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Gracious giving requires no special talent, nor large amounts of money.It is compounded of the heart and head acting together to achieve the perfect means of expressing our feelings.For, as Emerson explains, "The only gift is a portion of thyself." 一份贴心的礼物并不需要非常特别，也不需要花大价钱去买。一份礼物应该包涵我们的心意，传达我们的思念。爱默生曾说过：“最好的礼物就是你自己。” A little girl gave her mother several small boxes tied with bright ribbons.Inside each were slips of paper on which the child had printed messages such as, "Good for two flower-bed weedings," "Good for two floor-scrubbings."She had never read Emerson, but unconsciously she put a large part of her small self into her gift. 一个小女孩给了她妈妈几个用漂亮缎带打包好的小盒子，每个盒子里都装着小女孩打印好的纸条，上面写着比如“给花坛除草两次”、“洗两次地板”之类的字。她没有读过爱默生的那句话，但是她把自己的心意放进礼物里送给了妈妈。 A young bride received a wedding present from an older woman.With it went a note, "Do not open until you and your husband have your first tiff." 一位年轻的新娘从一位老妇人那里收到一份结婚礼物，还有一张纸条：“在你和你丈夫第一次吵架时打开。” When there finally came a day of misunderstanding the bride remembered the package.In it she found a card box filled with her friend's favorite recipes--and a note, "You will catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar."It was a wise woman indeed who gave of her experience with her gift. | 
