'Heidi Letters'

'Pretend' letters to a friend, written at age 7, foretell Astrid's eventual emigration in 1961 to America.

Translation

Dear Heidi-li! Thank you very much (in French) for your dear letter.

I will gladly come to America in ten years, because I cannot speak English like you.

Good-bye, Heidi, ciao, ciao. (In Swiss German)

 

Translation

Dear Heidi-li!

I have too much homesickness for you. Expect me at the next arrival of the rocket ship in New York.

Hearty greetings from Astrid. Ciao, ciao.

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