APRIL 11
 

DEAR VINCENT AND CATHERINE,
 

MARY AND REBECCA TOLD MOUSE TO WRITE TO YOU. EVERYONE'S WISHING YOU A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY IN A  LETTER. THEY SAID THE LETTERS WILL BE A GIFT. ALREADY MAKING A GIFT FOR YOU.  FOUND THINGS ABOVE IN A SPECIAL PLACE. IT'LL BE NEAT.  BUT I WANT TO DO THIS, TOO.  I'M JUST NOT SURE I CAN WRITE DOWN THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY.  SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS. I'LL TRY. A LONG, LONG TIME AGO VINCENT TAUGHT MOUSE HOW TO TALK AND READ AND WRITE. THE WORDS ARE RIGHT THERE INSIDE MOUSE'S HEART AND MIND. HOPE THEY CAN GET INTO A LETTER.
 

HAVE A MEMORY TO TELL YOU. IT'S ABOUT VINCENT-- ABOUT
CATHERINE, TOO. WHEN VINCENT FOUND A CRYSTAL FOR CATHERINE,

HE ASKED MOUSE TO HELP. TO TAKE GOLD WIRE AND MAKE IT INTO A NECKLACE. IT'S A GIFT, HE SAID. A GIFT FOR CATHERINE. VINCENT TELLS MOUSE THINGS. HE LISTENS AND HE DOESN'T THINK THE QUESTIONS ARE STUPID. REMEMBER MOUSE'S QUESTION, VINCENT?

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HAVE A LOVE?
 

VINCENT SAID IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY. IT CHANGED HIS LIFE – MADE HIS ALONENESS GO AWAY FOREVER.  DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE, BUT I TRUST VINCENT. CATHERINE, TOO. IF VINCENT SAYS SO, THEN IT'S TRUE. HE WOULDN'T LIE TO MOUSE.
 

BUT EVEN IF THE WORDS AREN'T THERE, IT'S STILL TRUE. IT'S INSIDE HEARTS AND MINDS. MAYBE NO ONE WOULD KNOW THIS IF IT WEREN'T FOR VINCENT AND CATHERINE. THEY SHOW US WHAT LOVE IS.
 

FROM YOUR FRIEND, MOUSE