What is the most unusual gift you have received?
The sun was just starting to sink in the sky and the day fade into night. Stars were starting to shine above, tiny pinpricks of light in an intensely black heaven. It was hot and dusty and silhouetted on a rock overlooking a darkening valley were two people, huddled closely together, whispering. The boy poured some more of the wine into the girls glass and took a sip before reaching behind him to get a red box, closed tightly with a green ribbon. He kissed her softly before giving it to her, which she took with excited hands. Before she could open it he reached over and stopped her fingers by wrapping his over them. "Remember things are not always what they seem" he whispered.
A little confused the girl gently pulled the ribbon loose from the box and let it fall onto her lap. She looked up at him through the semi-darkness quickly, seeing his eyes smile as he watched her. The lid popped off easily and inside she saw....nothing! The box was empty. She felt inside it to see if her treasure was hiding at the bottom, but still she found nothing. "I don`t understand", she whispered back, a confused look on her brow.
"Just think about it." he replied. The minutes ticked by and still she did not understand what he meant by this gift. As she lay in bed that night she continued to stare at the box, begging for an answer from it, but none came. The days continued to pass and still the boy would not answer her questions, until eventually she grew tired of the box and put it away.
A few months later, when all the questions had stopped the boy asked the girl if she had figured out what was in the box. "No" was her reply. Once again he took her out to the rock overlooking the valley and waited for the stars to shine their light down on them and he said,
"I have nothing to give you that will fit in that box. I cannot give you a fancy car, I cannot give you a beautiful house. What I can give you however, that is represented by what is in that box is love. It is like the air that fills it, you cannot see it but it is there."
Have you ever got an unusual gift? Have you ever given an unusual gift? Have you ever had something that everyone else scoffs at that means the world to you?
"Just think about it." he replied. The minutes ticked by and still she did not understand what he meant by this gift. As she lay in bed that night she continued to stare at the box, begging for an answer from it, but none came. The days continued to pass and still the boy would not answer her questions, until eventually she grew tired of the box and put it away.
A few months later, when all the questions had stopped the boy asked the girl if she had figured out what was in the box. "No" was her reply. Once again he took her out to the rock overlooking the valley and waited for the stars to shine their light down on them and he said,
"I have nothing to give you that will fit in that box. I cannot give you a fancy car, I cannot give you a beautiful house. What I can give you however, that is represented by what is in that box is love. It is like the air that fills it, you cannot see it but it is there."
Have you ever got an unusual gift? Have you ever given an unusual gift? Have you ever had something that everyone else scoffs at that means the world to you?
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