O Henry--最喜欢他的短篇小说。 这篇麦琪的礼物，在高中语文或者高中英语教材里有一篇精简的，

不过各省的教材不记得是不是不同

大概10年前，重读了他的短篇集，一点不过时, 比如 the last leaf, The Romance Of A Busy Broker

我最喜欢the trimmed lamp， 十几岁的时候就打心眼的喜欢， 虽说不懂。 现在回头看是一种早慧

https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-trimmed-lamp

But, another lesson she learned, perhaps unconsciously. Her standard of values began to shift and change. Sometimes the dollar-mark grew blurred in her mind's eye, and shaped itself into letters that spelled such words as "truth" and "honor" and now and then just "kindness.