1. Colin had only managed to save four dollars and seventeen cents.
2. Whitney suggested that Colin make presents for his parents.
3. Colin remembered that when he was young, his mom and dad made him a poem for Christmas.
4. Colin knew he wasn’t good at writing poems, so he thought of making something else.
5. Colin decided to make something special because homemade gifts are special—they make the recipient think of the person who made them.
6. Colin kicked a pebble across the parking lot, thinking about how to make something his parents would actually want.
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