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This story is about a man and a woman who save enough money from their blue-collar jobs to spend a week in luxury at a hotel.

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Transients in Arcadia
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This story is about a man who honors his promise to meet his best friend in the same location where they met twenty years ago, before he headed West.

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After Twenty Years
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After Twenty Years
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This story is about Harvey Maxwell, a broker who works like a machine, so much so that he forgets a few important things.

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The Romance of a Busy Broker
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The Romance of a Busy Broker
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This story tells of Jimmy Valentine, a safe burglar who recently was released from prison. After robbing a few more safes, he decides to abandon his old life in favor of becoming a better citizen.

Author: O. Henry Format: Text
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A Retrieved Reformation
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A Retrieved Reformation
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This story is about a taxi driver who takes his rider around town.

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From the Cabby's Seat
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From the Cabby's Seat
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This story is about a homeless man who tries to get into prison in order to get free food and keep warm during the winter. Now with classroom activities and answer key.

Author: O. Henry Format: Text
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The Cop and the Anthem
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The Cop and the Anthem
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This story tells of a Texas rancher named Webb who is not content with holding a lower rank than his wife regarding ranch affairs. He leaves to be the master of his own ranch, but is lured back by a sign that was used to signal a secret rendezvous when he and his wife were dating.

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Hearts and Crosses
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Hearts and Crosses
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This story tells of a man who, on the trail of a lost love, rents out a furnished room that is popular among thespians. Even though the housekeeper said that she had never seen or heard of the woman that the man seeks, he somehow feels her presence in that rented room.

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The Furnished Room
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The Furnished Room
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This story describes a woman who catches pneumonia and wishes to die when the last leaf on an ivy vine outside her window falls.

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The Last Leaf
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The Last Leaf
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The text and audio of this story in the Gift of the Magi are about a Thanksgiving "tradition" between an old gentleman and a homeless man: every Thanksgiving, the old gentleman treats the homeless man to a full-course meal.

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Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
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Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
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