Disclaimer: If you really think that I own The Catcher in the Rye, you have
some serious issues.
A/N: Come on, people, review! The little button at the bottom there isn't just for decoration!
Dear Holden,
I'm so glad that you were able to go and watch my Christmas play! I had so much fun doing it! It was the best! Maybe, Holden, maybe when I'm older I'll go and act in plays, maybe on Broadway! That would be so much fun! I won't act in movies, though. I know that you don't like movies very much, and I want you to see me in every play that I'm in! Maybe D.B. could write the plays that I will be in, and I could be the star! Would you like that, Holden? I know what you like, though. I know you like that poem by Robert Burns, "If a body meet a body coming through the rye..." Maybe D.B. could write a play about that! Or a story, or something. That would make a great story.
Holden, how come you want to be the catcher in the rye so bad? Why don't you want to be something like an actor or a doctor or...or even a baseball player? Maybe you could be a writer like D.B. You like to write, and you're good at it. Why spend all your time hanging around inside an old poem when you can write your own? How come you want to be that catcher in the rye so bad?
I think you wanna be the catcher in the rye because you want to help people. Is that it? You know, doctors help people, too. And lawyers and firemen. Maybe you could become one of those. Helping people is a really good thing to do, Holden. You just have to find the right *way* to help people. You can't be the catcher in the rye forever.
Do you remember that Bible story about the Virgin Mary? All the Catholics pray to her because she is the mother of Jesus, but still pure and innocent. Do you want to be like her? All grown up, but still pure and innocent? That doesn't make any sense to me. When you grow up, don't you want to do all the stuff that grown up people do, instead of just staying like a kid forever?
Holden, you are older than me. I'm the kid here. It's like what my teacher at school always says--she tells all the bad kids who don't behave to act their age. You're not a bad kid, but sometimes you don't act your age. How come?
I can't wait to grow up and stop being a kid. Grown ups seem to be able to do more things than fourth graders. They seem more in control. I can't wait to be in control, but it's also kinda nice to be told what to do, too. Like, I would have no idea what to do if it weren't for the director of my Christmas play.
I had a dream the other night that you came to into my room just after midnight and we started doing the jitterbug. I miss you, Holden! Write back soon!
From, Phoebe
A/N: Come on, people, review! The little button at the bottom there isn't just for decoration!
Dear Holden,
I'm so glad that you were able to go and watch my Christmas play! I had so much fun doing it! It was the best! Maybe, Holden, maybe when I'm older I'll go and act in plays, maybe on Broadway! That would be so much fun! I won't act in movies, though. I know that you don't like movies very much, and I want you to see me in every play that I'm in! Maybe D.B. could write the plays that I will be in, and I could be the star! Would you like that, Holden? I know what you like, though. I know you like that poem by Robert Burns, "If a body meet a body coming through the rye..." Maybe D.B. could write a play about that! Or a story, or something. That would make a great story.
Holden, how come you want to be the catcher in the rye so bad? Why don't you want to be something like an actor or a doctor or...or even a baseball player? Maybe you could be a writer like D.B. You like to write, and you're good at it. Why spend all your time hanging around inside an old poem when you can write your own? How come you want to be that catcher in the rye so bad?
I think you wanna be the catcher in the rye because you want to help people. Is that it? You know, doctors help people, too. And lawyers and firemen. Maybe you could become one of those. Helping people is a really good thing to do, Holden. You just have to find the right *way* to help people. You can't be the catcher in the rye forever.
Do you remember that Bible story about the Virgin Mary? All the Catholics pray to her because she is the mother of Jesus, but still pure and innocent. Do you want to be like her? All grown up, but still pure and innocent? That doesn't make any sense to me. When you grow up, don't you want to do all the stuff that grown up people do, instead of just staying like a kid forever?
Holden, you are older than me. I'm the kid here. It's like what my teacher at school always says--she tells all the bad kids who don't behave to act their age. You're not a bad kid, but sometimes you don't act your age. How come?
I can't wait to grow up and stop being a kid. Grown ups seem to be able to do more things than fourth graders. They seem more in control. I can't wait to be in control, but it's also kinda nice to be told what to do, too. Like, I would have no idea what to do if it weren't for the director of my Christmas play.
I had a dream the other night that you came to into my room just after midnight and we started doing the jitterbug. I miss you, Holden! Write back soon!
From, Phoebe