to: john smith, supervisor

from: george chen, accounting department

subject: casual leave of absence john, i would like to know if i could ask for a casual leave of absence from march 23 to 27.

yesterdayi received a letter from my parents, who are both over 70, telling methat a big flood took place at my home village, causing serious damageto my house. as the only son of my parents, i should of back to assessthe situation, and help them to get over these difficulties. though icannot stay at home for too long a time, i should at least makearrangements for repair work. i believe my relatives in the village andmy neighbors will also come to help. financially i have nodifficulties.

i will call you at 1:30p.m. or you can call me at any time.