迈尔斯是动物园的管理员，正与他的远在异地的女友玛丽热恋着，他们彼此用书信互诉衷肠。一段日子下来，迈尔斯终于鼓起勇气写信向玛丽求婚。
和往常一样，信发出后的第6天上午，迈尔斯收到了玛丽的回信，他惴惴不安地打开，只见信上这样写着：
亲爱的：
据我所知，你至少有17封信说我的嘴巴像樱桃，还有至少19封信说我的眼睛像香蕉。我无法忍受你这烂白菜似的比喻了！记得你在给我的第一封情书中，居然说我的腿修长得像一只花脚蚊子。我正告你，如果你还不能写好一封情书，那么我会让你的请求像中东和谈一样悬而不决，这一切后果将由你自负……
读完信，迈尔斯像一只蔫黄瓜似的没了精神，他又害羞又气恼。然而当务之急是回信，回信！
可怜的迈尔斯绞尽了脑汁绞干了汁，可就是不知道再怎么提笔给姑娘写回信。突然他惊喜地想起，前天，老父亲曾经郑重地将一本珍藏已久的书送给他，对他说：“孩子，现在是时候了，这本书会教会你如何给心爱的姑娘写情书。”
Myers is the administrator of the zoo, was in love with his girlfriend Mary in distant lands, they relate to each other by letter. A few days down, myers finally summon up courage to write to Mary to marry him.
As usual, after the issue of the letter morning, 6 miles received Mary"s reply, he nervously opened, I saw the letter reads like this:
My dear:
At least 17 letter as far as I know, you said that my mouth like a cherry, there are at least 19 letter said my eyes like a banana. I can"t stand you this rotten cabbage metaphor! Remember you in the first a love letter to me, said my legs slender like foot a mosquito. I tell you, if you can"t write a love letter, so I"ll let you request like ?
