Dear Miss Zhou,
  Please excuse Ma Yuan's absence  school this morning. She coughed a lot and had a high fever last night and could not fall asleep until midnight. I felt it would not have been fair to the other children to allow her to att classes. So I am writing this to ask you for two days' sick leave and let her resume her study if she feels better the day after tomorrow.
  Yours respectfully,
  Li Hua
  Sep.28