The gift of the magi

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"The gift of the magi' is a short story by American writer o.henry , first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gift of each 
Other with only a small amount of money . As a sentimal story with a moral lesson about gift giving, it has been popular for presentation at Christmas time.the plot and it's twist ending are well known, the ending is generally considered an example of cosmic irony the story was allegedly written at pet's tavern on lirving place in New York City .

The story was initially published in the New York Sunday world under 
The title "gift of the magi' on desember 10,1905 It was first published in book form in the o.henry collection The four million in April 1906.

The gift of the magi 
One dollar amd eighty seven cents,the was all, sixty cents of it was in pennies, pannies saved one and two at a time by builldozing the grover and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent impulsion of parsimony that such close dealing imperiled. Three times della counted it. One dollar and eighty seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
Three was clearly nothing to do but flop dwon on the shabby little cauch and howl.so della did it.which instigate the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles,and smiles, with sunffles pre dominating.

While the mistress of the home is gradually subsinding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home.A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly baggar decreation, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.
In the vestibule below was a letter box into which no letter would go. And an electric button from which 

On Christmas Eve, a young woman named della dillingham young discovers that she has only $1.87 to buy a present for her husband james, also known as jim. Despite being poor, the dillingham youngs love eatch other and process two items thay value as.
Treasures. Della's knee length brown hair that would depreciate the queen of sheba's jewels,and jim's gold pocket watch,a family.
Heirloom that would make king solomon Envy him .

Della dresses warmly and visits the nearby shop of a wig maker, madam sofronie, who buys della's hair four $20. Having earned and saved $21.87, Della spends $21.00 to buy a platinum fob chain to go with. Jim's watch' which he has attached with a worn leather strap.

When jim comes home from work that evining. Della confesses to selling her hair to buy him the chain. Jim then gives della hear present: the set of jeweled combs she has always wanted, but cannot use until her hair grows back out. Della gives jim the chain, and he reveals that he had sold his watch to buy the combs.  While Thay known the gifts Thay gave each other cannot be used for a while, jim and della realize how far thay have gone to show each other their love and how invaluable it truly is.

The story ends with the narrator declaring that those who sacrifice their material 
Possessions for the people thay love are as wise as the magi who brought gifts to Jesus and invented the tradition of giving presents on Christmas.


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