My dear wise owl Fr. Francis

В 1904 году 12-летний Джон Толкин послал письмо-ребус другу семьи, отцу Френсису Моргану. К сожалению, вторая страница письма не сохранилась

Перевод (англ)

Tolkien’s address, in the upper right, is Woodside House, Rednal (wood, S, eye, 500=D, E, house, red [N, A, 50=L])

The rest of the page reads:

My dear wise owl Fr. Francis, (1000=M, eye, deer, Y’s, owl, “Fr.”, France, hiss)

You are too bad (U, R, 2, bee, A, 500=D)

not to come in (knot, 2, sea, O, 1000=M, E, inn)

spite of Fr. Dennis. (spit, E, “OF:, “Fr.”, 500=D, hen, eye, S)

I am so sorry you (Hyam, sew, saw, rye, yew)

did not like the (500=D, eye, D, knot, 50=L, “bike” – B, tea, HE)

word “piano” in my l… (words, pea, “note” – T, inn, M, eye, 50=L)

…ast letter. So I… (“mast” – M, letter, sow, eye)

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