there once lived a lad（少年，小伙子） who was deeply in love with a girl, but disliked by the girl's father, who didn't want to see any further d*lopment 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 *n won't like that look yours.
i'll do nothing but
look away from you. you can n*r 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 beli* i'll
live a hard life, i can n*r
live happily with you, i'll devote myself
but not
to you. no one else is *
harsh1 and selfish and least
solicitous2 and（热切期望的） 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 refrain4 from
writing me a reply. your letter is always full of
things which displease5 me. you have no
sincere3 care for me. so long! please beli*
i don't love you any longer. don't think
i still have a love of you!
having read the letter, the father felt reli*d6 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 * times and , at last, she found the key – only *ry other line should be read, that is the first line, the third, the fifth … and so on to the end.
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