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 Korean: 크리스마스 선물
Read in Chinese: 麦琪的礼物On 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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Один доллар восемьдесят семь центов
Один доллар восемьдесят семь центов. Это всё. Делла посчитала их три раза. Один доллар восемьдесят семь центов, а завтра Рождество.
Много месяцев Делла экономила каждый цент. Она просила у бакалейщика и мясника самые низкие цены и готовила очень простую еду. Но денег всё равно не хватало. Её муж Джим получал двадцать долларов в неделю, а маленькая квартира стоила восемь долларов в неделю. В конце месяца у них ничего не оставалось.
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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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