When I read about people and events of the past I often wonder what sort of correspondence has taken place between the people engaged in these times. It would be convenient if these letters, if they actually existed, were homed in some vast internet treasury. But for the most part, they need to be invented...
Dearest Wilhelm,
Upon my last writing I had informed you of my long and steady moose companion which followed my person upon this island of Hven. Noting that he was indeed a worthy creature to entertain you, the man of Kassel, I had hoped to lend him to you to increase your pleasure on earth. Alas, at the time of that letter, my dear moose friend had gone in the company of a local nobleman to attend a banquet. It was with heavy heart that this nobleman did just inform me that my constant companion had drunk too much ale and fallen down the stairs. It was with the greatest care to which he was attended. Yet, despite the carefullest of watch, he took to death not but two nights past. Yet even as gifted as I am at replacing parts of me that have been lost to catastrophe, it will take me a some time to find a suitable replacement among the livestock of this estate.
Your celestial friend,
Tycho Brahe
Click here to read more about the Tycho Brahe, his inspirational astronomical findings, the nose he lost in a duel over math, the silver replacement he fashioned in its place and his pet moose who did indeed get drunk and fall down the stairs.
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