Delia's action shows that she loves her new husband Jim enough that she is willing to sacrifice something she values in order to get him a Christmas gift. She has an unselfish, loving character.
Your answer would be "your energetic dog".
Because the object must have a noun.
The exposition of "The Gift of the Magi" is the narrator introducing the young, struggling couple, and the rising action features Della wishing to buy her husband a nice gift. The climax of the story is Della deciding to sell her hair to buy her husband a watch strap. The falling action and resolution is the exchange of gifts, in which Della realizes her husband sold his watch for her gift.
