Dear Wang Fei

We came back from a short holiday at Ayers Rock (艾尔斯山). Ayers Rock is in the centre of Australia. It's about 2, 000 km from Sydney (悉尼). It was cloudy at first. But after we left the mountain it was fine. Most of the land below looked like sand, though Dad told me it is greener than you think. 'There are a lot of sheep down there,' he said, 'but hardly any people!'

Ayers Rock is a large, low mountain. The day after we arrived, we got up early in the morning. We started climbing up before it was light. It was too hot, so we didn't get to the top. All round it is sand. When the sun goes down, the sand is almost red. The sky is red too, so it is very beautiful.

You asked me how many sheep there are in Australia. Well, there are a lot! There are about 17,000,000 people in Australia, and they say that there are ten sheep for every person. Do you know how many sheep there are?

Yours

Bob White