Dear Olha,
Dear Kate,
In your last letter you have asked me about my best friend. Well, franklyspeaking, my friend Natalia and I have known each other for many years. We gotacquainted in the first form when we were six years old. We sat at one desk forfive years. When we were children, we collected Christmas cards and this hobbymade us close friends.We spent much time together. We tried to make our activities not only joyfulbut useful as well. On weekdays we went in for sports. We were fond of tennis asit is a very beautiful kind of sports. Last year we participated in a tennistournament for pupils. It was held in our town. We were not the first, but wewere not the last! In summer we used to go to the forest or lake with our parents.My father taught us to swim and now both Natalia and I can swim very well.Natalia's mother loved theatre very much. She used to take us to the PuppetTheatre. Now she says that we are adults and takes us to the Drama Theatre.We are really good friends. Natalia is a very nice girl. She is kind andsincere. Natalia is very clever and hardworking. She studies well. She isespecially good at English. She wants to become an English teacher.Twice a week we go to the English language club at our school. There westudy English, learn about English speaking countries and their culture, singEnglish songs. We like to take part in different performances. Now we arepreparing to the party of the Last Lesson. Natalia is going to sing a song and Iwill be the hostess of our party.To cut a long story short, I am very happy to have a friend like Natalia.Olha, could you write me about your best friend? How long do you knoweach other and what interests do you share?Heartily yours,Yuliya