Once upon a time, in a small town, there lived a very happy family: a boy, a girl, and their mum and dad. Dad went to work during the weekdays, while Mum stayed at home and looked after the children. At the weekends, they spent a lot of time together. They often went out for day trips or to the cinema, or played games together at
Until one ordinary summer’s day, Dad lost his
"Never mind, I’ll find a new one," he said with a smile, and Mum and the kids smiled too.
But time went by, and things didn’t work out for Dad as he had hoped. Mum and the children kept on reassuring him that money wasn’t everything and that he would surely find a job when the time was right, but it was no good. And the truth was that their savings were slowly but surely running out. Dad became more and more
The summer flew by, and then the autumn, and soon enough, Christmas came round. It was Christmas Eve. Dad was wandering around the
"Sorry," said a pedestrian who had bumped into Dad as he rushed past with his final purchases.
Dad looked up drowsily. "Happy Christmas," he mumbled. Then, with sudden horror he exclaimed: "Oh, it’s Christmas…and I haven’t got any presents!"
It was already starting to get dark and the shops were closing. He reached…
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