Stranger’s Note Inspires 5-Year-Old To Read (Photo)

One Washington mother was happily surprised when her 5-year-old daughter received an encouraging note from a stranger.

Alaura May was riding the bus from downtown Seattle to Greenwood when her 5-year-old daughter said she was worried about starting kindergarten.

“I’m going to be shy, I could be shy,” Ella Mitchell, May’s daughter, told news station KING.

Ella was concerned about learning to read and a stranger overheard the conversation. The man gave May a letter, which moved her, reports Yahoo News.

The letter reads:

“When you practice letters enough, and the sounds they make, they’ll start to work together and make sense, and then you’ll be reading. When you can read, you’ll know what EVERYTHING says. All the signs, all the names, all the books, writing is EVERYWHERE if you look. Soon you’ll be able to read books, and everything there is to know is in them! You’ll be able to find out whatever you want! It probably won’t be easy, but it won’t be hard forever. It’s going to be so exciting! Good luck!”

Ella has since pored over the letter time and time again. She’s handled it so much the week-old letter already shows signs of age.

Now, Ella says she can’t wait to start kindergarten in the fall, according to Woman’s Day.

Although May didn’t ask for the man’s phone number or name, she and Ella want him to know how grateful they are for the letter.

Since the bus ride, May has posted the letter to several social media websites in the hopes of communicating their thanks.

Sources: Yahoo News, Woman’s Day / Photo credit: Yahoo News