One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A
young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood
beside her with his head . Holding her skirt
tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with and
fear.
With growing I
noticed that their sizes of each family member closely ours.
This would be a good opportunity to my children,
so I explained their difficult to my
seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much, but these poor people now have
nothing,” I said, “we’ll what we
have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the
living room floor. Meghan watched seriously the
boys and I filled one box with canned food.
While I our
clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and some
of their less favorite things. Meghan watched as
the boys piled up useless toys in the box.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I
said to her.
The boys placed the toys they had to
donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan
walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll tightly
to her chest. She in front of the
box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a kiss,
then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You to
give away Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me
happy, Mommy. she’ll make that
little girl happy, too.”
I stared at Meghan for a long moment, how
I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but to
let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it? ,
the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
1.A. off
B. up
C. down D.
round
2.A. smile
B. confusion C.
joy
D. anger
3.A. happiness
B. friendship C.
puzzle D.
interest
4.A. matched B.
equaled C.
compared D.
suited
5.A. help
B. complain C.
change
D. teach
6.A. experience B.
problem
C. situation D.
process
7.A. give
B. share
C. send D.
spare
8.A. as B.
since C.
though D.
because
9.A. came through
B. broke through C.
sorted through D.
got through
10.A. donate
B. leave
C. keep D.
sell
11.A. hopefully B.
anxiously C.
depressingly D. quietly
12.A. separated B.
chosen
C. bought D.
confirmed
13.A. hugged B.
tied
C. grasped D.
caught
14.A. settled B.
regretted C.
paused D.
cried
15.A. precious
B. final C.
hearty D.
lovely
16.A. wouldn’t like
B. ought not
C. had better not D.
don’t have
17.A. Also B.
Yet
C. Maybe D.
Though
18.A.knowing
B. wondering
C. realizing D. expecting
19.A. available B.
necessary C.
important D.
hard
20.A. However B.
Therefore C.
Otherwise D.
Moreover