一封巧妙的情书
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.
有一次一个小伙子深深地爱上了一个女生，但不喜欢的女生的爸爸，哪个不期望看到任何进一步进步他们的爱情。小伙子非常想写信给女生，但他是相当一定的爸爸会先阅读。于是，他给女孩写了如此一封信：
我过去表示我对你的爱
不再持续，相反，我对你的厌恶
伴随日新月异。下一次，我看你，
我什至不喜欢你的那副样子。
我会干什么，但
看看离你而去。你永远不可以指望我会
嫁给你。大家的近期一次谈话
枯燥乏味，因此，你不应该觉得它
使我渴望再见到你。
假如大家结婚，我深信我会
生活得举步维艰，我也从来没
过着幸福开心的你，我将致力于
但不
给你。无人更
苛求和自私，至少
比你关心体贴。
我衷心期望叫你了解
我说的是真的。请你帮我一个忙
结束大家的关系，并防止
写我一个回话。你的信一直充满了
得罪我的事。你有没
我的真诚关心。那样长！请相信
我不喜欢你了。不要以为
我仍然爱着你！
读了这封信，爸爸松了一口气，并把它给了他的女儿，一盏心灯。
女生也感觉非常高兴，她的小伙子依旧爱着她后，她仔细阅读。
你了解为何吗？事实上，她感到很难过，当她首次读了这封信。但她读了几次，最后，她找到了钥匙 - 只有每隔一行要读，也就是第一行，第三，第五……所以到年底。
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