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A little girl was decorating a box with a gold wrapping paper to put it under the Christmas tree.
一个小女孩正在用金色包装纸装饰一个盒子,准备把它放在圣诞树下.
Money was tight, so the girl's father punished her for wasting almost all roll of that expensive paper.
因为经济紧张,女孩的父亲因她几乎浪费了整卷昂贵的包装纸而惩罚了她.
However, the next morning the girl brought the gift to her father.
然而,第二天早晨,女孩把礼物带给了她的父亲.
"This is for you, Daddy" - she said.
这是送给你的,爸爸,她说道.
He opened a box and found it empty, so he became angry again.
他打开盒子,发现里面是空的,于是再次生气了.
"Don't you know, that when you give someone a gift, it is supposed that there would be something inside it --- he said severely.
难道你不知道,当你给别人一个礼物时,应该里面有东西吗?他严厉地说道.
The little girl looked at her father with tears in her eyes.
小女孩带着泪水看着她的父亲.
"Daddy, this box is not empty, I filled it with my kisses, all for you."
爸爸,这个盒子并不空,我把我的吻都放在里面了,全都是给你的.
The father was stunned.
父亲震惊了.
He felt so embarrassed that could just put his arms around his little daughter and beg for her forgiveness.
他感到非常尴尬,只能把小女儿抱在怀里,请求她的原谅.
For many years of his life the man kept that golden box near his bed.
许多年里,这个男人把那只金色的盒子放在床边.
Wherever he felt sad and downhearted he opened the box and thought of love that the little child had put into it.
每当他感到悲伤和沮丧时,他就打开那个盒子,想到小女孩放进去的爱.
Each of us have been given a present of unconditional love from our children, family, friends .
我们每个人都收到了来自孩子,家庭,朋友的无条件爱的礼物.
It is the most precious possession that anyone could hold.
这是一份任何人都可以拥有的最珍贵的财富.
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