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 when the child tried to decorate a box to put
under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her
father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction,
but his anger flared 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? 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.
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.
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