She took the fountain pen, ink and air mail notepaper and began to write.
拿出钢笔、墨水和信纸开始写信。
When she had finished, she read the letter aloud to the woman.
写完后为她大声读出来。
How did you know that was exactly what I wanted to say?
这正是我想说的话，您是怎么知道的呢?
I often sit and look at my boys' letters, just like you, without a clue about what to write.
我也和你一样，常常坐在那里看儿子的来信，完全不知道写什么好。
A few days later the woman returned with a friend, then another one and yet another one
几天后，女人回来，带来一个朋友，后来又来一个，再一个……
they all had sons who fought in the war, and they all needed letters.
他们都有儿子在战场上奋战，都需要写信。
Mum had become the correspondent in our part of town. Sometimes she would write letters all day long.
妈妈变成了我们城镇的通讯员，有时她一整天都在写回信。
Mum always insisted that people signed their own letters,