From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:

I handed in my composition yesterday and got it back today. Miss Cashen didn’t like this one either, although she marked it “Fair.” I guess it was too short. I just said…

A long time ago people had no pens and pencils to write with, so they used feathers from their geese. I hope they waited until their geese died before they pulled them out. They dried their letters by sprinkling sand on them, which they kept in salt shakers, because they didn’t have blotters.