Demanding notes can be hilarious, but so too can kids' letters of apology.
寫紙條提要求可說是令人捧腹，孩子們的道歉信也同樣引人發(fā)笑。

Corrine writes 'to whom it may concern' to say that she's sorry for stealing a pretty rock. She says she'll even do some extra chores and will give money to the church 'as a sacrifice'.
考琳寫信給“有關(guān)人士”說，她對偷了一快漂亮的石頭表示歉意。她說她甚至?xí)鲆恍╊~外的家務(wù)，還會捐錢給教會以“作為贖罪供品”。

With eight sad faces at the bottom of her letter, she is clearly very sorry. It must have been a very pretty rock indeed.
在她的信的結(jié)尾處畫了八個悲傷的臉部表情，顯然她感到十分抱歉。那塊石頭應(yīng)該是一塊非常漂亮的石頭。

Every grandparent likes to receive a good thank you letter.
每位祖父母都喜歡收到感謝信。

Dillon clearly knew this when he sent his grandma and grandpa a card for his present, despite not being able to remember what it was. At least he was honest!
狄倫給他的爺爺奶奶寫感謝卡片時，肯定也清楚知道這一點，雖然他不記得爺爺奶奶送的禮物是什么，至少他是誠實的！

And some kids just say it like it is. 'I am sorry your about to die,' Mitchell wrote to his grandfather in hospital. It's okay though, because he drew a nice smiley face in the corner.
而有些孩子們只會實話實說。“我很遺憾，您就要死了。”這是米切爾寫給住院的祖父的信。不過這沒關(guān)系，因為他在角落里畫了一張漂亮的笑臉。

Vocabulary:

unflattering: 直白的

simile: 比喻

veteran: 老兵

（翻譯：雷鵬博 編輯：馬文英）