Dear Isabel and Louise,

- Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me I found your present but I got it two weeks after! my birthday. - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me You must have thought I was very ungrateful to you both, but you're wrong there, and the story that follows will account for my delay.

- Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me when the postman brought the envelope home I was away on a short holiday in the Canary islands. I went there to do some scuba-diving in the magnificient reefs whose underwater life is still breathtaking.

On that day, - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me my neighbour Rosa happened to open the door next to mine on her way to the park with her 3 kids and she talked to the postman. - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me she was kind enough to accept to keep the envelope for me till I came back. Then, - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me her 7-year-old daughter María hid the envelope in her anorak. Later on, - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me with recycled paper, she dropped the envelope through the top opening.

It was only a few days later, when I arrived home one evening that - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me my neighbour opened the door and told me about the postman. She then went inside to fetch the envelope but, - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me it wasn't there.

After quite a lot of detective work on the children, little María confessed. Then we hurried to the container and the funniest thing happened. María, - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me offered to slide through the top opening to try and find the envelope among the rest of the cardboard. She disappeared inside before the puzzled eyes of the people passing by. After a short while we saw her large eyes sparkling with joy - Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me as she produced a creased yellowish envelope which I opened just to find your two precious presents - still intact - in the inside.

- Moreover Who is slim enough As they walked past the container At last To start with As you can see For example When the postman was ringing my doorbell for the second time Sorry about that! All the same In fact To her surprise Without her realising it Among piles of old newspapers On hearing me one can't say that receiving presents is an easier thing to do than sending them !

Thanks a lot for being such caring friends !

Love,Tom.