山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语复习 美文欣赏 A box of kisses

山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语复习：美文欣赏 A box of kisses A long time ago a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for

山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语复习：美文欣赏 Abox of kisses Along time ago aman punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting aroll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became very angry when the child tried to decorate abox to put under the Christmas tree． However，the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said，“This is for you，Daddy．” The father was upset by his earlier overreaction，but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty．He yelled at her，“don't you know，when you give someone apresent，there should be something inside?” The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried，“Oh， Daddy，it's not empty at all．I blew kisses into the box．They’re all for you， Daddy．” The father was crushed．He put his arms around his little girl，and he begged for her forgiveness. Only ashort time later，an accident took the life of the child．Her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and，whenever he was discouraged，he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there．