the bottle into the sea.

又将瓶子扔进了大海。

She never thought of it again, but ten months later

此后她就再没去想那只瓶子。但10个月以后

she received a letter from a girl in Holland.

她收到了荷兰一位姑娘的来信。