That was the sort of perch for Pee-wee.

He read on: I told your uncle I reckoned you wouldn't care to come here being you live in such a lively place but he said this summer you would like to come for there will be plenty for you to do because there is going to be a spelling match in the town hall and an Uncle Tom's Cabin show in August.
You can have plenty of milk and fresh eggs and Miss Arabella Bellison who has the school is staying this summer and she will let you in the schoolhouse where there is a library of more than forty books but some of the pages are gone Pepsy says.
She says to tell you she will show you where she cut her initials but I tell her not to put such ideas in your head and she knows how to climb in even if the door is locked, such goings on as she and Wiggle have, they will be the death of me.
Well, Walter, you will be welcome if you can come and spend the summer with us.

I suppose you're a great big boy by now; your mother was always tall for her age.
There are boys here who would like to be scout boys and your uncle says you can teach them.

We will do all we can so that you have a pleasant summer if you come and tell your mother we will be real glad to see you and will take good care of you.
I can't write more now because I am putting up preserves, one hundred jars already.

The apples will be rotting on the trees, it's a shame.