John works hard b he is still poor. He is very sad all day. One day when he comes home f work, he sees his daughter in the sitting room. She is playing with a roll of colourful wrapping paper. John gets angry. "Where is the p from?" John asks. "I bought it with my pocket money yesterday," the girl a. "You won't get m from me anymore!" John says and goes into his room.

    A few days later, it's Christmas Day. The girl brings a little box in colourful paper to her father and says, "Dad, this is for you." The father is surprised to see the colourful box. He f sorry for his anger that day. He touches the girl's head and opens the box. He becomes angry again w he finds nothing inside. "Why is it empty? Are you playing a t on me?" the angry father asks. "No, Dad. It's not empty. I put many kisses in the box. All for you, Dad." John has nothing to say. He puts his a around his little girl and says, "Sorry, my dear. Please forgive me."

    From then on, John always keeps the box beside his bed. When he feels sad, he will take a kiss out of the box and remember the love of his d.  （改编于读本）