Dear William, Daniel, Catherine, Michael, and Sarah, (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
From some of my prior letters to you (e.g., when I wrote to William about his first book), you may have gotten the impression that I like books — well, you are RIGHT! And, you already know that even I wrote a book about some aspects of my life, and my Mom’s life.
As a law student, it was quite a challenge for me because I read relatively S L O W L Y. In comparison, Babcia Krysia is a FAST reader.
I did read books as a kid — I remember reading Heidi several times; and I read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (by Jules Verne) serveral times. I also read W Pustyni i w Puszczy (translated: In Desert and Wilderness; by Henryk Sienkiewicz) in Polish, Spanish, and English.
As a kid, I used to go to the Library very often, and would look at many books, on a variety of topics — and then, I would take out many books, take them home, and read them there.
When I registered for High School (Mater Christi Catholic Diocesan High School, in Astoria, N.Y.C. [I previously told you about some of my experiences there HERE and HERE]), I received HOMEWORK for the summer before I even started school! One of my assignments was the read a book called: “How To Read A Book” I though (then) that this was the siliest thing to do — to read a VERY thick book about how to read a book.
(Circa 1965) My Dad, surprised (and probably annoyed by his photo-snapping teenage son), as he was trying to read the New York Times (probably on a Sunday after church) — note our very first black and white Zenith television, purchased by my parents in 1959, when we came to America
I told you that Babcia Krysia is a fast reader — my Dad, also, was a fast reader, and he LOVED to read. I think that my children, Marek, Rysiu and Malgosia were fortunate to inherit Babcia Krysia’s reading abilities — now I hope that each of YOU also inherited the ability to read and comprehend quickly, and that you enjoy and read MANY good books.
Love,
Dziadziuś Paweł.
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