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| It was Christmas in 1961.I was teaching in a small town where my twentyseven third graders eagerly __1__ the great day of giftgiving in advance. Each day the children produced some new __2__ - strings of popcorn, handmade trinkets and German bell.Through it all she remained alone, __3__ from a distance, seemingly miles away.I wondered what __4__ happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn.I hoped the festivities would __5__ her.But nothing did.The students made the fried marbles and competed with one anther to bring the __6__ ones. The day of giftgiving finally came.We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were __7__.All along, she sat quietly watching.To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her.She opened it so slowly and carefully.I waited but she __8__.I had not passed through the wall of isolation she had __9__ around herself. After school, I sat down in a chair, hardly __10__ of what was happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, and slightly soiled, __11__ it had been held many times by __12__, childish hands.She said nothing."For me?" I asked.She didn't say a word, but __13__ her head.I took the box and cautiously opened it.There inside, glistening green, a fried marble __14__ from a golden chain.Then I looked into that eight－year－old __15__ and saw the question in her dark brown eyes.In a flash, I knew - she had __16__ it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or __17__ her childish joys or sorrows. I meant it when I whispered, "Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful.Your mother would __18__ it." Neither of us could stop the __19__.She threw herself into my arms and we wept together.And for that brief moment, I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest __20__ of all: her trust and love. | ||||
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