The Gift of the Magi Summary
Della, a poor woman, had long hair. She felt proud of it. She married Mr. James Dillingham Young. Shortly named Jim. Thin and only 22 years. He had a golden watch without chain. He earned 30 dollars a week. But later he was being paid only 20 dollars. It was not much for a week. Everything had cost more than the lady had expected. They were living in furnished rooms at a cost of 8 dollars a week.
Della had one dollar and eighty-seven cents. Before the day of Christmas, she counted the money three times and thought that it was very little to buy a gift for her husband Jim.
Della stood before the glass. She pulled down her hair and let it fall to its complete length. They were proud of her hair and Jim’s gold watch. Her hair was shining like a falling stream.
Due to her poverty, she went to the market and sold her hair for twenty dollars. She bought a gold watch chain for Jim’s gold watch. When she arrived home, she felt odd as she looked strange with her short hair. Della held the watch chain in her hand and requested to the god that Jim would think her still pretty.
The door opened and Jim stepped in. His eyes looked strongly at Della. It filled her with fear. Della went to him and told him that she cut off her hair to buy a gift for him and her hair would grow again.
Actually, he had brought beautiful combs as a gift for Della's long hair. Della had seen those combs in a shop but could not buy them due to lack of money. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone. She was happy at first but later she felt upset.
Della asked him to give his watch to see how the gold watch looked with the chain that she had bought for it. Jim sat down and said that he had sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs.
Both of them had sold the most valuable things they owned to buy a gift for their partner. They are the wise Magi. Their gifts were doubtless wise ones. They proved love is more important than material possessions.
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