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　　Why did I come today?I wondered．My Christmas(1)________ contained several people that claimed they wanted nothing but I knew their feelings would be hurt(2)________ I didn't buy them anything, so buying gifts was(3)________ but fun．

　　Hurriedly, I finished shopping and(4)________ the long checkout lines．In front of me were a boy of about 5 and a younger girl．She carried a beautiful pair of(5)________ slippers．When we finally(6)________ the checkout register, the girl(7)________ placed the shoes on the counter．She treated them as though they were a(8)________．

　　“That will be ＄6.09,” the cashier said．The boy(9)________ all his pockets．He finally came up with ＄3.12．“I guess we will have to put them back,” he said(10)________, “We will come back some other time, maybe tomorrow．” With that statement, a soft(11)________ broke from the little girl．“But Jesus would have loved these shoes,” she cried．

　　“Well, we'll go home and work some more．Don't cry．We'll surely(12)________,” he said．Quickly I handed ＄3 to the cashier．These children had waited in line for a long time．And,(13)________, it was Christmas．Suddenly a pair of arms came around me and the girl said(14)________, “Thank you, lady．” “What did you(15)________ when you said Jesus would like the shoes?” I asked．The boy answered, “Our mommy is sick and going to(16)________．Daddy said she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus．” The girl spoke, “My Sunday school teacher said the streets in heaven are shiny gold, just like these shoes．Won't mommy be(17)________ walking on those streets in these shoes?”

　　My eyes(18)________ as I looked into her tear-streaked face．“Yes,” I answered, “I am(19)________ she will．” Silently I thanked God for using these children to(20)________ me of the true spirit of giving．

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　　Why did I come today? I wondered．My Christmas 　　1　　 contained several people that claimed they wanted nothing but I knew their feelings would be hurt 　　2　　 I didn’t buy them anything, so buying gifts was 　　3　　 but fun．

　　Hurriedly, I finished shopping and 　　4　　 the long checkout lines．In front of me were a boy of about 5 and a younger girl．She carried a beautiful pair of 　　5　　 slippers．When we finally 　　6　　 the checkout register, the girl 　　7　　 placed the shoes on the counter．She treated them as though they were a 　　8　　．

　　“That will be ＄6.09,” the cashier said．The boy 　　9　　 all his pockets．He finally came up with ＄3.12．“I guess we will have to put them back,” he said 　　10　　, “We will come back some other time, maybe tomorrow．” With that statement, a 　　11　　 sob(抽噎)broke from the little girl．“But Jesus would have loved these shoes,” she cried．

　　“Well, we’ll go home and work some more．Don’t cry．We’ll surely 　　12　　,” he said．Quickly I handed ＄3 to the cashier．These children had waited in line for a long time．And, 　　13　　, it was Christmas．Suddenly a pair of arms came around me and the girl said 　　14　　, “Thank you, lady．” “What did you 　　15　　 when you said Jesus would like the shoes?” I asked．The boy answered, “Our mommy is sick and going to 　　16　　．Daddy said she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus．” The girl spoke, “My Sunday school teacher said the streets in heaven are shiny gold, just like these shoes．Won’t mommy be 　　17　　 walking on those streets in these shoes?”

　　My eyes 　　18　　 as I looked into her tear-streaked face．“Yes,” I answered, “I am 　　19　　 she will．” Silently I thanked God for using these children to 　　20　　 me of the true spirit of giving．