I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always 

tight(紧的), but we had a roof over our heads,  36  on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not 

a lot, always  37  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was  38   . I’ve always

 been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to 

celebrate with a family party. But the big  39  for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking  40  what they wanted for Christmas. 

Fortunately, I had saved $120 for  41  to share by all five of us.

The big day arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and  42  them to look for gifts of 

about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop, then we 

would  43  back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits  44  my younger daughter, Ginger, 

who was unusually  45  . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies - fifty-cent 

candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything  46  we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking around, thinking of what to buy, and I  47 to read the little cards on the 

‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she  48  for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and   49  the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have 

anything.”

I never felt so  50   as I did that day.

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