I Got A Letter is an episode.
Plot[]
One day at the Glover Residence, Little Bill was drawing and Big Bill was reading a newspaper when the mail carrier arrived. Little Bill watched the mail come through the door of the mail slot with interest. He took the mail over to Big Bill. There was one for Brenda and April and Big Bill got three envelopes. When Little Bill helps Big Bill bring in the mail one afternoon, he asks how people get mail addressed to them and saw the addresses were on the envelopes.
Big Bill called out to April that she got a letter from her friend from Basketball Camp in Arizona and April decided to write to her back. Little Bill wanted to let a letter too and wondered if there was something for him too but there wasn’t. Little Bill was disappointed. His father points out that in most cases, if you write a letter, you receive letters, so Little Bill chooses to write a letter to one of his friends as a test. So Big Bill sent Little Bill to get some paper and something to write with. Little Bill was excited to write his first letter. He decided to make a letter for Andrew. Little Bill wrote out Andrew’s name. So he draws a picture for Andrew.
Little Bill drew Harry the Helpful Horse that Little Bill read and then put his name on and put the drawing in the envelope. Big Bill then licked the envelope in a funny kind of way and Big Bill helps him address the envelope. Little Bill then licked the stamp in a funny kind of way too. And then put the stamp on.
Little and Big Bill walked to the mailbox at the end of the block and put the letter in. Little Bill learned that it takes time to mail to be delivered and mail is delivered anywhere in the world. Little Bill imagined himself flying on an airplane delivering mail around the world and even Mrs. Shapiro, who has lived in Hawaii since she moved there and then to the North and South Poles. Little Bill was snapped out of his imagination to have dinner.
A few days later, Andrew comes to school very excited and shows the class and even Miss Murray the letter Little Bill wrote. Miss Murray and everyone were impressed. Fuschia and Kiku arrived and they didn’t get any letters but Little Bill managed to tell them what Big Bill told him. All the other children ask to teach them how to write letters, too.
In the classroom, the children were drawing pictures. Little Bill volunteered to tell them what to do next when after putting letters: He told them that the stamp was next. Miss Murray had stamps for everyone. Kiku was puzzled at where the stamp goes. Little Bill said that the stamp goes in the top left corner of the envelope. Monty asks if the letters will arrive at their houses when they get back but Little Bill says it takes two days and everyone can wait that long.
After two days, Little Bill was waiting anxiously for the mail carrier. He heard a whistle but it was a man walking a dog. Little Bill was disappointed. He went to speak to Big Bill, who knew Andrew would write back. It had been a couple of days. Then Big Bill heard a whistle. It was the mail carrier. Big Bill saw there was mail for Bobby, Alice the Great, three more for Big Bill, and Little Bill, to his surprise, got a letter from Andrew.
Little Bill sung he got a letter and when he opened it, he got a drawing from Andrew and it was a picture of alligator. And when Little Bill was about to write to Little Bill back, Big Bill showed him two more letters from Kiku and Fuchsia. Little Bill helps his father bring in the mail, Big Bill points out that Little Bill received letters from Kiku, Andrew, and Fuchsia. Little Bill decides to write his friends and everyone else right back.
In bed, Little Bill started to remember what he did today. He showed the drawings from his friends and the book of Harry the Helpful Horse book and said the same thing that Harry’s cow, sheep, chicken and horse friends all said. Big Bill asked Little Bill who he was talking to but Little Bill laughs.
Goofs[]
- When Big Bill shows Little Bill the envelopes so he can see the address, none of them have a city, state, or zip code listed, and the return address only has the sender's name instead of a full address.
- When Little Bill is writing his first letter he is right-handed. When Little Bill is writing his second letter he is left-handed. It could be possible that Little Bill is ambidextrous or it could just be an animation error.
Trivia[]
- It's possible this episode takes place chronologically after Monty Joins the Class, since Monty is shown to be a member of Little Bill's class.
- The scene where Little Bill sings his "I Got A Letter" song is a huge reference to the Blue's Clues song, "We Just Got a Letter".
Facts[]
- Andrew's last name is Mulligan.