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Only One Dollar and Eighty-Seven Cents

Della sat at her kitchen table.

She was counting something.

“One penny, two pennies, three pennies...,”

she counted.

She was saving pennies.1

Now, she had one dollar and eighty-seven

cents.

Chapter One

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She worked hard to save that money.

Every time she went to the grocery,

she said, “Oh, it’s too expensive!

Please give me a discount.2”

She did this for many, many months.

She counted the money again and again.

But there was only one dollar and eighty-seven

cents.

She cried out, “No! There must be more

money.3

saved for so long!

Life was not easy for Della.4

She lived in a very small apartment.

It cost eight dollars a week.5

She had to spend her money very wisely.

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he cried out, “No! There must be more

monnnnnnnneyyyyyyyyy.3

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At the entrance of the apartment,

there was a doorbell.

But this didn’t work anymore.

There was also a letterbox.

But it was too small for letters.

It really wasn’t a very good apartment.

On the letterbox, there was the name

“Mr. James Dillingham Young.”

This was Della’s husband

A long time ago, Mr. James Dillingham Young

was proud of his name.

Once, his salary was thirty dollars a week.1

Now, it was only twenty.

Twenty dollars never bought very much.2

But, sometimes, that didn’t matter.

When he came home, his wife always greeted

and hugged him.

He was her “Jim.”

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This was Della’s husband

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Now, Della still sat at the kitchen table, and cried.

She wiped her tears and stood up.

Tomorrow was Christmas.

She only had one dollar and eighty-seven cents

to buy her husband a present.

She saved for a long time but it wasn’t enough.

She wanted to buy something very nice for him.

She walked to another window.

As she walked, she passed a mirror.

It was between two windows.

It wasn’t a very good mirror, of course.

It was a mirror in an eight-dollar-a-week

apartment.

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She looked at herself in the mirror.

Her eyes were red and puffy from crying.1

Then, she got an idea.

Her hair was tied up, but now she pulled it down.2

She had a lot of very long, beautiful hair.

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Her eyes were red and puffy from crying.1´§

There were two things that she and her husband

valued very much.3

One was a gold watch.

Jim received it from his grandfather.

He loved it very much.

The other was Della’s hair.

Della’s hair was envied by many people.4

Some people said to Della,

“Your hair is more beautiful than the Queen of

Sheba’s jewels!”

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Jim’s watch was also very wonderful.

Some people said to him,

“Your watch is good enough for a King!1”

So, Jim and Della were very proud of these

things.

Della continued

looking at her hair.2

It fell around her

shoulders, down her

back, and to her

knees.3

It was very, very

long hair.

Her hair was almost like a dress.

She tied it up again.

She did it quickly,

but she suddenly felt very sad.

A couple of tears rolled down her cheeks.4

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Her hair was almost like a dress.

(v)

She quickly put on her old brown coat, and her

old brown hat.5

She locked her apartment and hurried down

the stairs and out of the apartment building.6

She walked down the street to look for a special

store.

After a few minutes, she found

it and looked at the sign:

Madame Sofronie.

Hair Goods of All Kinds.7

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Madame Sofronie.

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Chapter Two

A Christmas Present

Della didn’t wait.

She didn’t want to lose her courage.1

She thought about her husband and his present.

She walked up the stairs and saw a large woman.

She looked very cold and unwelcoming.

Della asked her, “Will you buy my hair?2”

The woman looked at her and said,

“I buy hair. Take off your hat. I need to see your

hair.”

So Della took off her hat and pulled down her hair.

It looked like a waterfall of beautiful hair.

“Twenty dollars,” said Madame.

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She looked very cold and unwelcoming.

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“I’ll give you twenty dollars for it.”

“Okay,” said Della.

“Cut it off quickly.”

Madame Sofronie cut off Della’s

hair and gave her twenty dollars.

Della left the store happily.

She went out to buy Jim’s Christmas present.

For two hours, she searched many stores.3

Finally, she found her husband’s present.

There was only one like it.4

It was very simple but elegant.

It was a platinum fob chain

for his watch.

It was the perfect gift.

She paid twenty-one dollars for it.

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She had no regrets.

Jim would love it.

Jim loved his watch.

But these days, he was a little embarrassed.

He only looked at his watch in private.1

It was because of the old leather strap on the

watch.

Now, he could proudly look at his watch.

He won’t have to be embarrassed anymore.2

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Now, he could proudly look at his watch.

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Della hurried home with

her chain and eighty-seven

cents.3

Now, she started to feel a

little sad about her hair.4

But she thought,

“It will grow quickly.”

She got out her curling irons.

She turned her short hair into many little curls.5

She looked at her hair in the mirror

again and again.

“I hope Jim doesn’t hate it,” she thought.6

“I did it for him. I did it for love.

What could I buy with

one dollar and eighty-seven cents?7

No! Jim won’t hate it.

He will think I look like a singing girl.8”

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So, she forgot about her hair.

She started to prepare dinner.

Tonight, they would have

pork chops and coffee.1

Della heard him walking

up the apartment stairs.2

Jim always came home

on time.3

She quickly sat down on a chair near

the doorway.

She put the chain in her hand and made a little

prayer4,

“Please, let him think I am still beautiful!”

The door opened and her husband came in.

He looked very tired tonight.

He was only twenty-two, but he looked older.5

He had many things to worry about.

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He took off his old coat.

He really needed a new one.

Then, he saw his wife.

His face had no expression.6

Della thought,

“What is he thinking?

Does he hate my hair?

Does he think

I’m ugly?”

She could not wait for him to speak.7

She jumped up and ran to him.

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