As promised, here's the second fall entry!
October 20, 1835
Dear Elsa,
I'm sorry I didn't write for a few days. I was climbing our favorite tree the other day when I fell and hurt my arm. Mama and Papa first scolded me and then gave me hugs and kisses. They took me to Dr. Olsen. He gave me a check-up and told them I broke my arm. He put the bones back in place, which hurt a lot! He said I was very brave. He put a piece of wood on it that he called a splint and wrapped it up. Then he wrapped some more cloth around my shoulder and my arm. He called it a sling and said it's to keep me from moving my arm too much. He said I have to keep it on for two whole months! But I'm still going to write you letters. Mama and Papa don't want me using it, though, so Gerda's going to write them for me until it gets better. I hope it's better by Christmas.
Love,
Anna
Dear Anna,
I heard that you broke your arm. In fact, I think the whole castle heard it. I could hear you crying all the way to Dr. Olsen's office. It upset me so much that I caused a small blizzard in my room. It's okay that you haven't been able to write to me. I've been so scared for you that I haven't been able to write, either. When you're hurting, I'm hurting, too. It's almost like a sixth sense that I have. I can tell when you're hurting. My chest tightens so I almost can't breathe and I feel sick to my stomach. It doesn't last very long and when it passes, I know it means you're well and safe again. I wish I could give you hugs and kisses, too, or at least hold you. It hurts me that I can't be there with you when you're hurting.
Love,
Elsa
You may have noticed that Anna's second letter in this set has perfect spelling and grammar. Well, as the letter states, she broke her arm falling out of a tree. After being patched up by Dr. Olsen, she's told not to use her arm until it gets better, but being the stubborn and determined young girl that she is, she still wants to write letters to her sister, so in the meantime, she's dictating them to Gerda. (By the way, I hated making Anna fall out of a tree and break her arm, but I thought it would add a little more excitement to the letters. Besides, I'm sure Anna would have broken some bones in her childhood.)
I expect there to be at least five more chapters/letters before we get to the second verse of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?", and since I usually post at least two at a time when I update, we should get there fairly quickly. Hopefully, it'll be within the next couple of weeks or so.
Thanks for reading! More chapters coming soon! :)