Imagine that you live in a small-town in a European land. (In-fact, possibly you live there.) You read about an interesting boy in an Asian land. You think, "Oh, I want to be his friend. I will-send to him a letter." So you write (in your national language),

"I want to-know you and learn about you, your hobbies, your hopes and dreams -- and about your customs and country."

But "Oh ("ve" indicates distress)," you think. "He not will-understand the letter. He not knows my language. How I will-send to him a message?

"Do that by-means-of Esperanto," suggests a friend.

Yes. Do that by-means-of Esperanto," suggest the children who compose questions and answers in this booklet. "By-means-of the booklet, we will-help you to-speak the beautiful language. At-the-same-time you will-learn a little bit (iom + et + e) about our lands."

Yes. While you will-learn about other lands, you also will-learn to-ask and to-answer in-Esperanto. We will-help you to-do that by-means-of a list of geographical words, page 20, and by-means-of an amusing game. While you study the booklet, explore an earth-globe, atlas (map + ar +o) and books in-order to-learn more about each land. Afterwards, please send (literally, be-of-such-good-will-as to-send) to us questions and answers in-Esperanto, and drawings, about your land.