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　　Once there was a man, he blamed(责备)his 　　1　　 daughter for using up the family's only gold wrapping paper(包装纸)．Money was tight, and he became 　　2　　 when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had used the gold paper to decorate a gift box to put 　　3　　 the Christmas tree．

　　The next morning the little girl, filled 　　4　　, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

　　As he received the box, the father was so sorry for his earlier anger(气愤)．

　　But when he opened it, he found it was 　　5　　 and again his anger broke out．"Don't you know, young lady, ” he said 　　6　　, “when you give someone a present, something 　　7　　 be inside the package(包裹)!"

　　The little girl looked up at him with tears 　　8　　 from her eyes and said："Daddy, it's not empty．I blew kisses into it 　　9　　 it was all full．"

　　The father was shocked(震惊)．He fell on his knees(膝盖)and put his arms around his little girl．He begged(乞求)her to forgive him 　　10　　 his unnecessary anger．

　　An accident took the life of the child only a short time 　　11　　．It is said that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life．　　12　　 he faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary(假想的)kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child 　　13　　 had put it there．

　　In fact, 　　14　　 of us has been given an invisible(无形的)golden box full of love and kisses 　　15　　 our children, family, friends and God．

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　　One day in September we were doing some repairing on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding．We had to 　　1　　 a great climbing plant that had grown 　　2　　 a roof beam(房梁), so that we could repair the roof and 　　3　　 the walls．

　　When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a nest(鸟巢)of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves．He then 　　4　　 something 　　5　　 among that mass of earth and straw(稻草)of the nest．He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 　　6　　, saw glittering(闪闪发光)gold．It was a child's bracelet(手镯)．He ran into the house to show me．

　　“You won't believe that the blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 　　7　　 to feed on,”he said,“but they also want their children to 　　8　　 in a cradle(摇篮)of gold!”

　　When my daughter came over on the eve of the 　　9　　, we told her about this 　　10　　 thing．

　　“Don't you remember, Mother?”she said with a loud laugh．“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 　　11　　 a few days later while out playing in the yard?It was this one!”

　　As the bracelet no longer 　　12　　 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping(保管箱)．

　　In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized(受洗礼)．Among the 　　13　　 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like 　　14　　．I hope that if my grandson ever loses it, one of the 　　15　　 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby．