I did a couple of Skype visits with the kids at the Shekou International School, which is billed as “Shenzhen’s Leading School for Expatriates.” They are also billed by Sock Monkey and friends as the “Leading School in Generous Donations of Plush Toys,” because—remember?—they sent me these:
Plush!
And their teacher, Kimberly Shannon, really and truly looks like this when she walks through the Halls of Academia at the school (I’m hoping on a daily basis):
The same tailor Ms. Shannon hired to make the toys also made this costume!
Anyway, after the Skype visit, they wrote to me. I wrote to them. And then they wrote back. And here’s a bold sample of what I got:
This would be the coolest fabric for a pillow, ever.
And I also received a 100% accurate drawing of me sneezing, and I’ll leave you with that.
The eyes spell my name!