love letter---can you understand the letter
By xiongqh
@xiongqh (791)
Hong Kong
    December 21, 2006 9:21pm CST
                         
            There once lived a lad who was deeply in love with a girl, but disliked by the girl's father, who didn't want to see any further development of their love. The lad was eager to write to the girl, yet he was quite sure that the father would read it first. So he wrote such a letter to the girl: 
My love for you I once expressed 
no longer lasts, instead, my distaste for you 
is growing with each passing day. Next time I see you, 
I even won't like that look yours. 
I'll do nothing but 
look away from you. You can never expect I'll 
marry you. The last chat we had 
was so dull and dry that you shouldn't think it 
made me eager to see you again. 
If we get married, I firmly believe I'll 
live a hard life, I can never 
live happily with you, I'll devote myself 
but not 
to you. No one else is more 
harsh and selfish and least 
solicitous and considerate than you. 
I sincerely want to let you know 
what I said is true. Please do me a favor by 
ending our relations and refrain from 
writing me a reply. Your letter is always full of 
things which displease me. You have no 
sincere care for me. So long! Please believe 
I don't love you any longer. Don't think 
I still have a love of you! 
Having read the letter, the father felt relieved and gave it to his daughter with a light heart. The girl also felt quite pleased after she read it carefully, her lad still had a deep love for her. Do you know why? In fact, she felt very sad when she read the letter for the first time. But she read it for a few more times and, at last, she found the key - only every other line should be read, that is the first line, the third, the fifth … and so on to the end.
2 responses
         @alecs76 (657)
 • Philippines
                    23 Jan 07
                    Cool love letter. But the receipient should know how to decode it.
My love for you I once expressed 
is growing with each passing day. Next time I see you, 
I'll do nothing but 
marry you. The last chat we had 
made me eager to see you again. 
If we get married, I firmly believe I'll 
live happily with you, I'll devote myself 
to you. No one else is more 
solicitous and considerate than you. 
what I said is true. Please do me a favor by 
ending our relations and refrain from 
writing me a reply. Your letter is always full of 
sincere care for me. So long! Please believe 
I still have a love of you! 
                    
                            
                        