Seventeenth Letter From Taiwan (The gifts from Ms. Wu!!)

Hello! Dear Mrs. Tina,

These items are the gifts that Ms. Wu wants to give you.

第十七封信（吳老師的禮物！！）

哈囉！親愛的緹納老師，

下列項目是吳老師想要送給你的禮物。

1. The handmade decoration of our Chinese New Year. The “ Ji”（homonymic as orange in Chinese）means lucky and everything being all right.

【the picture called “leedraw's gifts 01”】

1.春節的手工裝飾品（大吉大利）：「吉」（中文音與橘子的音相似）意謂著幸運與萬事如意。

2. Two Spring Festival couplets- One means that the country is prosperous and the people live in safety. The other means wishing everyone joy respectfully.

【the picture called “leedraw's gifts 07”- Ms. Wu and the Spring Festival couplets】

2.兩份春聯：一份（國泰民安）意謂著國家昌勝繁榮人民安居樂業。另一份（恭喜發財）則是恭敬地祝福大家欣喜愉快。【請看吳老師禮物的圖片07】

3. The scissor-cut made by Ms. Wu.（An art homework of Ms. Wu, when she was a senior high school student.）

【the picture called “leedraw's gifts 05,06”】

3.吳老師所做的剪紙（吳老師高中時的美勞作業）【請看吳老師禮物的圖片05、06】

4. Two handmade knives of Ms. Wu.

【the picture called “leedraw's gifts 03”】

4.吳老師的兩把手工刀子【請看吳老師禮物的圖片03】

We all hope you’ll like them.

Have a nice day!!

P.S We mailed our “red gifts” on 2002/03/05.

Your Taiwan Friends,

Mr. Shiu, Ms. Ko & Ms. Wu

2002.03.14

我們都希望你們會喜歡它們。

（祝你們）有個愉快的一天！

備註：我們已在2002年3月5日將我們的「紅色禮物」郵寄出去了。

你們的台灣朋友們

徐進宗、柯貝旻與吳麗招

2002.03.14

＊【以下為附檔圖片】：

【leedraw's gifts 01】 【leedraw's gifts 03】 【leedraw's gifts 05】

【leedraw's gifts 06】

【leedraw's gifts 07】