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1 Christmas came, and Stewart gathered the children at the dinner table. He tried to prepare all of their favorite food because he had no extra money for individual gifts.
2 "Lucy, I baked your favorite apple pie. Sean, I made sure to get some baked spaghetti(意大利面条)from the store.And Gregory, I baked a whole chicken.Your favorites! Merry Christmas, my sweet children!" Stewart told them.
3 After eating dinner together, Stewart took his three kids outside to make a huge snowman and had a snowball fight. It was a family tradition that Stewart wanted to keep alive even though his wife was no longer with them.
background
family tradition
excited /happy
Background: Christmas Day——Stewart
Plot line
The stewart’s action Emotion line
when Stewart was young:
( 1-3) 1. No money for gifts,but he prepared favorite food for his children
2. took his children outside to make snowman and had a snowball fight
happy
excited
love
4 Many years passed, and Stewart's kids all had families of their own.And they were all too busy to visit Stewart, although they didn't live far away. So Stewart spent most of the year alone,
5 Stewart would often sit in a wheelchair and look at old photos of his family. He came across one particular photo where he and his children were making a snowman outside the house. They were happy, and the lovely smiles on his children's faces were priceless.
6 Stewart waited for his children to come on Christmas Eve, looking out of the window."How I wish.." he said to himself as he watched others having fun together in their backyards.
loneliness/sadness
background
Plot line The stewart’s action Emotion line
when Stewart was old:
(4-6) alone 1.kids had famlies,
too busy to visit S,he spent festival alone most time.
2.sit in the wheelchair and look at old photos of his family to recall past time.
3.look out of the window,wish his children to come. Lonely
Sad
Disappointed
7 Stewart was sure that each member