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Ralph Moody
1309 Castillo Avenue
Burlingame, CA
April 10,1966
Mr. Gregg Green
124 Foreside Road,
Topsham,
Maine
My dear partner, Gregg,
What a good letter you wrote me! I couldn’t have begun to do that well when I was eight years old. You make me very happy when you tell me that you have read three of my books, and that you have liked them.
When I lived with my grandfather in Lisbon Falls, we used to come over to Topsham and Brusnwick in the spring to sell strawberries and tomatoes, and in the fall to sell apples, and the kids around Lisbon Falls used to sing a song about,
“Potatoes they grow small in Topsham,
And they eat ‘em tops and all in Topsham,
Potatoes they grow small, and they dig ‘em in the fall,
And they eat ‘em tops and all in Topsham.”
I don’t believe I’ve thought of that old song in fifty years, but I can still hear the kids singing it if I just shut my eyes. Thanks for writing and bringing it back to my memory, and all the good to you always, my friend. I’ll sure drop by to say hello the next time I come back to the old home farm.
Sincerely,
Ralph Moody
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