Dally sent the letter to his birth mom and there was no reply for months. The gang began to think there wouldn't be a reply. Finally, almost six months later, a letter came in the mail from Poland. Dally ran to the Curties house without even opening it.

"Look! A reply!" He exclaimed.

"What'd she say?" Pony asked.

"I wanted to open it here."

"Go ahead."

Dally pulled the letter out of the envelope and read it to himself. He smiled slightly. "It says she's thrilled that I contacted her. She's always dreamed we'd meet. My birth dad died in an accident before I was born, and she would've been too poor to raise me." 

"That's real sweet." Soda says. "Does it say anything else?"

"It says that if I could go visit or at least write to her again that would be great."

"Are you going to?" Darry asks.

"Yeah. I think I will." Dally says. "I'll put in a picture and tell her about you guys."