The Gift Of The Magi: A Continuation (Creative Writing)
The Gift of The Magi: A Continuation (Creative Writing)
It was one week from Della's 30th birthday and Jim didn't have enough money to
buy her a present. "Well," Jim thought, “if I don't have a watch then why
should I have a chain for one?” So, he sold his watch chain in order to have
money for Della's present. “Now, what do I buy Della?” he asked himself. “I
think I'll go to the flea market and look for something, because one little
rusty old chain won't buy me very much,” Jim stated as he started riding his
bicycle to the market. At the market Jim found many things, some very pretty
and expensive, some very pretty and cheap, and some just plain ugly things that
had been there awhile ...
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don't mean in a few years, this
time I want to get it right,” So Jim thought for two days straight. Finally he
came up with an idea, “I'll make it into a wig, a girl can never have to many
wigs.” So he went to the wig shop, which usually only made those white braided
wigs that all the important men wore, but the wigmaker made an exception because
Jim was a good friend and after all, it was for a girls birthday. The wigmaker
asked, "Are you sure Della will like this present, I mean it is rather odd, and
Della's hair has already grown twice as long as this. But don't get me wrong,
I'm not trying to be rude, I mean, well I think I'll just get started on this
wig right away, okay, bye." So Jim left, thinking that the wigmaker was a
little out of his mind that day.
The next day, which was the day before Della's birthday, the wigmaker called Jim.
"Hello, Umm, did you want this wig dyed, or left red? And also, I can't make a
wig that fits unless Della's head is measured, what will ...
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Della's
birthday, are you going to be there?" "Sure Jim, I'll be there." Said the
wigmaker.
It is Della's birthday, all of Jim and Della's friends are at their home, and
she begins to open presents. She will be opening Jim's present first. "I wonder
what it could be?" Della claims, quite ecstatically. She unties the ribbon,
carefully undoes the golden wrapping paper, opens the box, and slowly takes out
the tissue paper, piece by piece. "I'm really exited," she says as the first
piece floats to the floor. "I can hardly wait, I know it will be great," she
says as the second tissue is lifted up. "This is the last one, it's it's .
........ it's a wig!!!" Della shouts loudly and ...
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