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and I was sure she was waking, so I

quickly threw in my “I Love You

Coupons”, which were 3X5 cards with

things I had written on them like, “One

I Love You Coupon Good For

Breakfast In Bed” and things like that.

I also threw in the nuts and the candy

bar.

Her breathing leveled out so I

started throwing in more oranges. But

they were now noisily hitting the nuts

and the cards. She sleepily asked what

I was doing. “Nothing,” I answered.

“Go back to sleep.” That doesn’t work

on Christmas morning, and she rolled

over and turned on the lamp by her bed.

For the first time I saw her nylon -

almost a full box of oranges in it -

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