I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. But I didn't want my children to know we were poor, so when Christmas was drawing near, I decided to give them some money to buy some1 .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking2 what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved＄120 for3 to share by all five of us. The big4 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and5 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered （散开）. We had two hours to shop, then we would6 back at the "Santa's Workshop".
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 7 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually8 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies, fifty-cent candies!I was so angry, but I didn't say anything9 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, 10 to be angry again. This is what she told me.
"I was looking11 thinking of what to buy, and I12 to read the little cards on the 'Giving Trees'. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she13 for Christmas was a doll （玩具娃娃）. So I took the card off the tree and14 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn't have anything. "
I never felt so15 as I did that day.
