[Two letters enclosed. This is the text of the first one.]July 3rd, 1939.
Dear Miss Turner:
Abby has asked me to mail this letter for her. She is much taller than I although she will be thirteen only this coming September. She just would not do things with her hands. I have a tutor now in morning to see that she gets some training in drawing and writing. If you read papers you would know something about the present situation of Tientsin city.
We are all well. We are going to stay at home this summer. We can keep ourselves cool with cold drinks and electrical fans. But our nights are cool here at Tientsin because of river breeze. Weather has been too dry. Since May 6th we have had almost no rain. I am afriad [sic] that we would have bad harvest. We are having trouble with fresh vegetables. In ourown [sic] yard we have tomamto [sic] plants but it would be sometime before we could have tomatoes. We planted our plants late in June.
This is just to let you know we are well and we are thinking of you. Wth much love.
[Second letter]
Dearest Aunt Abby:
I am going to tell you what I am going to do during Summer holidays. There are two months for Summer vacation, that is a long time for a girl to play, so I like to study some.
When I begin my holidays, I may do anything whatever I wish to do. But on July the first, I would start to study. At eight o'clock till ten, I take drawing lesson, writing lesson, and piano practice. Afternoon I take singing lesson.
I study English, arithmetic, and French. English is not very hard for me. Arithmetic is very easy. French is not very hard. My report card was not bad, but I wish I can study better next turn. I got
English, 85
Arithmetic 75
French. 98.
I am sending my love.
Your namesake.
Abby Ting