etter.

"'My dear teacher,

"'You told us we might write you about some interesting people we knew. I
think the most interesting people I know are my rock people and I mean
to tell you about them. I have never told anybody about them except
grandma and father but I would like to have you know about them
because you understand things. There are a great many people who do not
understand things so there is no use in telling them.'

"'My rock people live at the shore. I used to visit them almost every
evening before the winter came. Now I can't go till spring, but they
will be there, for people like that never change . . . that is the
splendid thing about them. Nora was the first one of them I got
acquainted with and so I think I love her the best. She lives in
Andrews' Cove and she has black hair and black eyes, and she knows all
about the mermaids and the water kelpies. You ought to hear the stories
she can tell. Then there are the Twin Sailors. They don't live anywhere,
they sail all the time, but they often come ashore to talk to me. They
are a pair of jolly tars and they have seen everything in the world. . .
and more than what is in the world. Do you know what happened to the
youngest Twin Sailor once? He was sailing and he sailed right into a
moonglade. A moonglade is the track the full moon makes on the water
when it is rising from the sea, you know, teacher. Well, the youngest
Twin Sailor sailed along the moonglade till he came right up to the
moon, and there was a little golden door in the moon and he opened it
and sailed right through. He had some wonderful adventures in the moon
but it would make this letter too long to tell them.'

"'Then there is the Golden Lady of the cave. One day I found a big cave
down on the shore and I went away in and after a while I found the
Golden Lady. She has golden hair right down to her feet and her dress
is all glittering and glistening like gold that is alive. And she has a
golden harp and plays on it all day long . . . you can hear the music any
time along shore if you listen carefully but most people would think it
was only the wind among the rocks. I've never told Nora about the Golden
Lady. I was afraid it might hurt her feelings. It even hurt her feelings
if I talked too long with the Twin Sailors.'

"'I always met the Twin Sailors at the Striped Rocks. The youngest
Twin Sailor is very good-tempered but the oldest Twin Sailor can look
dreadfully fierce at times. I hav