The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated（激怒） when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside it?"
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." The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
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（虚构的） kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
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. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
相关单词：Flared
Flared解释：adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词
Flared例句：
The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。
相关单词：yelled
yelled解释：v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
yelled例句：
He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：crushed
crushed解释：a.压碎的，倒碎的
crushed例句：
The car was completely crushed under the truck. 小轿车被卡车压得完全变形了。
The box was crushed when the car ran over it. 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了。
相关单词：imaginary
imaginary解释：adj.想象中的，假想的，虚构的，幻想的；虚数的
imaginary例句：
All the characters in this book are imaginary.此书中的所有人物都是虚构的。
The boy's fears were only imaginary.这小孩的恐惧只是一种想象。
相关单词：unconditional
unconditional解释：adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的
unconditional例句：
The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
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