[영문]James A.Michener의 The present

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When I was a boy of nine in the little town of Doylestown, Pa., I used to mow the lawn of Mrs. Long, an elderly lady who lived across from the presbyterian Church.
She paid me very little for the chore, which was not surprising, for she had not much money. But she did promise me, "When Christmas comes I shall have a present for you." And she said this with such enthusiasm that I felt assured the present would be magnificent.
I spent much time wondering what it would be. The boys I played with had baseball gloves and bicycles and ice skates, and I was so eager to acquire any one of these that I convinced myself that my benefactor intended choosing from among them.

As christmas approached, it was with difficulty that I restrained myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and demanding my present. Our family agreed that the first of December was too early for me to do this. "She may not have it wrapped yet," someone argued, and this made sense. But the 15th was also too early, and the 20th, too. I argued back on the 20th, reasoning that if I was going to get a present I might as well get it now, but my mother pointed out that in our family we never opened our presents until Christmas morning.
On the 21st of December, a serious cold snap froze all the ponds so that boys who already had ice skates were able to use them, and my longing to possess mine, even though I could not open the package for a few days, became overpowering.

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