golden box

ONE DAY A YOUNG GIRL WAS SITTING ALONE IN HER ROOM...SHE WAS ONLY 5 AND HER DAD'S BIRTHDAY WOULD SOON TO COME....SHE WAS TOO YOUNG TO BUY HIM A PRESENT BUT SHE WANTED TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL...AFTER A FEW MOMENTS HER FACE BECOME BRIGHTER AND SHE WENT TO THE CLOSET,TAKING OUT THE GOLDEN PAPER WHICH WAS KEPT THERE FROM HER PARENTS..IT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE PAPER,COVERED WITH REAL GOLD DUST AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANYMORE...
''DAD WILL BE SO PLEASED''-SHE THOUGHT..AND STARTED TO WORK...
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''WHERE IS THE GOLDEN PAPER?!''-DAD ASKED HER
''I USED IT DAD,I USED IT TO COVER THIS BEAUTIFUL BOX!''-SAID THE GIRL SMILING AT HIM

BUT THE DAD GOT ANGRY...THE PAPER WAS VERY VALUABLE AND THEY WERE SHORT ON MONEY...AND SLAPPED HER..HARD TEARS COVERED THE LITTLE GIRL'S RED CHEEKS..
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THE FOLLOWING DAYS WENT BY AND FINALLY THE DAD'S BIRTHDAY CAME..THE LITTLE GIRL WENT UP TO HIS ROOM WITH THE GOLDEN WRAPPED BOX AND SAID''HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!",SMILING AT HIM..
DAD WAS PLEASED AND QUICKLY OPENED THE BOX....BUT HE SUDDENLY LOST HIS GOOD TEMPER WHEN HE SAW THE BOX WAS EMPTY...''WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THAT???''HE SAID.
AND HE SLAPPED HER AGAIN..TWICE..''DON'T U KNOW,YOUNG LADY,THAT WHEN U GIVE SOMEONE A PRESENT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING INSIDE?''
THE LITTLE GIRL LOOKED UP AT HIM AND SAID''BUT DADDY..IT'S NOT EMPTY.....I BLEW KISSES UPON IT TILL IT WAS FULL!!''...TEARS WERE FLOWING ON HER FACE AND SHE RUN OUT OF THE ROOM...OUT OF THE HOUSE...OUT OF THE YARD...TO THE STREET...SHE DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE TRUCK COMING TO HER....
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THE LITTLE GIRL WAS DEAD...AND A SOBBING FATHER WAS NEAR ..PLEADING FOR HER FORGIVENESS...BUT TIME IS NEVER TURNING BACK...
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IT IS TOLD THAT THE FATHER KEPT THE GOLDEN BOX NEAR HIS BED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE..AND WHENEVER HE WAS DISCOURAGED OR FACED DIFFICULTIES..HE WOULD OPEN THE BOX AND TOOK OUT AN IMAGINARY KISS..AND REMEMBERED THE LITTLE CHILD..THE LOVE OF HIS DAUGHTER WHO PUT IT INSIDE..
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IN A VERY SPECIAL SENSE..EACH OF US AS HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GOLDEN BOX FROM FAMILY,FRIENDS OR GOD..THERE IS NO PRECIOUS POSSESSION THAT ONE CAN HOLD!