>Hello mother, hello father, here I am at Camp Grenada.
>Camp is very entertaining,
>and they say we’ll have some fun if it stops raining…
>I went hiking with Joe Spivy.
>He developed poison ivy.
>You remember Leonard Skinner;
>He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.
>All the counselors
>Hate the waiters,
>And the lake has alligators.
>And the head coach
>Was no sissy,
>So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.
>Now I don’t want
>This to scare ya.
>But my bunkmate
>Has malaria.
>You remember Jeffrey Hardy…
>They’re about to organize a searching party.
>Take me home, oh mother, father.
>Take me home, I hate Grenada.
>Don’t leave me out in the forest where I might get eaten by a bear.
>Take me home, I promise I will not make noise
>Or mess the house with other boys.
>Oh please don’t make me stay!
>I’ve been here ONE —WHOLE — DAY.
>Dearest father,
>Darling mother,
>How’s my precious little brother?
>Let me come home if you miss me.
>I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me…
>Wait a minute…It stopped raining!
>Guys are biking.
>Guys are sailing,
>playing baseball… gee, that’s better!
>Mother, father, kindly disregard this letter!
