I hope this letter finds you well. (That's a traditional Distant Lands greeting!)

I just got a new pet rat! I named it Mrs. Fuzzy. Mom says I can keep him if I look after him and wax him every day. She said if I get sick of him, she knows a really nice farm where he can go and live, so there's really no pressure.

Me and Ricky spent a few hours working on our great tree fort yesterday. We're almost done with the war room and we're working on an alligator-filled moat to keep the girls out.

Another!