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| MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE |
Young
twins who sent a message in a bottle were stunned when the woman who found it
2,400 miles away turned up as a surprise visitor at their front door.
Lucie
and Ellie Readings, five, placed their messages into empty wine bottles before
throwing them into the sea at Dovercourt, Essex.
The
bottles were set afloat last August and Lucy’s was discovered on a beach in
Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands.
The
girls thought their messages had been lost at sea until the mystery woman
arrived at their door. It later emerged their guest had a friend from Essex so
decided to combine a visit to her with surprise visit.
The
girls’ mum Sally, 32, could not believe what had happened. She explained: “It
was the summer holidays and I was running out of things to do. Doing the
messages was just something to do on that day. I never expected something to
happen.”
The
Spanish finder of Lucy’s bottle was unable to read English so asked a friend to
translate. When
she realized the coincidence, she decided rather than try writing, she would
pay the girls a visit. Sally
added: “There was a knock at the door, which their dad, Frank, answered, when I
was out picking up the girls from dance class. I got home and Frank said we had
a visitor.
“It
was a shock but she was really sweet and had brought some donuts she had made
for the girls. It was lovely and the whole evening we kept saying we could not
believe what had happened.
“The
girls were very excited but they don’t really understand how rare it is for
something like this to happen.”
The
family is planning to keep in touch with their new Spanish friend who asked not
to be identified.
COURTESY: THE MIRROR
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