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Camp Half Blood Campers' Correspondence a Year Later-[Helen Swan to Elaine Swan]
Dear Mommy and Mr. Speckles,
Camp is going really well. I get to see daddy everyday. He's really nice. He gives me good-morning hugs and good-night hugs everyday because that's what you always do. He stops by everyday to make sure that me and Liber and Pollux aren't sad. Liber and Pollux is my new brother. Pollux tries to act happy when dad stops by, but when dad leaves he looks very distraught. Dad said I shouldn't ask him what's wrong, but I did anyway because he looked so upset and I wanted to help. Pollux told me he misses his brother. His brother died last year. I was so upset that I started crying, but afterwards, Pollux didn't look so sad. I don't know if he's trying not to look sad around me or if me crying actually helped somehow. He's a incredibly nice brother. I bet his brother was really nice too, just like daddy.
Our counselors are really nice too. They're old, but they're also my new brothers. They're really funny and really loud. Every time dad says something over the radio, they start cheering and dancing. Sometimes other cabins join is so it's really funny. Mr. B.C. has been teaching us spelling and grammar because we're not very good at it. He's helping me write this letter for homework. He knows lots of big words. Mr. B.C. also helps teach Greek, but I'm still too young to take Greek. Mr. B.C. says that they teach you English first, then Greek. Mr. B.C. is not as obnoxious as Mr. Frank, but he has longer hair. It's so long that I don't think he can see. He lets me tie back for him. Mr. Frank lets me do his hair, too. Mr. Frank's hair is long down the middle and Mr. B.C. helped me tie pig-tails in his hair so he looked like a pony. It made Pollux laugh. Pollux's hair is too short to tie and Liber wouldn't let me do his hair so Mr. Frank did it instead. Liber didn't appreciate it and took it out. Mr. Frank said that daddy's hair used to be really really long. I asked him if I could do his hair, but I can't because now it's as short as Pollux's hair. All my brothers are kind of like a mom so I don't miss you too much. Yesterday we were racing in canoes and the girl from the Enyo cabin capsized our boat! We had life-vests on and Pollux pulled me all the way to shore. Then Mr. Frank and Mr. B.C. and Liber and all the nymph kids we were canoeing with capsized all the war cabins canoes. Me and Pollux were the first ones to shore so we won the race. It was really silly. My brothers are awesome. They protected me in capture the flag too when the war cabins tried to get us back for tipping their canoes. I think daddy helped too, because when Mr. Frank was fighting them, they got all tangled in vines and Mr. Frank said that he wasn't very good at growing vines yet. Camp is a lot of fun. I think I will come back next year too.
I love you.
Sincerely, Helen
Dionysis Cabin – Cabin 12