Twolittlechildrenweresittingbythefireonecoldwinter'snight．Suddenly，theyheardaknockatthedoor．"Whocanitbe？"theywondered．Oneran（41）___（curious）toopenit．There，outsideinthecoldandthedarkness

　　Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter's night．Suddenly，they heard a knock at the door．"Who can it be？"they wondered．One ran （41）___ （curious） to open it．There，outside in the cold and the darkness，stood a child （42）___ no shoes on his feet and dressed in old thin garments．He was trembling with cold，（43）___ he asked if he was allowed to come in and warm himself．

　　"Yes，come，"cried both the children．They drew the little stranger to their warm seat，（44）___（share） their supper with him，and gave him their bed，and they slept on a hard bench．

　　On the night，they （45）___ （awake） by sweet music，（46）___was played by a band of children in shining garments．Suddenly the stranger child stood in front of （47）___：no longer cold and ragged，but dressed in silvery light．He said，"I am the Christ Child，（48）___（wander） through the world to bring peace and （49）___（happy） to good children as you．As you have helped me so much，this tree will give rich fruit to you every year．"

　　When he was saying that，he broke （50）___ branch from the tree that grew near the door，planted it in the ground and disappeared．But the branch grew into a great tree，and every year it bore wonderful golden fruit for the kind children．