the note

Mariah hungrily opened her lunchbox and found, next to her apple, a slip of canary paper. "What in the world could that be?", she thought to herself. "Oh well, it can wait until I’m done with lunch." So she ate her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, juicy apple, and nutritious granola bar. When she had finished, she picked up the paper and unfolded it. It said:

"Mariah, my love:
I have yet been able to summon the courage to express my undying love to you. I fear to tell you my identity lest you shun and spurn me. If that should happen, I think I might perish. But I must try, so if you would kindly oblige to meet with me by the monkey bars, northeast corner of the playground, 3:00 P.M., I would be overjoyed beyond all measure. Till we meet again, adieu."

Mariah looked up from the paper with a puzzled look on her face. Her being a 1st grader, she only understood about half (if that) of the words on the page. "Oh well", she said aloud as she threw it in the nearest trash receptacle.