Dear readers: I feel bad because I wrote this in what may honestly be the cutest font in the world, absolutely perfect for a six year-old, but I'm quite certain that it won't show up once this is published. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the sequel to The Story of Molly Hooper and Sherlock Holmes - if you haven't read it, you should!

May 12, 2014

its my birthday today! Im 6 years old, and Matthew is, to! mrs. Hudson bot me a nice new tutu, and daddy bot me a pretty locket with a pink gem in the middle! it even opens! inside is a picture of me and matthew and mommy. daddy isn't in it. I dont know why. aunt Mary and uncle John and Mikey and Ania all got me something, to. they got me a big sparkly tiara. Matthew got a toy truck from mrs. Hudson, a book from uncle John and aunt Mary and Mikey and Ania, and a cemistry set from daddy. me and Matthew both got cool journals from mommy. they are brown and daddy says its lether, wich I guess is cool. daddy says soon Im going to learn how to rite real good, when I go to school!

I get to go to school this year! daddy is going to homeschool me, wich is the same thing as other school I guess. Matthew is going to go to homeschool, to! daddy says we are to smart for the other children, or we will be when he gets the chance to educate us.

mommy says that when she was our age, she rote in her journal every day and that we should do it to. Matthew says its going to be hard but hes going to do it, so Ill do it to.

mommy also says happy birthday and that she loves us and shes sorry she couldnt see us. I wish she didnt die. I miss having her here, even though daddy gives us letters from her all the time. today we went to see her in the graveyard. I told her all about what everybody got me. Matthew didnt. Matthew never talks to her, cause hes just to quiet. I think daddy talks to her sometimes to but I never actually see him doing it.

I asked daddy if he missed mommy and he said I would if it might bring her back. aunt Mary says thats daddys way of saying yes, he really does miss mommy. daddy says a lot of things different from what he means, I guess.

I lost my first tooth 6 days ago! mrs. Hudson says if I put it under my pillow a fairy would come and give me money. Matthew didnt know if it was true or not, so I asked daddy and he said no, that was just a fools way of conp of compenc of making up for the fact that they were loosing little bits of themselves. I dont want daddy to think Im a fool, so I just throwed my tooth in mrs. Hudsons bins.

Matthew still hasnt lost his first tooth, but he says he doesnt care. I dont think he does. Matthew doesnt care about much down here. uncle Mikeroft says hes like a filosifer, wich is a person who thinks about serius things. I think about serius things to, but uncle Mikeroft says I dont have daddys genius, I have mommys genius, wich means that Im smart with people. mommy was real smart with people. I dont renember much, but I renember one time we were at the park and there was a little girl there with her big brother, and she falled down and got a bloody nose. she was crying real hard and her brother didnt know what to do but mommy went over to her and gave her a big hug and helped her clean up and gave her some candy and she cheered right up! mommy always knew what to do. I miss mommy. I love daddy but daddy isnt like a real daddy, hes like… I dunno what hes like. Matthew would know, cause Matthew prolly thinks about stuff like that a lot. Mikeys birthday is real soon, and uncle John and aunt Mary and Mikey and Ania are all going to have a celebration that hes almost 5 years old. I renember when I was 5 years old a real long time ago. Ania is only 3 and me and Matthew are 6. I dont know how old daddy is, sometimes I think hes 1000 years old and sometimes I think hes 6 like me! uncle Mikeroft said thats normal for a holmes, and I said if its possible could he act 6 to? he didnt laugh, but uncle John sure did!

daddy says its time to come and watch some telly with him and Matthew, so I guess Im done riting for tonite, but Ill prolly rite again tomorow. thank you mommy for your gift, Ill renember you every time I rite in it.

Xx Brooklyn