help please

Which excerpt from “The Gift of the Magi” presents the reader with the initial conflict of the story?

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.

She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."

Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far.

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help please 


Which excerpt from “The Gift of the Magi” presents the reader with the initial conflict of the story?

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.

She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."

Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far.

yemenrip · Answer

Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.

yemenrip · Answer

your in k12 7thgrade right cause i did this story 2 months ago

anonymous · Answer

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yemenrip · Answer

sorry i didnt  welcome you well welcome to open study

anonymous · Answer

are u sure?

anonymous · Answer

ur wrong 9th grade and not k12 school

natasha18 · Answer

I might be wrong but I think it's the last one. From what I remember of the order of the story, the initial conflict seems to be that they were poor and they only made twenty dollars a week.

wwhitlock · Answer

I like what Natash18 said.

wwhitlock · Answer

I love OHenry stories, no matter what grade they are taught,