Below, 20-year-old Sylvia Plath sends a telegram to her parents after breaking her fibula during her first time out skiing, in Ray Brook, New York.
BREAK BREAK BREAK ON THE COLD WHITE SLOPES OH KNEE ARRIVING FRAMINGHAM TUESDAY NIGHT 7:41. BRINGING FABULOUS FRACTURED FIBULA NO PAIN JUST TRICKY TO MANIPULATE WHILE CHARLESTONING. ANYTHING TO PROLONG VACATION. NORTONS WERE PLANNING TO MEET ME SO WHY NOT CALL TO CHECK. MUCH LOVE. YOUR FRACTIOUS FUGACIOUS FRANGIBLE SIVVY.
From Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963. Plath, Sylvia, and Aurelia Schober Plath. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.