I once read a foreign short story called " Birthday Gift " in high school. I can't find the original text anymore. Has anyone read it?

Once upon a time, it was Lily's birthday. Her best friend, Tom, knew how much she loved books. So he searched high and low in the old bookstores for a first - edition of her favorite novel. When he presented it to her on her birthday, Lily's eyes lit up with joy. She hugged Tom tightly, feeling truly blessed to have such a thoughtful friend.

I don't know as I haven't read it, so I can't say who the main characters are.

A hand - made scarf could be a great birthday gift. In a short story, perhaps a girl named Emma knitted a scarf for her friend's birthday. It took her weeks to finish it. When her friend received it, she was very touched because she knew how much effort Emma had put into it.

One day, Tang Sanzang and his disciples came to a high mountain. The mountain was steep and the peaks overlapped. After walking for a day, Tang Sanzang felt hungry and asked Sun Wukong to find something to eat. Wukong jumped up into the clouds and looked around. He saw ripe peaches on Nanshan Hill and wanted to pick some to satisfy his master's hunger. As soon as Wukong left, Tang Sanzang was discovered by the monster White Bone. The White Bone Demon was overjoyed and muttered to herself,"Good fortune!" Creation! It was said that one could live forever after eating Tang Sanzang's meat. Today's the day!" Just as she was about to step forward, she saw that Tang Sanzang was protected by Zhu Bajie and Monk Sand. She turned into a beautiful village girl, carried a jar of vegetarian food, and went straight to Tang Sanzang, saying that she had come specially to invite them to eat vegetarian food. Tang Sanzang refused again and again, but Pig was so talkative that he snatched the jar and was about to open his mouth. At this moment, Wukong came back from Nanshan to pick peaches. He opened his Fiery Eyes and recognized the village girl as a demon. He raised his Jingu Staff and hit her head. Tang Sanzang hurriedly pulled Wukong back. "It's a demon," said Wukong."It's here to deceive you." With that, he struck the goblin in the face. The goblin threw down a fake corpse and fled in a wisp of smoke. Tang Sanzang blamed Wukong for killing people for no reason. Wukong opened the jar and a few frogs and toads jumped out. There was no vegetarian food at all. Only then did Tang Sanzang somewhat believe that the village girl was a monster. The master and disciple ate the peaches and continued their journey. An old woman in her eighties appeared on the hillside. She held a bent bamboo cane in her hand and walked over while crying. Wukong saw that it was the demoness again. He didn't say anything and hit her head with his stick. When the White Bone Demon saw the cudgel fall, she used a spell to escape and threw a fake corpse on the road. When Tang Sanzang saw this, he was so shocked that he fell off his horse and sat on the ground. Without any explanation, he chanted the Golden Hoop Incantation twenty times in one breath. Wukong had an unbearable headache and quickly pleaded. The third time, the White Bone Demon turned into a white-haired old man and was seen through by Sun Wukong. Tang Sanzang wrote a letter of reprimand and drove Sun Wukong back to Huaguo Mountain. Watching Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Beats the White Bone Demon Three Times is not enough. Everyone is welcome to click to read the novel!

I'm sorry, I haven't read 'the birthday gift short story' specifically, so I can't summarize its plot.

Whether it was necessary to read the original text of a foreign masterpiece depended on one's personal reading purpose and preferences. For some readers, reading the original text can better understand the culture, history, language and other details in the work and can better enjoy the pleasure of reading. For other readers, they could better understand the content and extension of the works through translation and could read them more conveniently.

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