介绍:
《The Christmas Present》
Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away but Elizabeth's house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth's friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to attend to.
Well,"Elizabeth explained to her friends, "At the end of World War ll, there was a poor woman in a town in france. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, We won be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going to get just one present for us all. Now I'll go and get it. 'She came back with a little girl who had no parents. Here's our present. She said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."
《圣诞礼物》
伊丽莎白和她的六个孩子蜗居在一个小房子里。有年冬天一场大洪水冲走了许多房屋，但伊丽莎白家的房子由于地势高而躲过了这场劫难。
伊丽莎白接纳了一家人，这家人在洪水中失去了一切。她与这家人共享一个家，直到他们另外建好一处房子。伊丽莎白的朋友无法理解她在已经有这么多孩子要养活的情况下，为什么还要付出那么多。
伊丽莎白给她的朋友讲了一个故事：“第二次世界大战末，国的一个小镇上有一个可怜的女人。她的丈夫在战争中丧生了，她还要拉扯好多个孩子，就像我现在样。”“圣诞节的前一天，这个女人对她说孩子们说：“我们没有太多的东西来过圣诞节，我打算送我们所有人一个礼物。我现在就去把它带来。’她带回来了一个失去父母的小女孩，并对孩子们说‘她就是我们的圣诞礼物。’” “孩子们为能得到这样一份礼物而激动不已。他们热情地欢迎一个小女孩的到来，她成为了他们的小妹妹，与他们一起成长。而我就是那个圣诞礼物。”
