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以下我们就为你准备了五篇由感恩节（或感恩行为）小故事改编而成的读后续写题。相信这些温暖指数爆棚的小故事会帮你做做热身运动，让你把那句未曾启齿的“谢谢”尽情向曾经或正在温暖你的人说出口。

文章来源：

https://www.yourmodernfamily.com/gratitude-for-kids/

When I was a baby, my parents gave me anything I wanted. I would play with a toy for a while, get bored, and ask my parents for a new one. Then my dad died when I was 2, and I got even more stuff as my mom, friends, and family gave me more and more stuff to try to make me feel better. My mom continued to treat me to whatever I wanted until I was seven and my world crashed.

That was when the real estate (房地产) market crashed. My mom had thought buying houses was a good idea as a way to invest her money to take care of us. After the crash, I went from the kid who got a fine iPod (伏笔自己挣钱买iPod) and who had the coolest house, to almost having nowhere to stay. 

Since then, when I would ask for a new toy or bike, or even to see a movie my mom would say “I’m sorry honey but we really can’t afford that right now (伏笔生日礼物可能比较朴素).” But my mom had grown up in a family where money was never a problem, so this change was as big for her as it was for me. My constant requests for toys and video games deepened her concern about our financial situation. But I wasn’t used to hearing “no.” So, for a year or two, I kept asking for things whether I really needed them or not (伏笔作者后来学会分辨自己是否真正需要一些东西).

Then something happened that would change my way of thinking forever. My mom had been working really hard all year, just to pay for the necessities, like our rents, and water and power bills (伏笔作者理解了母亲的艰难). When she asked me what I wanted for my birthday I said that I wanted a new video gaming system. I didn’t know that it was expensive. (伏笔可能没有得到这份礼物) All I knew was that my friends had them and that I wanted one, too.

文章改编自欧亨利短篇小说《两位感恩节绅士》

Stuffy Pete sat down on a seat in a New York City park. Every Thanksgiving for nine years he had sat down there in the afternoon. He went there to wait for the Old Gentleman, who would lead Stuffy to a restaurant and treat him to a big dinner. That was a thing that the Old Gentleman was trying to make into a tradition (交代故事背景), for it was a chance to ease the poor man’s suffering from starvation (伏笔两位主人公有一人遭受饥饿窘境).

On those other Thanksgiving Days he had been hungry. But today Stuffy was not hungry. He had come from a dinner so big that he had almost no strength to move. He was short of breath (伏笔吃得太饱会发生什么事). His body had suddenly become too big for his clothes.

The dinner had not been expected. On his way he passed a large house, whose owners also had a tradition. They invited the first hungry person who walked by into their home and offered him a very big dinner. Stuffy happened to be that person. It’s hard to turn down such great hospitality.

Finally, the Old Gentleman was coming across Fourth Avenue toward Stuffy’s seat, looking good enough as always. Always before, this had been a sweet moment. But now he looked up at the Old Gentleman’s face with tears of suffering in his eyes. But the Old Gentleman was shaking with the cold (伏笔老绅士最近的处境). He turned away, with his back to the wind.

Stuffy was very full, but he understood that he was part of a tradition. His desire for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own. It belonged to this kind Old Gentleman. The Old Gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always eaten at. The waiters brought food, and more food. Stuffy began to eat.

In an hour the battle was finished. The Old Gentleman carefully counted out $1.30, and left fifteen cents more for the waiter. Then they said goodbye, as they did each year, at the door. The Old Gentleman went south, and Stuffy went north.

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文章来源：

https://www.ldsliving.com/3-touching-thanksgiving-stories-from-president-monson-to-share-with-your-family/s/86914

Gordon grew up on a farm not quite wealthy in Canada, but his father had the capacity to help his family understand that their work is rewarding. This was especially true after harvest time when the family celebrated Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving morning his father would take them to the cellar which stored all kinds of fruit and vegetables. He had the children count everything carefully. Then they went out to count the cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and geese. Finally, when they sat down to enjoy the feast their mother had prepared, they were filled with happiness.

However, the Thanksgiving Gordon felt most thankfully was the year they seemed to have nothing for which to be grateful. That year started off well: they had large piles of hay, lots of seeds, ten pigs, and their father had a little money set aside. It was also the year that electricity came to their town, so the electrical line came into their house that year. They had light bulbs (灯泡) hung from each ceiling. (电和电灯都伏笔它们给这家人的生活带来的影响) There were no more lamps to fill with oil, and the lamps went quietly off to the attic (阁楼). (油灯和阁楼是重要线索，伏笔父亲的行为)

The coming of electricity to their farm was almost the last good thing that happened to them that year. Just as their crops were starting to come through the ground, the rains started. When the rain finally stopped, there wasn’t a plant left anywhere. They planted again, but more rains ruined almost all crops. They sold all the livestock (牲畜) they had intended to keep, getting very low prices because everybody else had to do the same thing. All they harvested that year were turnips which had somehow survived the storms. (伏笔感恩节晚餐内容)

Then it was Thanksgiving again. Gordon’s mother said, “Maybe we’d better forget it this year. We haven’t even got a goose left.” (戈登的母亲是线索人物)

文章来源：

https://www.stepstolife.org/article/childrens-story-kindness-repaid/

It was in a small town in England at one cold night. An old farmer was driving his horses to the barn (牲口棚) when he heard a voice saying, “Excuse me, sir. May I sleep in your barn tonight?” It was from a young soldier called Jack. Quietly standing there, tired and cold, he was waiting for an answer. But the old farmer said rudely, “No, I don’t want anybody like you to stay in my barn. You had better go away.”

Jack sadly turned away, wondering where he would go next. Suddenly he felt a light tap on his shoulder. It was the young boy who had been working for the old farmer. The boy said, “I know where you can get help. Just go down this road to the first little cabin you come to. There lives Mrs. Smith, who is very kind and is always willing to help those who need it.” (伏笔老妇人行善行为的持续)

Oh, what warmth filled Jack’s heart, “Thank you very much!” There was at least somebody who cared about him. He quickly reached the cabin and gently knocked on the door. The door opened and the lady inside said, “Good evening. Were you looking for me?”

Jack answered, “Are you Mrs. Smith? I was told that you might offer a place to a homeless poor soldier for a night’s stay.” She said, “Sure! Do come in! You look as though you are nearly frozen.” Mrs Smith shared her simple meal with Jack in the warm room. Then with a thankful heart (伏笔后文的感恩行为), he went to sleep on a pile of clean hay Mrs Smith had prepared for him.

The next morning, the kind woman cooked him a warm breakfast. She also gave him a small sum of money to help him travel farther. As he left her house, he thanked her for her kindness, and she prayed for him. (整段伏笔两人重逢后杰克的行为)

Ten years went by and no one remembered what had happened on that cold windy night except one person.(伏笔杰克记得老妇人)

参考范文 

文章来源：

https://www.theholidayspot.com/thanksgiving/stories/wishbone_valley.htm

The Thanksgiving feast had just ended, and only Donald and his little sister Grace remained at the table. They were too tired to rise from their chairs to have their faces washed. They seemed sleepy, and Grace finally thought of the wishbone that they intended to break after dinner. (wishbone为全文线索)

“Come now, Donald. Let’s break the old turkey’s wishbone.” Grace said. “All right,” replied Donald, opening his eyes slowly, “let’s do it now.” So he held up the wishbone, and Grace took hold of the other end of it with a happy smile.

“Listen, you must not take hold so far from the end, because I have a fine wish to make, and want to get the big end if possible,” Donald said. While Grace replied, with a sigh, “So have I a nice wish to make, and I also want the big end.” (伏笔愿望实现)

And so they argued for a few minutes, until their mother entered the room and told them that if they could not stop quarreling over the wishbone she would take it from them and throw it into the fire. So they wasted no time in taking it by the ends and snapping it in half.

“Ha! I’ve got it!” shouted Donald excitedly, observing Grace’s expression of disappointment. “Well, I’ve made a wish, too,” said Grace. “But it won’t come true,” replied Donald, “because you have the little end.” Grace just made a face at his brother and ran away. (续写提示语说格蕾丝愿望实现了，值得思考，是续写一个着眼点)

And then Donald thought he would go out to the yard and play. After a while, his mother told him to come back to the house. She asked the two to have some pumpkin pies and then go to bed.