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the gift of the magi

one dollar

and 87 cents

that was all

every day

when she went to the shops

she spent very little money

she bought the cheapest meat the

cheapest vegetables

and when she was tired

she still walked round and round the

shops

to find the cheapest food

she saved every cent possible

della counted the money again

there was no mistake

one dollar and 87 cents

that was all

and the next day was christmas

she couldn't do anything about it

she could only sit down

and cry

so

she sat there

in the poor little room

and she cried

della lived in this poor little room in

new york with her husband

james dillingham young

they also had a bedroom

and a kitchen

and a bathroom

all poor little rooms

james dillingham young was lucky

because he had a job

but it was not a good job

these rooms took most of his money

della tried to find work

but times were bad

and there was no work for her

but when mr james dillingham young

came home to his rooms

mrs james dillingham young called him

jim

and put her arms around him

and that was good

della stopped crying and she washed her

face

she stood by the window and looked out

at a grey cat

on a grey wall

in the grey road

tomorrow was christmas day

and she had only one dollar and 87 cents

to buy jim a christmas present

her gym

she wanted very much to buy him

something really fine

something to show how much she loved him

suddenly

della turned round

and ran over to look in the glass on the

wall

her eyes were bright

now

the james dillingham youngs had two very

special things

one was jim's gold watch

it once belonged to his father

and before that to his grandfather

the other special thing

was della's hair

quickly

della let down her beautiful long hair

it fell down her back

and it was almost like a coat around her

then she put her hair up again quickly

for a second or two

she stood still

and cried a little

then

she put on her old brown coat

and her old brown hat turned and left

the room

she went downstairs

and out into the road

and her eyes were bright

she walked along by the shops

and stopped when she came to a door with

madame eloise hair on it

inside there was a fat woman

she did not look like an eloise

will you buy my hair

della asked

i buy her

madam replied

take your hat off then

and show me your hair

the beautiful brown hair fell down

twenty dollars

madam said

and she touched the hair with her hand

quick

cut it off

give me the money

della

said

the next two hours went quickly

della was happy because she was looking

around the shops for jim's present

at last she found it

it was a gold chain for the watch

jim loved his watch

but it had no chain

when della saw this gold chain

she knew immediately that it was right

for jim

she must have it

the shop took 21 from her for it

and she hurried home with the 87 cents

when she arrived there

she looked at her very short hair in the

glass

what can i do with it she thought

for the next half an hour she was very

busy

then she looked again in the glass

her hair was now in very small curls all

over her head

oh dear

i look like a school girl

she said to herself

what's jim going to say when he sees

me at seven o'clock

the dinner was nearly ready

and della was waiting

oh

i hope he thinks that i'm still

beautiful she thought

the door opened and jim came in and

closed it

he looked very thin

and he needed a new coat

his eyes were on della

she could not understand the look on his

face

and she was afraid

he was not angry

or surprised

he just watched her

with that strange look on his face

she cried

don't look at me like that

i sold my hair because i wanted to give

you a present

it will soon be long again

i had to do it jim

say happy christmas please

i have a wonderful present for you

you've cut off your hair

asked jim

yes i cut it off and sold it

della said

but don't you love me anymore jim

i'm still me

jim looked round the room

you

say

your hair has gone

he said almost stupidly

yes

i told you

because i love you

shall i get the dinner now jim

suddenly

jim put his arms around his della

then he took something from his pocket

and put it on the table

i love you della

he said

it doesn't matter if your hair is short

or long

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but if you open that

you'll see why i was unhappy at first

excited

della pulled off the paper

then she gave a little scream of

happiness

but a second later

there were cries of unhappiness

because there were the combs

the combs for her beautiful hair

when she first saw these combs in the

shop window she wanted them

they were beautiful combs

expensive combs and now

they were her combs

but she no longer had her hair

della picked them up and held them

her eyes were full of

love

but my hair will soon be long again jim

and then della remembered

she jumped up and cried oh

oh

she ran to get jim's beautiful present

and she held it out to him

isn't it lovely jim

i looked everywhere for it

now you'll want to look at your watch a

hundred times a day

give it to me

give me your watch jim

let's see it with its new chain

but jim did not do this

he sat down

put his hands behind his head

and he smiled

della

he said

let's keep our presents for a time

they're so nice

you see

i sold the watch to get the money to buy

your combs

and now

let's have dinner

and this

was the story of two young people

who were very much in love

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魔术师的礼物

一

美元八十七美分

每天都是

她去商店

花很少的

钱买最便宜的肉

最便宜的

蔬菜，累了还是在

商店里转来转去

为了找到最便宜的食物，

她节省了每一分钱，

德拉又数钱了

坐在

那个可怜的小房间里

，她哭了

della 和她的丈夫 james dillingham Young 住在纽约的这个可怜的小房间里，

他们还有一间卧室

、一间厨房

和一间浴室

所有这些可怜的小房间

james dillingham Young 很幸运，

因为他有一个 工作，

但这不是一份好工作，

这些房间花了他大部分的钱，

德拉试图找到工作，

但时间很糟糕

，她没有工作，

但是当詹姆斯·迪林厄姆·杨先生

回到他的房间时

詹姆斯·迪林厄姆·杨夫人叫他

吉姆

，搂着他

，这很好，

德拉不再哭了，她洗了脸

她站在窗边，看着外面

灰色路上灰色墙上的一只灰色猫

明天是圣诞节

， 她只有一美元和 87 美分

给吉姆买圣诞礼物

她的健身房

她非常想给他买

一些非常好的

东西来表明她有多爱他

德拉突然

转身跑过去看着墙上的玻璃

现在，詹姆斯·迪林汉姆年轻人的

眼睛很亮

了

这几乎就像一件外套在她周围，

然后她很快又把头发竖了起来

，有一两秒钟

她站着不动

，哭了一会儿，

然后

穿上她的旧棕色外套

和她的旧胸罩 自己的帽子转身离开

了房间

她

下楼走到路边

，眼睛亮晶晶的

她沿着商店走着

，走到一扇门前停了下来，门上长着

埃洛伊丝夫人的

头发 像个爱丽丝

你会买我的头发吗

德拉问

我给她买

女士回答

脱下你的帽子

然后给我看你的

头发 美丽的棕色头发掉了

二十美元

女士

说 她用手摸了摸头发

快

剪掉

给我

钱德拉

说接下来的两个小时很快就过去了，

德拉很高兴，因为她

在商店里四处寻找吉姆的礼物

，最后她发现

那是一条金链子，因为

吉姆很喜欢他的手表，

但是

当德拉看到这条金链子时，它没有链子

她立刻知道这对吉姆来说是合适的

，

她必须得到

它，商店从她那里拿走了 21

美元，当她到达那里时，她带着 87 美分匆匆回家。

她看着玻璃杯里的短发，

我该怎么办 她

以为接下来的半个小时她

很忙

然后她又看了看玻璃

她的头发现在头上都是很小的卷发

哦天哪

我看起来像个女学生

她自言自语

吉姆要说什么 当他

七点看到我时

，晚餐快准备好了

，德拉在等着

哦，

我希望他认为我仍然很

漂亮，她

认为门开了，吉姆进来

关上了

他看起来很瘦

，他需要一个新的 外套

他的眼睛在德拉

她无法理解他

脸上的表情

她害怕

他没有生气

或惊讶

他只是看着她

脸上那种奇怪的表情

她哭了

不要那样看我

我卖掉了我的头发 因为我想给

你一个礼物

它很快又会很长

我不得不这样做吉姆

说圣诞快乐

我有一个很棒的礼物给你

你已经剪掉了你的头发

问吉姆

是的我把它剪掉并卖掉它

德拉说

但你不再爱我了吗吉姆

我还是我

吉 我环顾房间

你

说

你的头发已经掉了

他几乎愚蠢地说

是的

我告诉过你

因为我爱

你我现在应该去吃晚饭吗吉姆

突然用

双臂搂住他的德拉

然后他从口袋里拿出一个

东西放在 桌子

我爱你 della

他说

不管你的头发是短

还是长

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但如果你打开它

你就会明白为什么我一开始不开心

兴奋的

della 拉下纸

然后她发出了一声尖叫

幸福，

但一秒钟后

，有人发出不快乐的哭声，

因为有

梳子，她美丽的头发的梳子

当她第一次在商店橱窗里看到这些梳子时，

她想要它们，

它们是漂亮的梳子，

昂贵的梳子，现在

它们是她的梳子，

但她不再 让她的头发

della 把它们捡起来握住

她的眼睛充满了

爱

但我的头发很快又会变长 jim

然后 della 记得

她跳起来哭了 oh

oh

她跑去拿 jim 的漂亮

礼物她拿着它 对他

来说，这不是可爱的吉姆，

我到处找它

现在你想每天看一百次你的手表

把它

给我把你的手表给我吉姆

让我们看看它的新链，

但吉姆没有

他坐下后

把手放在脑后

，微笑着

说，德拉他说

让我们暂时保留我们的礼物，

它们非常好，

你看

我卖掉了手表来赚钱买

你的梳子

，现在

让我们吃晚饭

，这

是 两个

非常相爱的年轻人的故事

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