Translation of Strohhalm

I like writting you messages although most of it is really pointless. I mean it is very good for my English studies, but except that I could not understand why you would be interested in reading it.
However, if you are able to link to us from another major site (school site, language site, maybe even a good private site), I will be able to convince my colleagues to make an exception and upload your lessons.
My wife and her started a nice conversation and the village girl did not believe that my wife was older than thirty years old. My wife considered herself as old, but the little girl explained her that she wasn't.