These are the pages of the journal I found in my attic that I’ve translated thus far. The numbers correspond to the letters of the alphabet (A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.).

PAGE ONE

“ring the bell ward off the flames of hell falling eyes board off see shelly”

PAGE TWO

“hard to see when she can’t see me stop staring playing games”

PAGE THREE

“nanna *says in her arms her scent you can’t get me”

*the only way 1913519 makes a real word is if 35 is supposed to be 25

PAGE FOUR

“words make it worse no words”

PAGE FIVE

“to describe her” *”keep here”

*this torn out piece of the page was folded and inserted into the spine of the journal with the words “keep here” written on the outside

PAGE SIX

illustration that shows eyes and a wide mouth in the dark, along with a circle and what appears to be the word “fun” or “run” in the bottom left corner

this is the other side of the page that was torn out and inserted into the spine

PAGE SEVEN

drawing of a door and staircase in darkness with part of page missing

PAGE EIGHT/NINE

what appears to be a crudely drawn face

PAGE TEN

around edges: “shelly wants a new dress”

in circle: “or else”

PAGE ELEVEN

“she sleeps behind [2805?] hearth”

2805 is likely supposed to be 2085, which would be “the”

PAGE TWELVE

drawing of a face, what appears to be a crib, and faintly the name “shelly”

PAGE THIRTEEN

drawing of a Christmas tree, ornament, and the face of the snowman seen on the basket in which the journal and doll were found

“ornament fell from tree again”

PAGE FOURTEEN

“be a jolly happy soul”

PAGE FIFTEEN

left margin: “she came back”

top margin non-faded numbers: “shelly”

top margin faded numbers: “burnt”

diagonal (continues onto next page): “she she she”

PAGE SIXTEEN

“one pound”

PAGE SEVENTEEN

the word “dead” written over and over, although embedded within this pattern are the names “martha,” “frank,” and “shelly”

PAGE EIGHTEEN

“face it!!! laura left took hannah all my fault i didn’t believe them”

PAGE NINETEEN

“nanna scared roses make it better”

“nanna’s words don’t make sense”

“basement shelly too tall has to crouch”

“head too big marble run”

“perfume makes shelly scream”

“she wants them back can’t reach”

“shelly“

PAGE TWENTY

a heart shape formed of the number 9 (letter I)

PAGE TWENTY-ONE

“i told her not to give that thing to hannah”

“senile loony my shelly my shelly lives in a fucking doll HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”

*diagonal numbers form the address of an old farmhouse about 45 mins away, OMITED

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