Read in English: The Gift of the Magi
Read in Spanish: El regalo de los Reyes Magos
Read in Portuguese: O Presente dos Magos
Read in French: Le Cadeau des Rois mages
Read in German: Das Geschenk der Weisen
Read in Italian: Il dono dei Magi
Read in Japanese: 賢者の贈り物
Read in Chinese: 麦琪的礼物
Read in Russian: Дары волхвовOn Christmas Eve, Della has only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy a present for her husband, Jim. Each of them sells the thing they love most to make the other happy, and the ending shows what a real gift is.
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1달러 87센트
1달러 87센트. 그게 전부였다. 델라는 돈을 세 번 세어 보았다. 1달러 87센트, 그리고 내일은 크리스마스였다.
델라는 몇 달 동안 한 푼이라도 아끼려고 애썼다. 식료품 가게 주인과 정육점 주인에게 가장 싼 값을 물어보았고, 음식도 아주 간단하게 만들어 먹었다. 그래도 돈은 늘 모자랐다. 남편 짐은 일주일에 20달러를 벌었고, 작은 아파트는 일주일에 8달러였다. 월말이 되면 남는 돈이 없었다.
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About O. Henry
O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), an American writer who lived in New York and wrote hundreds of short stories about ordinary city people, famous for their surprise endings.
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Adapted from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (1906), a public-domain work. Adaptation © Nativas.
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