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Dear Anne Shirley,
Hey, Carrot!
Hey, Carrot!
Do you have any idea how much I love you?
Even after you bonked me on the head, for pulling those pigtails red, I’ve never been able to forget you. So intelligent and independent, your beauty runs deep within. Your voice; your face; your presence has been tattooed on my mind forever. I’ve even become endeared to that fiery temper of which I often suffered.
All these years you’ve considered me a rival, competing furiously in ever endeavor, to best and defeat me. Even after I rescued you from drowning you wouldn’t grant me any quarter. In fact, it only inflamed your resentment. An antipathy that has befuddled and troubled me, for I’m the only person you treat was such incompatibility.
Everyone else you’ve ever touched has been enriched by knowing you. Your compassion, charity and effervescent personality have made you the love of the community. You are the beloved daughter of all Avonlea Village. Everyone loves you as you love everyone, save me, whom you see as an adversary.
Well Anne of Green Gables, I’ve got good news. You’ve won. You’ve defeated me completely. You’ve conquered my spirit and taken my heart as a trophy. So let me accept defeat graciously by allowing me to concede with a query.
‘Anne of Green Gables, will you marry me?’
Your humble servant,
Gilbert Blythe
Hey, Carrot!
Do you have any idea how much I love you?
Even after you bonked me on the head, for pulling those pigtails red, I’ve never been able to forget you. So intelligent and independent, your beauty runs deep within. Your voice; your face; your presence has been tattooed on my mind forever. I’ve even become endeared to that fiery temper of which I often suffered.
All these years you’ve considered me a rival, competing furiously in ever endeavor, to best and defeat me. Even after I rescued you from drowning you wouldn’t grant me any quarter. In fact, it only inflamed your resentment. An antipathy that has befuddled and troubled me, for I’m the only person you treat was such incompatibility.
Everyone else you’ve ever touched has been enriched by knowing you. Your compassion, charity and effervescent personality have made you the love of the community. You are the beloved daughter of all Avonlea Village. Everyone loves you as you love everyone, save me, whom you see as an adversary.
Well Anne of Green Gables, I’ve got good news. You’ve won. You’ve defeated me completely. You’ve conquered my spirit and taken my heart as a trophy. So let me accept defeat graciously by allowing me to concede with a query.
‘Anne of Green Gables, will you marry me?’
Your humble servant,
Gilbert Blythe
Published 9th Apr 2019
Author's Note
When I was a tween I had a crush on Anne of Green Gables. The following love letter to her through the persona of Anne's arch rival, Gilbert Blythe.
Sometimes protagonists fall in love. For those of you who aren't familiar with the chemistry between Anne and Gilbert, check-out the YouTube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdglss_WHjU
Sometimes protagonists fall in love. For those of you who aren't familiar with the chemistry between Anne and Gilbert, check-out the YouTube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdglss_WHjU
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