One cold winter morning, Jim fell from his father’s bike and his legs couldn’t move. A doctor ______ him and said he had to stay in bed for ______. Jim was sad at the doctor’s words because Christmas was coming. He wanted to look at the shop windows ______ Christmas gifts and see them lit up (被照亮) at night.

Jim’s younger sister, Mary, wanted to ______ her brother. Every day, she went to the shop nearby after school to look at the windows _____. When she got home, she would tell Jim what there were in the windows.

There were Christmas trees in all windows. A big kind Father Christmas was standing in one of the windows, _____ a long white beard (胡须). In his pockets were all kinds of toys. How _____ he seemed to be in his big red coat and fur cap!

Every time Mary described the windows, Jim would _____ his eyes, imagining (想象) himself to be looking at the toys inside the shop. _____ there was one thing Mary didn’t mention to Jim. It was a lovely wooden horse. She wanted to give it to Jim as a Christmas _____.

The day before Christmas Eve, Mary _____ her pocket money and found that it was not enough. So she asked Dad if he could _____ her a job to make some money.

By helping her parents clean and decorate the house, Mary got enough money and bought the wooden horse.

On Christmas morning, Jim woke up and saw a wooden horse by his bed. What a big ______ ! How happy he was! Mary was as happy as Jim because she made Jim happy.

Actually, the ______ people this Christmas were their parents because their daughter had learnt to _____.