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014、The Empty Gift Box 空禮盒
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.
這故事說的是發生在不久前，一名男子因為他三歲的女兒浪費了一捲金色包裝紙而懲罰了她。
Money was tight, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
由於手頭很緊，當孩子試圖裝飾一個盒子，來把它放在聖誕樹下時，他感到憤怒。
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
然而，第二天早上，這個小女孩把這禮盒交給了她的父親說：「這是給你的，爸爸。」
He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty.
他對之前的過度反應感到有些尷尬，然而，當他發現盒子裡是空無一物時，他的憤怒再次爆發。
He yelled at her, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside it?”
他對她罵道：「難道妳不知道，當妳送別人禮物時，禮盒裡應該有件禮物吧？」
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy.”
小女孩眼裡含著淚水抬頭看著他說：「哦，爸爸，它不是空的呀。我把許多吻吹進了盒子裡。全部都是給你的，爸爸。」
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
父親整個崩潰了。他摟著他的小女孩，乞求她的原諒。
It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for 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.
聽說那個男人把那個金色盒子放在他的床邊多年，每當他氣餒時，他都會取出一個想像的吻，並回想著孩子的愛，她把許多吻放在盒子裡面。
In a very real sense, each of us as humans have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family or God.
的確，我們每個人都被賦予了一個金色的容器，裡面充滿了我們的孩子，朋友，家人或上帝無條件的愛和親吻。
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
沒有人能擁有比這更珍貴的東西了。
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