The runner set out with the letter. At first, he ran well; but then he heard an animalin front of him. He could not see it, but it was a big animal. It made a lot of noise. He ranback and went up a tree. He waited there for a long time until he could not hear the animal.Then he came down the tree. But he could not find the letter; it was lost.
He remembered the ship, which was going on its way down the river. He ran throughthe forest and looked for the letter. There was not much time. He must find the letterquickly. At last he saw it on the ground under a tree.
The runner caught the ship, and the ship took the letter down to the sea. There it wasput into a bag with some other letters, and the bag was put into a bigger ship. On the nextday it set out on its long journey over the sea, and in about a month it got to London.
When the bags of letters were taken off the ship, something broke. Some of the bagsfell into the water. A man went down under the water to find the bags. He found them all.
Some men opened the bags and looked at the letters inside. The letters were wet, butthese men were able to read the names on the letters. They did this kind of work all theirlives. They knew their work. Susans letter went on its way with the others.
The bags of letters were put into a train. At the end of that journey they were all takenout, and seven of them were put into a fast train to Newton. Susan lived at Newton. Thetrain ran quickly through the night.
In a part of the train next to the bags, two men waited. At the right time they beganthe work which they were going to do. They made a big hole in the wooden wall, and gotthrough the hole to the bags of letters. Some of these letters had money in them, and thethieves knew about it. They wanted the money.
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