The Christmas Orange
Once there was a little girl who came to live in a orphanage in Denmark. As Christmas time grew near, all the other children began telling the little girl about the beautiful Christmas tree that would appear in the huge downstairs hall on Christmas morning. After their usual very plain breakfast, each child would be given their one and only Christmas gift…
a small single orange.
Now the headmaster of the orphanage was very stern and thought Christmas to be a bother. So, on Christmas Eve when he caught the little girl creeping down the stairs to catch a peek at the much heard of Christmas tree, he sharply declared that the little girl would not receive her Christmas orange because she had been so curious as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room brokenhearted and crying at her terrible fate.
The next morning as the other children were going down to breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t stand the thought of seeing the others receive their gift when there would be none for her.
Later as the children came back upstairs, the little girl was surprised to be handed a napkin. As she carefully opened it, there to her disbelief was an orange all peeled and sectioned. “How could this be?” she asked.
It was then that she found how each child had taken one section from his or her orange and given it to her so that she, too, would have a Christmas orange.
a small single orange.
Now the headmaster of the orphanage was very stern and thought Christmas to be a bother. So, on Christmas Eve when he caught the little girl creeping down the stairs to catch a peek at the much heard of Christmas tree, he sharply declared that the little girl would not receive her Christmas orange because she had been so curious as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room brokenhearted and crying at her terrible fate.
The next morning as the other children were going down to breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t stand the thought of seeing the others receive their gift when there would be none for her.
Later as the children came back upstairs, the little girl was surprised to be handed a napkin. As she carefully opened it, there to her disbelief was an orange all peeled and sectioned. “How could this be?” she asked.
It was then that she found how each child had taken one section from his or her orange and given it to her so that she, too, would have a Christmas orange.
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