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Letter To Calvin And Hobbes Series
Hi, I don’t want to exhaust you with things about me because well… everybody skips that part. But I assure you, this the very exact reason why I’m writing this letter. As a kid, I never liked reading. Fiction, or nonfiction—I never could visualize a picture in my head. People tell me to read more to improve this mindset; that’s sort of a paradox for me, how can a kid improve imagination by reading a book where he can’t picture anything? I guess I understanded a few books, but it’s minute compared to other people. I kept on reading books I didn’t enjoy and consequently, it hindered with my reading skills even more. But anyways, enough boring things about me so I want to just I guess-- thank you, for your Calvin and Hobbes series. I enjoyed

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