I'm not sure who wrote it, it might have been Mark Twain or Charles Dickens. This is how it goes:
A man and a woman want to buy eachother a Christmas gift but they have no money. The woman sells her hair to buy a chain for the man's watch and the man sells his watch to buy a comb for the woman's hair.
2006-12-20 14:44:11 · 10 answers · asked by Lady of the Garden 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
"...For there lay The Combs--the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims--just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"
And them Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.
"Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it."
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
"Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on." ..."
2006-12-20 14:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's called "The Gift Of The Magi" by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter) not by Twain nor Dickens.
2006-12-20 16:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by rainbowspromise2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google 'Christmas Stories'. Or Dickens ar Twain.
2006-12-20 14:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by XxXTaRaXxX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
2006-12-20 14:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by thrill88 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gift of the Magi, but I don't remember who wrote it.
2006-12-20 14:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by applecrisp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the Gift of the Magi by O'Henry
2006-12-20 15:33:31 · answer #6 · answered by art_tchr_phx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
by O. Henry
A great story!
Semper fi
CJ
2006-12-20 14:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by CommanderJim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Gift of the Magi" by O.Henry. Read it here:
http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html
2006-12-20 17:21:10 · answer #8 · answered by gormenghast10014 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
2006-12-20 14:52:25 · answer #9 · answered by darlingdybbuk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say google for the answer.. sorry wish i knew..
2006-12-20 16:57:21 · answer #10 · answered by debra_ehu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋