the note is from your mother and tells you your father is coming to town and plans to bring you to the circus. the money is for your mother from the last time he visited. the poster has never been unrolled and was given to you by a friend of your father’s you had no doubt was the strongest man in the world. the spoon is for those times you have no heat. the dictionary is fairly new and belonged to your brother. he circled the word phantom twice, ****** once, and underlined strife. presumably before he died. if you happen upon my half sister you can give her the picture you’re going to use to recognize her. I’m looking at it now. it’s definitely her.