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Dear Everybuggy,
I have been reading Cricket for two years. It is
amazing!
I play the cello and take ballet. I love to cook,
sew,draw,write,dance,garden,andread.Thankyou
foryouramazingmag.Ialwayslookforwardtoit.
Zoe Ashbaugh, age 11
Lafayette, Colorado

Dear Cricket,
IjustgotmyfirstCricketmagazine! It’s the
best.Ican’twaittogetthenextone.Iwassad
thatAskhadgoneawaybecausemymotherdid
notrenewit.SoIwassooooohappy when I saw
Cricket.How do you make the magazine? I’ve
always wanted to make a magazine. Where do you
get the pictures on the cover?
Nathan, age 8
Clearwater, Florida

Dear Nathan,
Welcome toCricket!Writersfromalloverthe
worldsendusstoriesandpoems,andwechoose
the best for our magazines. We also reprint some
thingsfrombooksinourlibrary.Ourartdirector
thenselectsanartisttoillustrateeachstoryor
poem and the cover.
Love,
Old Cricket

Dear Cricket,
I have 229 pets: 36 chickens, 10 chicks, 5 ducks,
9goats,7pigs,90meatchickenchicks,3turkey
polts (chicks), 9 big turkeys, 50+ big meat chickens,
2cats,5kittens,1guarddog,and2housedogs.All
ourcatsarebarncats.Someofourchickenswill
have more chicks soon! We also have a garden and
we take good care of our plants. Part of our garden
ismine,andIliketogrowzinnias.Ialsoam
growing an herb garden this year.
Iamalistperson.Ialmostalways
havealisttomakesureIdon’t
missanything.Ialsoliketodrawa
diagramofthingslikemygarden.I
have two brothers and two sisters.
Maria
Wooster, Ohio

Dear Cricket,

I really like gold, silver, blue,

purple, red, and turquoise. My

favorite buggies are Ladybug,

Pussywillow, and Cricket. I have

had your mag since November

2015.Ilovesports.

Here at Cricket Studios we

make f ilms, music videos, songs,

and commercials, and it includes a

shopping mall, a hotel, and restaurant/

café. Do pay a visit to Cricket Studios—in your

dreams,please.Itdoesn’texist.

Animal Girl, Actress at Cricket Studios

Sunnyvale, California

DearCricketreaders,

Firstquestion:Canwecomeupwithsome

newletterbeginnings?Theoldone(“Iknow

you’ve heard this _____ times, but.. .”) is just get-

ting boring. Write in with any other ideas!

Second question: Any book ideas? Lots of

youlikethesamebooksIdo,soItrustyour

opinions. I like books like Harry Potter,Echoby

Pam Muñoz Ryan, andButterfliesby Susanne

Gervay. The last two are really unique books

that I don’t expect a lot of people have read. If

anyone knows of more books like them, please

sendthemin!Iwouldlikesuggestionsfrom

people around my age. Reply to either question

if you can!

LacieD./LunaLovegood(myfavoriteHarry

Potter character), age 14

Kentucky

P.S.Thankyoutoallthesixteen-year-oldswhostill

subscribe toCricket!I’vealwaysdreadedtheday

when I’ll feel too old to get this magazine, and you

guys have shown me that I won’t be the only one

still subscribing at sixteen.

Dear Lacie,

Ihopeyouenjoythebeginnings

of the letters in this issue! And we

have many adult subscribers. No

oneisevertoooldforagoodstory!

Love,

Cricket

Hi!

I’m new to the Chatterbox. I just got my

July 2018 issue of Cricket, and a bunch

of the Letterbox was about how great

Chatterboxis,soIthoughtI’dtryitout.

I’mgoingintoseventhgradeandI’m

obsessed with reading, writing, running,

and my ten-month-old yellow Lab, Blue,

who my family thinks may be my long-lost

twin, since we can read each other’s minds

andabunchofotherthings.WhenIgrowup,I

want to be a teacher, author, president, dog trainer,

and, well, basically everything else. My grandma

says I have a lot going for me.

I have a little sister, Clara, and a bunch of

friends, but my three best ones are Kendra, Ollie

(Olivia), and Charlotte. My parents separated over

April vacation, so that’s why I’m listing two states.

EliseK.,age

Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Down to Earth, Chatterbox

We just got two new kittens,

and they are adorable! One

really cute thing they do is

sleepinthislittlebasketwe

have on the porch where

they are right now together.

They also are escape artists!

Theminuteyouopenthe

door, they’ll be by you. And

they love to jump onto the

windowsillandusuallyendupfallingoff.

MyAuntAhadcancerafewyearago,andmy

Aunt MJ, who lives in the Dominican Republic,

came home to take care of her, and she brought

oneofhermanydogs,Lola,withher.AuntAfellin

love with Lola and asked if she could just keep her,

andAuntMJsaidyesbecauseshehadliketendogs

backhome.Fastforwardafewweeks(afterMJ

hadflownbackhome),andLolagetsoutandruns

and runs and runs. They put notices on Facebook

and everywhere. Finally they found her at the

airport, which means she must have run across a

highway! Anyway, she is safe and happy now.

Bluebird, Ask CBers Questions!

Chirp at Cricket, Chatterbox

THIS ONE’S

FOR YOU. MEWY YAY!

Hi

goff.

I LOVE LISTS, TOO!

I’M MAKING A

LIST OF MY LISTS.

CRICKET STUDIOS

IS IN MY DREAMS,

FOR SURE!

IT’S SCARY WHEN

A PET GETS LOST.

NEVER RUN AWAY,

PUSS!

MEWY

MEW!