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DAY 3
The story is about the love Jim and Della show each other
with their gifts. Della sells her hair to buy Jim a watch chain.
Jim sells his watch to buy Della combs for her long hair.
Neither one knows what the other has done until they open
their gifts. They laugh, because it doesn’t really matter.
The Gift of the Magi 5
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When Della opened the box, she almost fainted. Jim
had bought her beautiful tortoise-shell combs for her hair.
They were the perfect gift. Or, they would have been, if
she had not sold her hair. But when she remembered that
her hair would soon grow back, Della was once again
thrilled about her gift.
She then handed Jim his gift and watched with
anticipation as he opened it. All he could do was laugh.
“Don’t you like it?” Della asked, completely confused by
his reaction.
“I love it!” he said. “But I sold my watch to buy you the
combs!”
At that point Della could not help but join in with her
husband’s laughter. They had both given up their most
prized possessions to show each other their love. But the
gift they had received was so much more special than
anything that could be bought in a store. Della and Jim
knew from that moment on that their love was real and
that their happiness together would last forever.