South African answers U.S. message in a bottle .  JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-22  A South African boy is writing back to an [START_ENT] American [END_ENT] girl whose message in a bottle he found washed up on President Nelson Mandela 's old prison island .  But Carlo Hoffmann , an 11-year-old jailer 's son who found the bottle on the beach at Robben Island off Cape Town after winter storms , will send his letter back by ordinary mail on Thursday , the post office said .  It will be sent for free .  Danielle Murray from Sandusky , Ohio , the same age as her new penfriend , asked for a reply from whoever received the message she flung on its journey months ago on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean .
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