Nancy, Claire, and Susan's New Language

5" x 7" greeting card with craft envelope and blank card insert for writing personal message

Story excerpt = first two paragraphs:

Nancy, Claire, and Susan were excited when they won first prize at the 1955 Science and Innovation Exposition in Los Angeles. Their invention - a new language comprising of only one letter and two symbols - awed spectators. The words were spoken rapidly with a combination of short bursts of vowel sounds followed by varying degrees of guttural throat clearing. No one had ever heard anything like it.

Nancy, Claire, and Susan really thought their language would catch on but when prospective students learned it would take ten years to master, they fell away. The ladies were determined to keep the language going, using it in restaurants until they got tired of being kicked out, and to write letters to their representatives in Congress until the FBI showed up at their doors. Not wanting to give up, they decided to simply communicate with each other over long range radios. Then one night, they vanished without a trace.

Gene Roddenberry was part of that enthusiastic crowd at the 1955 exposition. ...

(story continues ... nobody likes a ruined ending)

Suggested occasions = anytime, mother's day, father's day, Star Trek fans, graduation