I read a story in middle school about a farmer who is communicating to aliens at the bottom of his well. He sends them a dicitonary via the bucket and the aliens are suddenly able to write in english. I'm pretty sure it's not Bradbury, but does anyone know what it is? Thanks!

-Nealo.

It sounds familiar. You can try asking here: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=rec.arts.sf.written&btnG=Search&meta=

and here: http://forums.abebooks.com/abesleuthcom

After Nealo remembered the collection as "The Book of Nasty Endings," Wart on the Abebooks Booksleuth Forum remembered the story as "Hey, You Down There!" by Harold Rolseth.