A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed nicely made up and everything neat and tidy.Thenhe saw
an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow. It wasaddressed, Dad. With the worst premonition, he opened the envelopeand read the letter with trembling hands:Dear Dad,It iswith great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope withmy new girlfriend because I
wanted to avoid a scene with you and Mom.I'vebeen finding real
passion with Joan and she is so nice. I knew youwould not approve of her because of all her piercings, tattoos, hertight motorcycle clothes and because she is so much older than I am butit's not only the passion, Dad, she's pregnant.Joan says thatwe are going to be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and hasa stack of firewood, enough for the whole winter. We share a dream ofhaving many more children.Joan has opened my eyes to the factthat marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it andtrading it with the other people in the commune for all the cocaine andecstasy we want.In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Joan can get better; she sure deserves it!Don'tworry 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 yourgrandchildren.Your son, ChadP.S. Dad, none of the aboveis true. I'm over at Tommy's house. I just wanted to remind you thatthere are worse things in life than the report card that's in my deskdrawer.I love you! Call when it is safe for me to come home!