Read the text and choose the best answer for each question.
Christmas Gifts
The day before Christmas a piano arrived at our house. Six men delivered it. It was my father’s gift to the whole family, but my mother had gone along with him to pick it out, so I was really the only one surprised.
Joel asked me to go to Christmas shopping with him. I told him okay, because I have a lot of allowance saved up and I want to buy something nice for everybody in our family. Now I’m sorry I said I’d go with him. Suppose he steals something? I feel like calling him to say, “Forget it, I can’t go.” But then he’ll want to know why and what will I say?
When Joel called for me I was in the bathroom. My stomach hurt. But in a little while the pain
went away and I followed Joel arould like a detective.
Every time he put his hands in his pockets I was there to make sure he hadn’t taken anything. I helped Joel to pick out his present for Lisa. We decided on this stretch sweater that the saleslady said fits like a second skin. Once we were loaded down with shopping bags I really had a hard time. I paid more attention to Joel than to my shopping list. I was surprised to see that he paid for everything. Maybe Joel never stole the batteries. Maybe it was my imagination. It could have been a mistake! But what about the apples at lunch? He steals one every day and that’s not my imagination!
The storyteller was surprised by his father’s Christmas gift because:
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