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   It was one month before Christmas, when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. _________ bike was just too old, _________ it needed repairing as well.

When Christmas was coming, her dream for a _________ seemed to disappear, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy _________ some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, _________ December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than _________ else.

Now we didn’t know _________ to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas _________ and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight. So there was no time to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were _______ who would make their child unhappy, we felt ashamed and __________ .

Suddenly my husband had an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he __________ the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a __________ bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited when Rose opened the little box with the beautiful red and white ________ bike and the note. She __________ the note loudly. She looked at us and said: “So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said: “Yes.” Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied: “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made for me. I prefer to __________ it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the earth.