The Best Christmas

Once upon a time, there was a poor family: the mother,

the father, their two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was 10

years old and the girl was 5 years old. Normally, they spent every

Christmas together, but the parents could not give the children a

lot of gifts, so they bought one gift for both. They really enjoyed

every holiday together. That year, the boy asked his parents to

buy him a play station, but they did not have the money for that.

The little girl asked for a little dog; their parents thought that if

they gave them a dog it would make both kids happy. They found out

that in a pet shop, the owner was offering baby dogs for adoption. It

was December 23rd when they adopted the dog. They

knew that it would be difficult for them to keep the

dog hidden for more than a day, because they

usually opened their gifts early in the morning

of the 25th.

When the parents arrived home, the children were waiting for

them. So the parents had to show them the gift. The little girl was

so happy that she cried. However, the boy was so angry that he did

not want to touch or carry the dog and he went to his room and

slammed the door. The next day, the 24th in the morning, the

parents asked the boy to take the dog outside to walk. He did not

want to, but he did it anyway. While he was walking with the dog,

he stumbled with a rock and he fell on the floor.

His leg got broken and he scratched his arms. The dog was

worried about the boy, so he started looking for help until he

found an old man that was sitting on a chair in the park that across

the street. The dog started to bark and the old man went with it to

see what was going on. When they arrived to the other side of the

street, they saw the child on the floor. The old man took his

cellphone and called someone: “I need you to come here at the

park to pick me up”. In five minutes a new car of the year arrived

and they got into it. It was the old man’s driver. He took them

to the hospital. The old man paid for everything there and the

child was attended very well. The child thanked him but the old

man said: “no, it was not me, it was your little friend who really

helped you.” The boy was so surprised about it; he regreted

everything he thought about the dog and the contempts he made

to it and his parents. When they arrived home, the old man

noticed that they lived in a poor house and when he got home he

had the idea of giving this family a

• Christmas gift. This man was a millionaire, and he always

wanted to help other people. He looked for a new house, not

big, but new and with three rooms. Around 6pm the old man

went to the house of this family and he offered them a new

house and he told the father of the family that he could give

him a job. They were crying of happiness because a new house

was the best gift they had ever received. This day, they spent

the best Christmas Eve ever.