
A father passing by his teenage daughter's bedroom was astonished to
see The bed was nicely made and everything was neat and tidy. Then he
saw an envelope propped up prominently on the centre of the pillow. It
was
addressed "Dad". With the worst premonition, he
opened the envelope and
read the letter with trembling hands:-
Dear Dad,
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you, but I'm
leaving home. I had to elope with my new boyfriend Randy because I wanted
to
avoid a scene with Mom and you. I've been finding real passion with
Randy and he is so nice to me. I know when you meet him you'll like him
too - even with all his piercing, tattoos, and motorcycle clothes. But
it's not only the passion Dad, I'm pregnant and Randy said that he wants
me to have the kid and that we can be very happy together. Even though
Randy is much older than me (anyway, 42 isn't so old these days is
it?),and has no money, really these things shouldn't stand in the way of
our relationship, don't you agree?
Randy has a great CD collection; he already owns a trailer in the
woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. It's true he
has other girlfriends as well but I know he'll be faithful to me in his
own way. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one
of my dreams too. Randy taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt
anyone and he'll be growing it for us and we'll trade it with our
friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll
pray
that science will find a cure for AIDS so Randy can get better; he sure
deserves it!! Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to
take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can
get to know your grandchildren.
Your loving daughter,
Rosie.
At the bottom of the page were the letters
"PTO"
Hands still trembling,her father turned the sheet, and read:
PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbour's house.
I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my
report card that's in my desk centre drawer Please sign it and call
when it is safe for me to come home. I love you

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