the love letter
THE LOVE LETTER
Once there was a boy who loved a girl very much. The girl's father, however, did not like the boy and did not want their love to grow. The boy wanted to write the girl a love letter, but he was sure that the girl's father would read it first. At last he "wrote this letter to the girl.
The great love 1 °said I have for you
is "gone, and 1 find my 'dislike for you
•increases every day When I see you,
I do not even like the way you look;
the one thing I want to do is to
look the other way. I never wanted to
marry you. Our last 'conversation
was very 'dull and in no way has
"made me 'anxious to see you again.
You think only of yourself.
If we were married, I know that ! would find
life very 'difficult, and I would have no
'pleasure in living with you I have a heart
to give, but it is not a hea t
1 want to give to you. No one is more
'demanding or 'selfish than you, and less
able to care for me and be of help to me.
I 'sincerely want you to understand that
I speaK the 'truth. You will do me a 'favor
if you 'consider this the end. Do not try
to answer this. Your letters are full of
things that do not interest me. You have no
true 'concern for me. Good-bye! Believe me,
I do not care for you. Please do not think
I am still your loving friend.
The girl's father "read the letter. He was pleased, and then "gave the letter to his 'daughter.
The girl read the letter and was very happy. The boy still loved her! Do you know why she was pleased? She and the boy "had a 'secret way of writing to each other. She read only the first line of the letter, and then the third line, and then the fifth line, 'and so on, to the end of the letter.
Questions on the Reading
Did you think this was a love letter when you read it the first time?
Who read the letter first? Do you think he was pleased?
Why was the girl happy when she read the letter?
Do you think the father "knew about their secret way of writing?
Do you think this secret way of writing is a good one?
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