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| When I was a kid, my brother dropped the bomb:"No Santa Claus (Father Christmas)!" I fled (逃避) to Grandma because I knew she would tell me the truth. I told her everything. "No!" she said. "Ridiculous (可 笑的)! Don't 1 it." After dinner, we went to General Store. Grandma handed me ten 2 . "Take it and buy something for whoever needs it. I'll wait in the car." I'd often gone shopping with Mother, but never had I shopped 3 . For moments, I stood there, confused, 4 what to do with it. I thought of everybody I knew. 5 I thought of Bobbie Decker. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough. We all knew that Bobbie would have no cough if he had a thicker coat. So I decided to buy Bobbie one. "Is this a present for someone?" the saleslady asked me kindly. I 6 shyly. She smiled, handed it to me and wished me a merry Christmas. Then Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Santa Claus 7 and ribbons (缎带) and write "To Bobbie, From Santa Claus" on it. Then she 8 me over to Bobbie's house. Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie' s house. We 9 noiselessly and hid in the 10 by his front walk. "All right, Santa Claus," she 11 , "get going." I rushed out, threw the present down at his front door, 12 his doorbell and flew back to the safety. Together we 13 breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Forty years I haven't forgotten those 14 I spent shivering (颤抖) in Bobbie's bushes. That night, I realized that the stories about Santa Claus were really ridiculous.Santa Claus was alive, and we were on his 15 . | ||||
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