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Della's Decision
decid
she
That was all.
stree
ONE dollar and eighty-seven cents.
And sixty cents of it was in one cent coins. Those coine
were saved one by one by neggtiating with the grocery.
and vegetable storekeepers and the butchers for bargains.
Three times Della counted it. One"dollar and éighty-
She
残する。
hai
、肉産
をya
off
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seven cents. Though the next day would be Christmas.
she could not afford to buy a present for her husband
|Jim」 She was so sad that she began to cry.
After a while, Della finished her cry and put some
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sa
ar
powder on her cheeks. She stood by the window and
looked out disappointedly.
Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to
buy Jim a present.
Now, there were two possessions of this young couple,
of which they both were gteatly proud. One was Jim's
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Tomorrow would be
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gold watch that
grandfather's. The other was Della's hair.
Now Della's beautiful hair fell about her, waving and
shining like a brown waterfall. It reached below her knee
had been his father's and his
Della デラ(人名)
3. grocery 食料品店
4. butcher 肉屋. bargain 安売りの
品
8. Jim ジム(人名)
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