Chapter 1 : A Merry Christmas Part:1
The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, And Amy, were knitting by the fire. Snow was falling outside, and it was nearly Christmas, but the girls were not excited. This year they had no money for Christmas presents.
Jo could not help complaining.
" Christmas won't be Christmas without presents."
Amy, the youngest sister, was in the same mood.
"It's not fair! Some girls have lots of pretty things, and other girls have nothing at all."
Beth looked on the bright side of things." But we've got Father and Mother, and each other".
For a moment, the other girls smiled, but they soon looked sad again. Jo sounded pessimistic.
"We haven't got Father. We won't have him for a long time."
The sisters sat quietly for a moment, thinking of their Father, who was far away fighting in the war.
After a while, Meg spoke.
" Mother suggested not having presents this Christmas because it will be a hard winter everyone. She thinks it is wrong to spend money on pleasurable things when the men are suffering in the war. We can't do much to help them, but we should think of them, and not ourselves".
Jo agreed.
" You're right, but we do have a dollar each. Perhaps we could each buy something small for ourselves".
The clock struck six, and Beth put a pair of old slippers by the fire. It was time for Mother to come home."
Jo picked up the slippers.
