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The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated（激怒） when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

故事是这样的：不久前，一位父亲惩罚了他三岁的女儿，起因是她浪费了一卷金色的包装纸。他们家并不富裕，所以当孩子想用包装纸装饰一个盒子，再把盒子放到圣诞树下时，父亲非常生气。

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”

可第二天早上，小女孩把这个盒子拿给了他，说道：“这是送给你的，爸爸。”

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction（过激行为）, but his anger flared（闪光） again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?”

父亲为自己昨天的过激言行感到尴尬。可是当他打开盒子，看到里面空空如也时，他的怒火又上来了。他冲小女孩喊道：“难道你不知道，当你送别人礼物的时候，盒子里面应该有东西吗？”

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

小女孩抬头看着他，眼里含着泪水，哭着说：“哦，爸爸，这盒子不是空的。我向盒子里飞吻。这些飞吻都是给你的，爸爸。”父亲呆住了。他将小女孩抱在怀里，请求她的原谅。

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

不久后，一场事故夺去了小女孩的生命。据说，很多年来，那位父亲一直把那个金色的盒子放在他的床头。每当他灰心丧气的时候，他就会从盒子里拿出一个想象中的吻，回想起当初那个把吻放进盒子里的小女孩对他的爱。

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional（无条件的） love and kisses ... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

其实，我们每个人都曾收到过一个金色的礼盒，里面装满了来自子女、家人、朋友及上帝无条件的爱与吻。那就是我们所能拥有的最珍贵的财富。

爱是世界上最珍贵的财富。

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