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One day I was at home and I remember my mom’s birthday was coming up and I wanted to get her a gift, because I want her to feel appreciated on her special day.I only had $30.00 which I got for me as my birthday gift and I asked my dad to take me to Walmart so I could get her something, I bought her a birthday card, candy, cup, shower set and cookies.

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One day I didn’t have enough money to go skating with my friends so my mom said she would give me money if I helped her clean the garage

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I had to sell something I liked to have extra money for something.

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I saw this reference in a Mickey Mouse movie when i was five years old.

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One day,I had no money for the movies so I had to do my chore to get some money to go to the movies ,just like della had to sell hair to give Jim something for christmas.

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I had been saving money up for months but I had been spending it so near the end I had hardly any money.

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I had to give away my game boy advance so I could buy a present for my mom’s birthday.

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One day me and my family on the day of Christmas we decided to give each other gifts for Christmas but we realize that our grandma wasn’t here for Christmas so we felt pretty sad because she lives so far and we never had a chance to see her.

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On the news,A person gave a homeless man some food even though he didn’t have the money to give him food but he found some money in his car and got him some food.Bella cut her hair off to get some money to buy him a christmas gift.

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They did an event in manor where people who needed clothes could get free clothes.

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I risked one of my gold rings to get something I wanted even though that ring meant a lot to me. In the story Della's hair meant a lot to her and her husband but she risked that to get something.

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One time I sold my graphics card so I could save up ; money to get a new and better one.

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One time I was playing please donate i gave Robux to a poor noob who had 0 Robux i wanted to be their first donation so i donated my last 4 Robux so that they could start somewhere.

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I had to cut my clients hair for free because I lost to them in a 1v1 in basketball. Gian

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I sold something I cared about to buy something

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4 days before Christmas I had no money to get my ma a gift so I started asking around the family to get some money they all said not for free I would have to work for it but all of ‘‘em said I had to work for a week to get it but my uncle said I could get it in 2 days if I worked day and night so I did yard work for 2 days

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A lot of people like to do things for other people even though they don't have the money for it nor the time.

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I needed money to buy a gift for a family member but I had no money. So I did some cleaning around the house to be able to buy a gift.

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In the gift of the magi Della gives up her hair so she can give a gift to Jim which is similar to dog man where the cat villain goes to jail and gives up his freedom so his son could be free.

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In the story Romeo and Juliet,Romeo will do anything to make Juliet happy and like in the story the gift of the magi Bella would do anything to get Jim a christmas present.

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One Christmas when I was with my family and had broken my leg one day before we left for Florida. Once we arrived, my grandma was shocked that I broke my leg. It was Christmas and I had found out why she bought me a scooter.

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One time on the news i saw a poor family in need of money and the noob reminded me of them.

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Many churches give out food so people who don’t have the money can get groceries.

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The example of the real world is when they made a Manors closet to people to come for free clothes.

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In the news I saw these immigrants coming into America with no money having to work very hard for little wages.

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My grandma told me a story of how she worked 4 double shifts to get enough money to buy my mom a gift for her birthday

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I saw a homeless person give some of his food to another homeless person ; thinking about others

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In Harry Potter harry didn’t have any gift so Rons family treated him like family and got him gifts for Christmas

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I heard on the new’s that a lady that has been married to her husband for 25 years had to donate one of her kidneys to her dying husband.

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Some influencers go out of there way to buy food and feed the homeless even though they don’t have to, just like how Della went out of her way and sold her most cherished possessions, her hair, to get a gift for her husband

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One day i heard something interesting from the news there were homeless people begging for help because they were hungry and I felt bad because what if it was me that way i would’ve been sad

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At one point i had 0 Robux so i know how it feels to want to buy things that i like on Roblox.

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There’s some people in the world who doesn’t have as much and sells things that they do have to be able to buy necessary things.

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When she cut her hair for her man

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I spent all of my allowance to get a friend a birthday gift, just like how Della cut off her hair and saved up her money to get Jim a nice platinum fob chain.

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In a book a read I don’t remember the cover but it was about a guy who gave out his last meal to a little kid.

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A guy sold his grandfathers watch and donates it not charity

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One time I needed to get my brother a gift for Christmas but did not have the funds for it so I begged people for money so I could get him the wonderful gift.

The same way Della sold her hair to get her lover a gift.

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In the story lamb to the slaughter Mary White would do anything to be with her husband just like in the story “The Gift of the Magi”Della would do anything to get Jim a gift for Christmas.

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Based off the story monkeys paw the father Mr white would. Do anything to bring his son back to life and i find that relatable because parents would feel a type of way if they ever lost their child

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You know, this reminds me of the story, Romeo and Juliet, in the story, Romeo thinks that Juliet had died of poison so he died, and I need to find out that she was alive and the poison was fake. She then saw him dead on the floor, so she killed her self as she could not live without her love. This reminds me of how Della cut off her hair for Jim gift Which was ironic as hell Joe sold his watch for a comb for her hair

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In the book about repunzel she had to cut her hair which her husband had done for her while Della did it for hers.

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In the story Diary of a wimpy kid Greg sales his bike to he can give a gift to his friend Rowley for his birthday, this related to the story of The gift of a Maui because a character lost something value able

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I didn’t have no money for my mom for her birthday so I got a job and got big money.

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One time I had to save money to get my friend something for Valentine’s Day.

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When I used up all my money I was saving up to get something for myself and instead I got that money and bought my bruler a present.

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In the text “Gift of The Magi” Della cuts her hair off to get something for her husband, Jim. I can connect to this because my mother asked us if we wanted to cut off our hair and we said yes.

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When I was younger, I gave something that meant alot to me away, for money, so I could get my mom something for her birthday.

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One day I didn’t have enough money to go with my friends to the mall so i had to sacrifice and give my sister something she wanted in return for a couple of bucks.

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I saved up money to get my bf something for his birthday even if I got him less stuff then I could have I still saved up like Della saved up money for her husband.

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On the news I see people donate money or presents for poor kids or poor family’s for Christmas or in need or money.

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I can relate to this story because one Christmas I had to not spend money on me so I can afford a gift for my sister because I had bought everyone else something so instead of buying my self something and thinking of myself. This is what Della did she sold her hair not thinking of herself. She was thinking of Jim

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So my grandma had gave me and my brother 20$ each and my moms birthday was coming up and we all wanted to get her something but 20$ was not enough for a lot so we had combined all are money we got from working so that we could get my mom something for her birthday day.

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I used the last of my money to buy my little sister and my friend a gift for their birthday. Because they mean so much to me.

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One day I sold my shoes so I can buy something for my brother for his birthday. It’s related to the story because they both sell something to buy each other gifts.

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One year, back when my family was not doing well, My mom decided to get me a Nintendo 2ds and since we were broke my mom really had to work hard and save money so that I could have the console. My Mom and Della saved up money to get a present for somebody they care about.

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One day on a random summer it was my cousins birthday and I didn’t know what to get him. So I used some of my savings and went to Walmart to get him a random toy, luckily he loved it. The wife in the story also did the same thing and sacrificed something valuable in order to get her husband a gift.

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I see people donate money to homeless veterans every day

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When it was my moms birthday it was getting close to the party and I didn’t have a lot of money so I decided to go to the store and get a card for her, and put my remaining money in it.

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This story reminds me of when it was My dad’s birthday I only had a little money left so I used up all the money on my dad because he works very hard and takes care of our family

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One time i seen that this lady had to sacrifice getting in trouble for her loved one.

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In the story “Lamb to the slaughter”, the wife loved her husband so much that she would do anything for him.

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Della sells her hair to get a chain for Jim’s watch and Jim sold his watch to get these expensive combs for Della like a episode in Mickey Mouse where Minnie sold her favorite bow to get mickey a watch and mickey sold his watch to get a bow for Minnie,

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Once a police officer bought a kid a bike after his got stolen in a act of kindness.

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On TikTok i seen a short clip of Mickey Mouse.

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In the story “Gift of The Magi” Della and Jim live with little money, which reminds me of a book called “The last book in the universe” in which the main character couldn’t afford or had a lot a stuff except his DS.

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Lamb to the slaughter and the gift of the magi both wife’s show there husbands endless amounts of love but Mary killed her man.

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A lot of people don't have money or things to give but they still give to charity or people.

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One day I needed money to go to a water park with my friends so my brother said he would give me money i help him clean his house.

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One day I didn’t have enough money to go to the mall with my friends so my mom said she would give me some if I cleaned my room.

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I remember when I was at church we did an event where we gave out food and water to homeless people.

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I see on the news how a lot of citzens save up money and buy or give food to the homeless , and like homeless shelters saving money to make a shelter for the homeless .

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Wen I was little my gramma lost her ring and I felt really bad for her so wen I went to the store I bought a toy ring for her but wen I went to give it to her she told me she found it but she still appreciated my ring.

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I remember when I didn’t have a gift for my friend. I was stressed and guilty, but I ended up getting her a slushee. She loved it and I ended up feeling better.

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One time on the news I seen reporters help a someone who was cold and hungry, at the park.

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Della sacrificed her hair to get a gift for her lover

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I remember one time when a Library I used to go to gave away books to people who wanted them.

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Lamb to the slaughter and the gift of magi, are similar because both of the wife’s would do anything for their husband.

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In the commercial we saw yesterday on how the girl saw the man on the moon she was determined to send him a gift and actually managed to send him it in the moon. This relates to the story because the wife was also determined to get her husband a gift.

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Connecting this story to the world there was this girl who would go in a store at Walmart on Christmas Day and buy stuff for all the kids on a tree that is called a angle tree and would get them what they wanted

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I spend all my money that I save on clothes, and now I don’t use that clothes

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In the news the reporter said that the woman sacrificed herself to save her son. In the story they sacrificed something to get something else.

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Me and my dad went to a jewelry store so he could by my mom a wedding ring and had it custom made but didn’t have enough for it so I gave him the rest of my money.

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Lms thee mom Sacrifice her child and the gift of the magi sacrifice her hair to give her man a present

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I’ve seen my dog give her food to my cat even though it was her last meal of the day. I ended up giving both of my pets more food – probably why their fat.

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There’s this story where this little girl waits outside for the Garbage man everyday so the garbage man got the little girl a present.

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I saw something similar to this on YouTube it was a father working at a dangerous muddy job to get his kids presents for their birthday

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In the gift of the Magi Della sacrificed something valuable to her for someone even more valuable jest like in Hary potter wen his mother sacrificed her life for him .

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In the text “Gift of The Magi” Jim gets his pay cut which makes me think of people getting their pay cut because of the coronavirus.

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They both would do anything for their man and both had unexpected ending .

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One day , I wanted to give my cousin some money on his birthday, but I didn’t have any , so I did some cleaning at my house and his house. I earned 40 dollars, so I gave him 20 dollars and he was happy.

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The wife of lamb to the slaughter loved her husband just as how Della loved Jim.

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Ruthless they both have a very unexpected ending.

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The story Lamb to the slaughter and The gift of the magi both have ironic endings. Both situational irony and dramatic irony.

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My friend wanted some of my snack even though it was my last one I still gave it to her.

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One day on the news I heard that someone had donated a lot of money to the community to help the city build homeless shelters.

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One time i saw on YouTube about a guy who was working a dangerous job to get a gift for his wife.

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In the text the farting dog the family cared for the dog and would do anything just so that they could be with the dog. And in gotm she bought him the gift not caring about how it would effect her