to you. No one else is more
harsh and selfish and less
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.
一封絕妙的情書
理查德
一個小夥子非常愛一位姑娘，但姑娘的父親卻不喜歡他，也不允許他們的愛情再發展下去。小夥子很想給姑娘寫封情書，然而他知道姑娘的父親會先看，於是他給姑娘寫了這樣一封信：
我對你表達過的愛
已經消逝。我對你的厭惡
與日俱增。當我看到你時
我甚至不喜歡你的那副樣子。
我想做的一件事就是
把目光移往別處，我永遠不會
和你結婚。我們最近的一次談話
枯燥乏味，你別想
使我渴望再與你相見。 假如我們結婚，我深信我將
生活得非常艱難，我也無法
快樂地和你生活在一起，我要把我的心
奉獻出來，但絕不是
奉獻給你。沒有人能比你更
苛求和自私，所有人都比你更
關心我幫助我。
我誠摯地要你明白，
我講的是真話，請你助我一臂之力
結束我們之間的關係，別試圖
答複此信，你的信充滿著
使我乏味的事情，你沒有
對我的真誠關心。再見，請相信
我並不喜歡你，請你不要以為
我仍然愛著你！
姑娘的父親看了這封信以後，很輕鬆，並高興地把信給了姑娘。