when you sailed here.
Yesterday, we took the dinghy out on the loch and fished for trout. Hamish caught six and I caught one and we ate them for supper. Hamish did all the gutting which was very decent of him as I hate doing it.
Tomorrow we are going out mackerel fishing on the sound with our grandfather. We use a line with hooks and trawl it along behind the boat to catch them, so itâs easy, really. Hamish and I have been to Glas Uig several times, of course. Last time we fished off the jetty and caught some crabs. The whaleâs jaw-bone is still there, by the way. I should think it will be there for thousands of years.
Angus, Grandfatherâs gamekeeper, has been teaching me to shoot and Iâve been practicing with targets behind the barn. Iâm to start with rabbits when Iâm good enough â there are millions of them on the island because there are no foxes. Hamish shoots them quite often and then he has to gut and skin them ready for cooking, which is a horrible job.
I hope your exam results were all right.
I couldnât find any spelling mistakes at all in your last letter. Youâre getting awfully good.
Yes, I learned the piano piece all right. Itâs a Sonatina by Mozart and quite easy, really. Easier than the Chopin Nocturne.
We have a class called Musical Appreciation at school when we sit and listen to records. They played Beethovenâs Fifth Symphony last term and I thought it was wonderful but it must be miles better to hear a live orchestra playing it.
From,
Stroma
24th August, 1937
Dear Stroma,
Thank you for your letter from Craigmore and all your news.
Bruno and I have also learned to shoot at targets, like you. They have teached us at school and we shoot with rifles.
I succeeded with my exams and so I am to go to the Naval Academy. My father is very pleased.
You have made a spelling mistake in your last letter! It should be practising not practicing. I know this only because we were told by our English teacher. He explained the difference to us. I think that English is a very difficult language to spell.
I do not yet know where I will be doing my National Labour Service, but if you will write to my home, the letter will be sent to me. If you find a photo, please send it to me.
From,
Reinhard
6th September, 1937
Dear Reinhard,
Iâm glad you passed your exams and got into the Naval Academy. Congratulations.
By the way, itâs âtaughtâ, not âteachedâ. And I donât mind your saying about âpractisingâ. I always get it wrong. English can be awfully tricky. Can you say these words right? Cough, bough, rough, plough, tough, dough? They all end in the same letters but every one is pronounced differently.
I shot a rabbit by the woods at Craigmore yesterday and I donât think I ever want to shoot anything again. It was running along happily and when I hit it, it fell down dead. I felt awful when I went to pick it up. It had such lovely soft brown fur and bright eyes. Iâve hung it up in the outhouse to go stiff and then Iâll have to skin and gut it for Ellen our cook, which I know will make me feel even worse.
I hope your Labour Service goes all right. It sounds ghastly.
From,
Stroma
20th October, 1937
Dear Stroma,
Your letter took a very long time to come to me because I am far away from Hamburg. I am working to build a road between Rostock and Berlin. Itâs not exactly a new one. We are making the old one much wider so that there is room for more cars and lorries. It will be a hundred and fifty kilometres long when it is finished. We work for many hours in one day and at night we sleep in wooden huts or tents. Itâs not so bad but I have many aches with muskels and many cuts and bruises. They give us good food after we have finished work and we are always very hungry.
You should not be sorry about the rabbit. You killed it very quickly so that it will not have suffered at all. I think there must
Yesterday, we took the dinghy out on the loch and fished for trout. Hamish caught six and I caught one and we ate them for supper. Hamish did all the gutting which was very decent of him as I hate doing it.
Tomorrow we are going out mackerel fishing on the sound with our grandfather. We use a line with hooks and trawl it along behind the boat to catch them, so itâs easy, really. Hamish and I have been to Glas Uig several times, of course. Last time we fished off the jetty and caught some crabs. The whaleâs jaw-bone is still there, by the way. I should think it will be there for thousands of years.
Angus, Grandfatherâs gamekeeper, has been teaching me to shoot and Iâve been practicing with targets behind the barn. Iâm to start with rabbits when Iâm good enough â there are millions of them on the island because there are no foxes. Hamish shoots them quite often and then he has to gut and skin them ready for cooking, which is a horrible job.
I hope your exam results were all right.
I couldnât find any spelling mistakes at all in your last letter. Youâre getting awfully good.
Yes, I learned the piano piece all right. Itâs a Sonatina by Mozart and quite easy, really. Easier than the Chopin Nocturne.
We have a class called Musical Appreciation at school when we sit and listen to records. They played Beethovenâs Fifth Symphony last term and I thought it was wonderful but it must be miles better to hear a live orchestra playing it.
From,
Stroma
24th August, 1937
Dear Stroma,
Thank you for your letter from Craigmore and all your news.
Bruno and I have also learned to shoot at targets, like you. They have teached us at school and we shoot with rifles.
I succeeded with my exams and so I am to go to the Naval Academy. My father is very pleased.
You have made a spelling mistake in your last letter! It should be practising not practicing. I know this only because we were told by our English teacher. He explained the difference to us. I think that English is a very difficult language to spell.
I do not yet know where I will be doing my National Labour Service, but if you will write to my home, the letter will be sent to me. If you find a photo, please send it to me.
From,
Reinhard
6th September, 1937
Dear Reinhard,
Iâm glad you passed your exams and got into the Naval Academy. Congratulations.
By the way, itâs âtaughtâ, not âteachedâ. And I donât mind your saying about âpractisingâ. I always get it wrong. English can be awfully tricky. Can you say these words right? Cough, bough, rough, plough, tough, dough? They all end in the same letters but every one is pronounced differently.
I shot a rabbit by the woods at Craigmore yesterday and I donât think I ever want to shoot anything again. It was running along happily and when I hit it, it fell down dead. I felt awful when I went to pick it up. It had such lovely soft brown fur and bright eyes. Iâve hung it up in the outhouse to go stiff and then Iâll have to skin and gut it for Ellen our cook, which I know will make me feel even worse.
I hope your Labour Service goes all right. It sounds ghastly.
From,
Stroma
20th October, 1937
Dear Stroma,
Your letter took a very long time to come to me because I am far away from Hamburg. I am working to build a road between Rostock and Berlin. Itâs not exactly a new one. We are making the old one much wider so that there is room for more cars and lorries. It will be a hundred and fifty kilometres long when it is finished. We work for many hours in one day and at night we sleep in wooden huts or tents. Itâs not so bad but I have many aches with muskels and many cuts and bruises. They give us good food after we have finished work and we are always very hungry.
You should not be sorry about the rabbit. You killed it very quickly so that it will not have suffered at all. I think there must
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