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2116Read the story and check your predictions in exercise 11.

Wonderful Christmas gift

Christm as is close and Ann wishes a new dress as a Christm as gift. She does not want to ask her m om for a new dress. She knows how hard her m om works. Maybe she can m ake a wish ---m aybe Santa Claus can come..

The days pass and soon it is Christm as Eve. In everyone's houses, a Christm as tree decorates the living room. In the kitchens, there are Christm as puddings and sweets, but not at Anna's house. Every child goes to bed waiting for the gifts that they will receive the next day. Ann goes to bed feeling very sad. She knows that there is no gift for her.

The next m orning. she wakes up and suddenly rem em bers that it's Christm as Day! Without much hope, she looks if there is a gift for her. Wonder of wonders! Thereis a beautiful package

in the living room. Ann happily opens it and sees that there is a beautiful dress inside. She checks the gift carefully to find out who gave her this wonderful gift,and there is a sm all note that says: "Dear Ann, you are a very good girl. I hope you continue to do good things and helping your mother. Your loving friend, Santa Claus"!

Ann feels that there is som ething familiar about this note. She looks at it carefully.Then she realizes that the handwriting is similar to her m other's handwriting.

Her m other worked a lot to save m oney to buy this special gift. Ann is very happy.She knows that having such a wonderful m other is the best Christm as gift.

Adapted from: Wonderful Christmas Gift is one of Modern Stories.(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.english-for-students.com/WonderfulChristmas-Gift.html

Read the story again and organize these pictures according to the order in which the events happened.

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Think critically Discuss these questions in groups of four and then with the whole class.

a.What is your opinion about the story? Do you like it? Why?

b.How did Ann feel at the end of the story? Why?

C.How did you feel at the beginning and at the end of the story?

d. What is the moral of this story? Discuss with your class.

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