Question

What did the author find in the junk shop?

Answer 1

Hint:
-The Best Christmas Present in the World by British writer and author Michael Morpurgo.
-The plot starts with a roll-top table being purchased by the protagonist from a junk shop.
-Though the table was in poor shape, the author felt he was able to fix it.

Complete answer:
A nineteenth century old roll-top desk, which was put up for sale in a scrap shop, was discovered by the photographer. When one leg was clumsily mended with scorch stains all over one foot, it was in a really poor shape with many broken bits. It was going for a very limited sum of money. I hoped I would restore it. It would be a risk, a challenge, but it's what I had to have. I paid the guy and took him back to the back of the workshop in my workroom. On Christmas Eve, I started work on it. In the middle of a war, the lecture, The Greatest Christmas Gift in the World, recites a Christmas story. It represents the soldiers' yearning to reunite with their families. On the other hand, it also casts light on the yearning of these soldiers' families. One such wife, Connie, a hundred-and-a-year-old lady whose husband was a British army soldier, confused her guest as her husband, Jim, and called the so-called "Best Christmas Present in the World" reunion.

Note: The novel 'Best Christmas Gift in the World' illustrated the moral message wonderfully. It conveys that conflict and struggle offer just sorrow and shame in the world. To find happiness in the universe, one should usually follow the path of harmony.