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I am [Name], and I’m in fifth grade. I have a school project where I have to choose a state, and I picked Missouri! For this project, I need to send letters to ten places in Missouri, so if you're reading this, consider yourself one of the lucky ones!

It was really hard to pick which places to send letters to because all the places are so cool! There are three parts to this project: one is sending letters, another is collecting things from the places, and the last part is making a brochure with the information I gather. You're probably thinking, "Wow, that’s a lot of work!" And yeah, it kind of is — I really need your help!

If you’d like to help (which I hope you do!), please send some photos and information about your location. I’m not writing this letter for fun — I promise! I’d also love to visit someday, but I’m only 11, so maybe in the future. My teacher said this letter should be at least three paragraphs, so I’m trying my best here. Oh, and if you can, could you also send some artifacts or cool things from your area? That would be amazing (but only if you want to, of course).

I think this counts as three paragraphs, right? Anyway, thank you so much for reading my letter and for sending anything back — even if it’s just a short note. (But please don’t send a hate letter! You know what they say in kindergarten — “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”) Okay, this is the end now — thanks again, and goodbye!