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I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old.My mother told us that we would not be 21Christmas gifts because there was not enough money.I felt sad and thought，“What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 22？”Just when I started to 23that there would not be a Christmas that year，three women 24at our house with gifts for all of us.For me they brought a doll.I felt such a sense of 25that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school.I wasn’t 26.Somebody had thought 27of me to bring me a gift.
Years later，when I stood in the kitchen of my new house，thinking how I wanted to make my 28Christmas there special and memorable，I 29remembered the women’s visit.I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 30for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 31a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help.We gathered about 125orphans （孤儿）at the Christmas party.For every child，we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys，clothes，and school supplies，32with a child’s name.We wanted all of them to know they were 33.Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts，I 34them that they couldn’t open their presents 35every child had come forward.Finally the 36they had been waiting for came as I called out，“One，two，three.Open your presents!”As the children opened their packages，their faces beamed and their bright smiles 37up the room.The 38in the room was obvious，and 39wasn’t just about toys.It was a feeling –the feeling I knew 40that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit.I wasn’t forgotten.Somebody thought of me.I matter.

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