1. A BOX OF KISSES
ON THE SPECIAL OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS, ONE 5
YEAR OLD GIRL WAS BUSY DECORATING THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.HER FAMILY SUFFERED FROM A
FINANCIAL CRISIS.THEY COULD HARDLY MAKE BOTH
ENDS MEET.THE GIRL WAS SEVERELY PUNISHED BY
HER MOTHER FOR WASTING A ROLL OF EXPENSIVE
GOLD PAPER WHICH SHE HAD BROUGHT FOR
WRAPPING SOME CHOCOLATES AND GIFTS.THE
MOTHER WAS EVEN MORE DEPRESSED WHEN SHE
DISCOVERED THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD USED IT TO
WRAP A BOX WHICH SHE HAD KEPT UNDER THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.
THE NEXT MORNING THE GIRL WAS IN A JOLLY
MOOD.SHE WENT TO HER MOTHER AND SAID, “THIS
BOX IS A GIFT FOR YOU.”THE MOTHER WAS
EMBARASSED FOR HER EARLIER REACTION AS SHE
HAD UNNECESSARILY SHOUTED AT HER.THE MOTHER
HAPPILY OPENED THE BOX BUT TO HER SURPRISE IT
WAS EMPTY.THIS INFURIATED THE MOTHER AND IT
FANNED THE FLAMES OF MOTHER’S ANGER.SHE
ANGRILY TOLD HER DAUGHTER, “DON’T YOU KNOW
,WHEN YOU GIVE SOMEONE A GIFT YOU ARE SUPPOSED
TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE PACKAGE.”
TEARS WELLED UP IN THE LITTLE GIRL’S
EYES.CRESTFALLEN AND HIGHLY GRIEVED, SHE SAID,
“OH MAMMA, IT’S NOT EMPTY.I BLEW KISSES INTO IT
UNTIL IT WAS FULL.”THE MOTHER WAS CRUSHED.SHE
FELL ON HER KNEES AND ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS
DUE TO HER HARSH BEHAVIOUR.BUT THE CHILD’S BAD
FATE!AN ACCIDENT TOOK THE LIFE OF THE GIRL CHILD
ONLY A SHORT TIME LATER.THE MOTHER KEPT THE
“GOLD” GIFT BOX NEAR HER BED FOR ALL HER LIFE.

2. WHEN THE MOTHER IS DISCOURAGED OR
FACED SOME DIFFICULT PROBLEMS, SHE WOULD OPEN
THE BOX AND TAKE OUT AN IMAGINARY KISS AND
THAT WOULD REMIND HER OF HER DAUGHTER WHO
HAD PUT IT THERE.