Gifts from a Mailbox

I read "Gift from a Mailbox".Maya moved to a town where she could see the mountains.

Every room was filled with cardboard boxes.Right away,her mother and father started

unpacking and sorting their belongings.Maya helped too,but after a while she became

tired and flopped down on the floor where she found a clean spot.

It was then she heard a teeny,tiny sound,"click pa-tum,"at the front door.

"I heard the letter carrier."

Her mother did not stop her unpacking "You must have imagined it."

"We haven't even let anyone know our new address yet,"said her father.

"But I heard the letter carrier."

Maya went to the front door.There was nothing in the mail box.Except,just below the

mailbox,lay a bouquet of violets.

Maya opened the front door.Beyond their front yard,all she could see was an

unfamiliar road and strangers walking by.

The next day,her father went off to work.Her mother continued unpacking their

belongings."I wonder who delivered those violet yesterday,"said Maya.

"Hm mm...I wonder..."said her mother,as she went on moving about busily.

"Click pa-tum."

There it was again,that tiny sound.

"It's the letter carrier!"

Maya ran to the front door.But instead of a letter in the mailbox,there were three

dandelions tucked into the mail slot.Maya gently took the dandelions and opened the

door.Just as before,all she could see outside in the street,were strangers walking by.

Maya went out shopping with her mother for the first time.A strange town,

different house,children she'd never met-to Maya,everything was unfamiliar.

"You're going to really like this town before you know it,"said her mother as she

gazed at the mountains in the distance.

"I wonder if those dandelions yesterday were for me.I wonder who delivered them."

Maya could think of nothing else.

The next day,her mother was busy again.Maya played on her own,drawing pictures.

"It's no fun without friends,"she murmured.Just then,she heard that sound again.

"Click pa-tum"

She flew to the front door,and there in the mailbox was a letter.Nothing was written

in large letters,and was only three sentences long.

"Friend are good.I'm very happy.I'm waiting."Maya read that letter over and over again.

"This letter came for me,I just know it did!"

Maya went with her mother to see the new kindergarten she would be attending.

The children were playing in the playground.She could hear the sounds of their

lively voices and laughter.

"If only the child who gave me that letter were here somewhere,"thought Maya,as she

looked at the new children one by one.

"Violet,dandelions,a letter...violets,dandelions,a letter..."Maya murmured,as she

played alone with her glass beads.

"Hmmmmm"

She gave a sigh,then,

"click pa-tum"

she heard that sound again.

"Wait.wait!Oh,please wait!"Maya shouted,as she flew to the front door.

She grabbed the origami doll which was poking through the mail slot,and flung open the door.

She saw a little girl she'd never met,about to go through the gate.

"Wait!"

The little girl slowly turned around.Maya went up to her.


"Um....the violets...were they for me?"

The little girl nodded.

"The dandelions too?"

The little girl nodded.

"Well...well then,the letter too?Were they all for me?The little girl nodded.


Maya carefully smoothed out the origami doll which had become slightly wrinkled.

The little girl looked hesitantly at Maya and then in a very small voice said,

"Let's go play."

Maya nodded and gave her a big grin.

This story is strange.And,very funny.

I found friends are good by this story.