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The Two Gifts
(after O’Henry)
Jim and Della were very poor. They lived in New York In a small room on the top
floor of a high building. Jim was twenty-two years old, Della was twenty-one.
Both husband and wife worked very hard, but there never was any money in the
house; for all they got went to pay the grocer, the bother, and the baker. And the rent was
$8 a week.
And yet they owned two treasures of which they were very proud. These treasures
were—Jim’s gold watch, which he received from his father, and Della’s beautiful hair.
It was the eve of New-Year’s Day. Della wanted to give Jim a present. She counted
her money. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all she had. Only $1.87 to buy a
present for Jim. So she sat down on the sofa and wept. Suddenly she got up and went to
the looking – glass. Her eyes shone brillia tly. Quickly she undid her hair. It reached
below her knees and covered her like a cloak. And then she did it again quickly and
nervously. She put on her old brown hat. Then she ran out of the door and down the stairs
to the street.
She stopped before a sign and read the words: “M-me Sofranie. Hairgoods of all
kinds”. Then she entered the shop. She saw Madame sitting at the counter. She was fat and
red cheeked.
“Will you buy my hair?”, asked Della.
“Let me see it,” said Madame.
Della took of her hat and undid her hair.
“Twenty dollars”, said Madame, lifting the mass of Della’s golden hair with a
practiced hand.
“Give me a money”, said Della…
The next two hours were like a happy dream. Della hurried from shop looking for
Jim’s present.
She found it at last. It was a watch chain for which she paid $21. And then she hurried
home with the chain and the remaining 87 cents.
Jim was not at home. Della got out of curling irons and lighted the gas and went to
work. In forty minutes her head was covered with tiny curls. She looked like a schoolboy.
She said to herself: “I hope Jim not kill me. But what could I do – oh, what could I do
with one dollar and 87 cents.
At seven o’clock the coffee was ready. Della sat waiting for Jim. She heard his steps
on the stairs, and she turned white for jus one moment. The door opened and Jim entered
the room. He looked thin and very serious… and suddenly Jim stopped. His eyes were
fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that terrified her.
“Jim, darling! She cried, “don’t look at me like that: I sold my hair because I wanted
to give you present. My hair will grow again. It grows very fast. Say ‘A Happy New
Year’, Jim, and let us be happy. You don’t know what a beautiful present I have for you”.
Jim sighed. He drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it on the table.
“If you open that package, you will understand,” he said.
Della took off the paper and string. There lay the beautiful combs that Della saw in a
Broadway shop window. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.
Suddenly Della jumped and cried:
“Oh, Jim, I shall give you your beautiful present.” She held it out to him upon her
open palm. 12
“Isn’t it a beautiful chain? Give me your watch: I want to see how it looks on it.”
Jim did not obey. He fell on the sofa and put his hands behind his head and smiled.
“Della”, said he,” I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. It the coffee
ready?”

Результаты (узбекский) 1:

Ikki sovg'alari
(O'Henry keyin)
Jim va Della juda kam edi. Ular eng kichik bir xonada Nyu-Yorkda yashagan
yuqori binosi qavat. Jim Della yigirma bir edi, yigirma ikki yoshda edi.
Er va xotin juda qattiq ishladi, lekin har qanday pul bor edi hech qachon
uyiga; hamma uchun ular, baqqol to'lash bezovta, va Beyker borib qolibdi. Va Ijara edi
$ 8 bir hafta.
Va hali ular juda faxrlanamiz edi ikki xazinalariga ega. Bu xazinalari
u otasidan olgan oltin watch, va della ning chiroyli soch-Jim edi.
Yangi-yil bayrami arafasida edi. Della Jim sovg'a berish istadim. U sanab
unga pul. Bir dollar sakson yetti tsent. Bu u edi edi. Faqat $ 1.87 bir sotib olish uchun
Jim uchun taqdim. Shunday qilib, u divanga o'tirdi va yig'ladi. Birdan u o'rnidan turib borib
qarab - shisha. Uning ko'zlari tly brillia yoritdi. Tez u sochlarini undid. Bu etib
tiz cho'kib, quyida va plash kabi uni qoplangan. Va keyin u tez va yana qildim
asabiylashib. U eski jigarrang shlyapasini kiyib. So'ngra u eshikdan va zinadan pastga yugurib
ko'chaga.
U bir belgisi oldin to'xtatiladi va so'zlarni o'qidi: «M-me Sofranie. Barcha Hairgoods
turdagi ". So'ngra u do'kon kirdi. U Madam peshtaxta o'tirgan ko'rdim. U yog 'va bo'ldi
ikki beti qip-qizil.
«Agar mening sochimni sotib olasizmi?", Della so'radi.
"Qani, ko'raylik," Madam dedi.
Della shlyapasini olib, uning sochlarini undid.
"Yigirma dollar," Madam bilan della oltin soch massasini ko'tarish, dedi
usta qo'lida.
«Menga bir pul ber", Della dedi ...
keyingi ikki soat baxtli tush kabi edi. Della izlab do'kondan shoshilib
Jim bugungi.
U nihoyat, uni topdi. U $ 21 to'langan, buning uchun bir watch zanjir edi. Va keyin u shoshib
zanjiri va qolgan 87 tsent bilan uy.
Jim uyda emas edi. Della soch ta'siriga berilishdi chiqdi va gaz yonib turgan va borib
ishlaydi. Qirq daqiqada boshini kichik jingalak sochli bilan qoplangan edi. U bir maktab o'quvchisi o'xshardi.
U o'zi dedi: "Men Jim meni o'ldirish emas umid qilamiz. Lekin men nima - Voy, men nima
, bir dollar va 87 sent bilan.
Etti soat kofe tayyor edi. Della Jim kutib o'tirdi. U uning izidan eshitgan
zinadan va u qonun bir lahza oqarib. Eshik ochilib, Jim kirib
xona. U ingichka va juda jiddiy qarab ... va to'satdan Jim to'xtadi. Uning ko'zlari edi
Della ustiga sobit va uni dahshatga ular bir ifoda bor edi.
"Jim, Darling! U menga qarash yo'q ", deb xitob qildi: Men so'radim, chunki men sochimni sotilgan
siz hozirgi berish. Mening soch yana o'sadi. Bu juda tez o'sadi. "A Happy New Sen
yili", Jim, va bizga baxtli bo'lsin. Siz men "siz uchun ham bor go'zal nima sovg'a bilmayman.
Jim xo'rsindi. U palto cho'ntagidan bir paketini qaratdi va stol ustiga tashladi.
"Siz bu paketini ochish bo'lsangiz, tushunish", deydi u.
Della qog'oz va mag'lubiyatga olib chiqdi. Della bir ko'rgan go'zal taroqlar bor yotardi
Brodvey shop deraza. Endi ular, sherik edi, lekin uning soch yo'q edi.
Birdan Della sakrab qichqirdi:
". Oh, Jim, men sizga go'zal sovg'a beramiz" U ustiga unga uzatdi
ochiq xurmo. 12
"Bu chiroyli zanjir emasmi? Menga soatini ber. Men u haqida qanday ko'rinadi "ko'rishni istasangiz
Jim itoat qilmadi. U divanda tushdi va uning boshiga ortida qo'lini qo'ydi va kulib qo'ydi.
"Della", u: «Men sening chuqurchalar sotib olish uchun pul olish uchun soatini sotilgan dedi. Bu kofe
tayyor? "