A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True
Louisa May Alcott
Effie is tired of Christmas until a dream shows her how other children spend it, and she decides to share her own. The opening story of Lulu's Library, a collection of tales Louisa May Alcott told her niece at bedtime.
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