1、Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage (孤兒院). As Christmas time was 21  near, all of the other children  22  telling the little girl about the beautiful Christmas  23  that would appear in the hall downstairs on Christmas morning. After their usual  24 , each child would be given their only Christmas gift, a small orange.

    The headmaster of the orphanage was very  25  with the kids. So on Christmas Eve, when he26  the little girl slipping down the stairs to peek（偷看）at the much-heard-of Christmas tree, he27  that the little girl would not receive her Christmas orange  28  she had been so curious as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room  29 , crying at her terrible fate.

   The next morning as the other children were going  30  for breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t  31  the thought of seeing the others receive their gift while there would be  32  for her. Later, as the children came back upstairs, the little girl was surprised to be  33  a napkin (餐巾). As she carefully opened it, there, to her  34 , was an orange all peeled and sectioned (分瓣). “ How  35  this be? ” she asked. Then, she  36  how each child had taken one section from their orange for her so that she,  37 , would have a Christmas orange.
    What an example of the  38  meaning of Christmas those orphan children showed that morning! How I  39  the world would show the same kind of concern for others, not only at Christmas,  40 throughout the year!