The Christmas Candy Box: A True Gift

The box had chocolate candy in it; it was delicious. The candy was so good that he ate it all in one day! He didn't mean to, he just couldn't stop eating that chocolate, it was that good. He didn't want his mom to know that he ate it all so fast. How could he hide the fact? He took the box, which looked like a little treasure chest, and put it in his closet. When his mom asked where the candy box was it would be simple to tell her he put the box in his closet; she would think that he was saving the candy for special times; she does that. He knew that would buy him some time, and, that eventually she would forget and she wouldn't have to know he ate the candy all in one day. Whew. He was relieved.

Since the candy box was filled with empty candy wrappers, he just slowly put them into the trash in his room. Since he was getting box down every week to throw away a candy wrapper, he decided to fill the box with small pieces of paper that he wrote small notes on. The notes were for Christmas gifts. This was fun, throwing away the candy wrappers and replacing them with papers with gift requests. He took his time in thinking about what to write on each small piece of paper. It became a sort of game for him.

After a few months he had run out of candy wrappers to throw away; but, he continued to add the small pieces of paper with the gift requests on them. Some months seemed to pass slowly and he thoughtfully wrote the gift request down, yet other months passed so quickly that he just jotted down a scribbled note. The small box he had received for Christmas, which was once full of delicious chocolate now held many small pieces of paper, each paper filled with a single gift request.

By August the box was starting to get full; he had to unfold the little pieces of paper and re-fold them tightly so that he could put more gift suggestions in for three more months. He knew it would be a tight fit, but, by re-folding the small papers he would be able to accomplish his goal.