[ti:The Gift] [ar:Aselin Debison] [al:Sweet is the Melody] [by:cutepopo.cn] [00:00.00]edited by cutepopo^_^ [00:00.30]A poor orphan girl named Maria [00:05.64]was walking the market one day [00:10.71]she stopped for to rest by the road side [00:15.81]where a bird with a broken wing laid [00:21.03]a few moments passed till she saw it [00:25.47]for it\'s feathers were covered with sand [00:30.49]and soon clean and rapped it was traveling [00:35.45]in the warmth of Maria\'s small hand [00:40.81]she happily gave her last paso [00:45.24]of a cage made of freshes and twine [00:50.08]she fed it loose corn from the market [00:54.91]watched it grow stronger with time [00:59.26]now the gift giving service was coming [01:04.28]and the chruch arm with tinsel and light [01:09.39]an\' all of the town folk brought presents [01:14.09]to lay by the manger that night [01:18.46]there were diamonds, incents and perfumes [01:23.42]and packages fit for a king [01:28.04]but for one raged bird in his small cage [01:32.98]Maria had nothing to bring [01:37.87]she waited till just before midnight [01:42.64]so no one would see her go in [01:47.31]and crying she knelt be the manger [01:51.80]for her gift was unworthy of him [01:56.81]then a voice spoke to her through the darkness [02:01.44]Maria what brings you to me [02:06.33]if the bird in the cage is your offering [02:11.39]open the door let me see [02:15.75]so she trembled she did as he asked her [02:20.56]an\' out of the cage the bird flew [02:25.41]soaring up into the rafters [02:29.85]on a wing that would feel good just new [02:35.14]an\' just as the midnight bells rang out [02:39.41]and the little bird started to sing [02:44.29]a song that no words could recapture [02:48.84]for its beauty was fit for a king [02:53.37]now Maria felt blessed just to listen [02:58.50]to the cascade a note sweet and long [03:03.10]as her offering was lifted to heaven [03:07.87]by the very first night in Gales so