i bind up the packet of letters and the miniature of me , which i know ai n't good enough but i 'm sending it along , anyway , and i bind them up in oiled paper that i got from art class to keep them safe and i get some sealing wax from penmanship and drops a great gob of melted wax on the edge of the folder and then presses me thumb into it to hold it together and make it personal-like and then , after penmanship , i tucks it in my bodice and shoves me whistle up one sleeve and me shiv up the other cause who knows what i might need it , and then i am off and out through the kitchen and out into the world .