Anne, this is from Horace. He begged and begged to email you. I am letting him and he's asked me not to read it because he read that it's illegal to read other people's mail and he's afraid I'll go to jail. I can't convince him otherwise so I have no idea what this says...But here it is.

DEAR ANN TAN,

MOMMY SAID THAT I COULD START USING THE COMPUTORE IF I QUIT POTTYING IN MY SLEEPING BAG. I QUIT BUT MY BROTHERS ALL STILL POTTY IN IT, SO RIGHT NOW I AM THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO USE THE COMPUTORE.

MOMMY IS MAKING HERSELF A LUNCHEON RIGHT NOW AND SO SHE SAID I COULD EMAIL YOU WHILE SHE DOES THAT. SHE ASKED ME HOW DO I HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY SINCE I AM SUPPOSED TO BE NOT TURNAL. SHE SAID MY BROTHERS ARE NOT TURNAL BECAUSE THEY SLEEP ALL DAY. I TOLD HER GOD MUST HAVE MADE ME TURNAL.

I AM VERY ANGRY AT ELIOT RIGHT NOW. WE HAD AGREED TO ONLY ALLOW ERASMUS AND NOT LUTHER INTO THE HAMMOCK BECAUSE ERASMUS DOES NOT STEP ON US WHILE WE SLEEP AND HE KEEPS HIS TAIL OUT OF OUR FACES. BUT TODAY AFTER I GOT DONE SHREDDING NAPKINS I WENT TO THE FLOOR OF THREE WHERE THE HAMMOCK HANGS AND I FOUND LUTHER SLEEPING IN IT WITH ELIOT AND ERASMUS. I STARTED TO BITE HIM ON THE BACK BUT MOMMY CAME HOME RIGHT THEN , AND I DID NOT WANT TO UPSET HER, SO I WENT TO THE FLOOR OF TWO AND TOOK A VERY BATH!

THEN I WENT TO ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THREE WHERE THE SLEEPING BAG HANGS, AND I CRAWLED INTO IT AND GUESS WHAT ANN TAN!! I FOUND A PILE OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS! LUTHER HAD BEEN HIDING THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS FROM ALL OF US! AND HE KNOWS WE ALL LIKE THEM. NOT ONLY THAT BUT HE HAD POTTIED IN THE SLEEPING BAG AND RIGHT THEN MOMMY WALKED UP TO CHECK ON ME AND SHE THOUGHT I HAD DONE IT! SHE SAID "HORSE, DID YOU POTTY IN THE SLEEPING BAG AGAIN?" AND I TOLD HER THAT LUTHER DID IT. AND I SAID HE WAS TOO SMALL BE A BIG BOY, AND MOMMY SAID YES, HE WAS INDEED SMALL AND THAT IS WHY I SHOULD BE PATIENT WITH HIM. JUST BECAUSE HE IS INDEED SMALL I HAVE TO BE NICE TO HIM. MOMMY SAID THAT ELIOT AND I USED TO BE SMALL TOO, BUT I GUESS THAT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT INDEED SMALL THAT DOES NOT COUNT.

SO ANN TAN I AM UPSET BUT MOMMY IS GOING TO GIVE US ALL A PIECE OF WATERMELON THIS EVENING SO I AM GOING TO BE GOOD ANYWAY. AND SHE LET ME READ THE DICTIONARY WHILE SHE WATCHED THE NEWS. I READ THE 'E' SECTION. I MEMORIZED LOTS OF WORDS.

I LOVE YOU AND I WILL EMAIL YOU MORE LATER. HAVE AN EXEMPLARY EVENING.

YOUR ESTIMABLE NEPHEW,

HORSE