The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.

-Pierre Corneille

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than its value.

-Charles Dudley Warner

We’ve all had experience giving and recieving gifts, and many opportunities to observe others doing the same. Recreate a scene from memory, or create an original story, which either illustrates one of the above sayings or shows something very different. Let your story reveal character and motive.