my dear child,

so much has pasted since the 日 that i took あなた to live with those people, i know that あなた are so very young still but if あなた could read this letter, あなた would know and soon come to understand why i had to do what i did,

i was desparate and i had to find a job, and where i was working let me pay for あなた to get the things that i could never give you, like a ベッド to sleep in, and all of the pretty clothes that i paid with my own money to feed あなた and keep あなた safe,


I know that あなた don't understand this now, but when あなた become a mother あなた will come to understand why i had to do what i did yo save you, because your father abandoned us living us with nothing but the clothes on our backs.

愛
your mother
fantine.