LILY AWOKE TO HER YOUNGER SISTER HITTING her with a pillow. She lifted her hands out and groaned. "It's Christmas Lilly! Wake , everyone but you and Jo and are awake!" She said putting down the pillow. Lily nodded and waved her off. Amy ran out of their room and to the attic where Jo slept.
Lily shared a room with Meg the eldest as Jo took the attic and Beth and Amy wanted to share a room. So she shared a room with Meg. It wasn't bad except when Meg would stay awake talking about if she was rich.
Lily sat up and walked over to where she placed her dress the day before. It was a vibrant red color and her aunt march had gotten her for her 17th birthday. Aunt March wasn't a big fan of Lily cause she liked to be out in the dirt but she did believe she and Amy were the only ones to marry rich and carry their family, so that made Aunt March always wanting to take trips or buy her expensive gifts.
She brushed her hair and walked down stairs to her siblings and smiled. "Merry Christmas my lovely sisters." She said teaching the final step. All the sisters got up and hugged her wishing her a Merry Christmas before they all sat back down. Lily sat in a chair next to Meg who was sewing something.
Jo came down the stairs with Amy behind her, "Merry Christmas!" She said making everyone face her. "We've been up for hours!" Meg said laughing. "What have you been writing?" Beth asked.
Jo smiled, "I got carried away with our delicious revenge play! Poison!" She yelled the last bit. Amy shook her head, "No poison, it's Christmas." "It's not Christmas without presents." Jo said sitting in next to Beth. Everyone nodded. "It's so dreadful being poor." Meg said making everyone nod once more.
"I don't think it's fair that some girls get nice things while other girls get nothing at all!" Amy spoke. "I think it's nice to at least have father and mother and each other." Lily spoke up for the first time. "We haven't got father, and we won't have him for as long as this war drags on!" Jo grumbled crossing her arms over her chest.
Meg sighed, "I wish I had plenty of money and servants so I wouldn't have to do anything anymore." She said making everyone nod. Being poor was a lot of work. "You could be a proper actress!" Jo suggested. "I couldn't be an actress." Meg denied.
Jo rolled her eyes before facing Lily, "And you Lily, you could be a botanist!" She smiled. Lily just smiled and shook her head, "Girls aren't aloud into the school of science." Said Lillianmaking the girls frown at the poor girl.
"I have loads of wishes! But my favorite one is to be an artist and go to france and paint pictures and be the best in the world!" Amy said smiling at the thought. Lily nodded at the girl. She was very talented with her painting.
"Isn't that what you want Jo? To become a famous writer?" Beth said laying her head on Jo's shoulder. "Yeah, but it sound sounds so crass when she says it!" She said pointing at Amy making Lily laugh. "Why be ashamed of it!" Beth asked. "I'm not!" Jo defended,
"My wish is all of us to be together with mother and father in this house. That's what I want." Beth said taking her head off of Jo's shoulder. They all nodded. It would be a great wish to come true.
"What about your music Queen Bess?" Jo said using the nickname she had for Beth. Beth shook her head, "I only do that for us. Nobody else needs to hear it." She said.
"You must not limit yourself!" Amy said trying to shape her nose in their mirror which made Lily laugh at the younger girl. "Mother proposed not having presents this year because men are suffering in the army. We can't do much, but we should make little sacrifices and do it gladly." Meg said standing up and placing down her the thing she was sewing and the needle.
"Don't play mother, just because she isn't home." Jo spoke rolling her eyes at her older sister. Jo grabbed a pillow at threw it at her. Amy groaned, "Don't do that Jo! That's so boyish." She said turning around. "That's why I do it!" Jo shrugged. "I detest rude, un-lady like girls." Amy fought.
"I hate affected little chits!" Jo fought back. Jo tackled amy and brought in Lily and Lily brought in Meg whole Meg brought in Beth and the five wrested each other in their living room. "My nose! Watch my nose!" Amy laughed.
In came Hannah their maid, "I know you don't care what I think but you don't want your mother coming in and seeing this?" Hannah said. All the girls came rushing up to Hannah. "We care about you Hannah!" Meg said as the girl's tackled her into a big hug. "You more family then wicked Aunt March." Jo said and Lily laughed high fiving her older sister.
"Where's Marmee?" Amy asked as they all let go. "Goodness only knows. Some poor creatures came a-beggin, and your mom went straight off to see what was needed." Hannah said shaking her head.
"I wish she could help people at a time convenient time for us." Jo said and Lily nodded. "Joana and I are very hungry." Beth said holding her doll close to her chest. "Dolls don't get hungry Beth!" Amy said shaking her head.
Jo held up pieces of paper, "I've re-written the climax and we need to set into memory. Amy, get the costumes!" Jo said. The girls did a play. They would dress up and act it out. Jo wrote it of course. And Beth and Lily made the props while Meg and Amy worked on the outfits.
Amy clapped her hands together with a smile, "I've made a divine hat! And I painted these shoes blue so she looks even more like a princess!" Amy said holding them up. "I think the melancholy piece. I've figured out is pretty good." Beth said reading the script and Lily nodded.
Beth handed back the paper and headed over to her piano. "Meg just wait till you see this speech!" Jo said. "I don't get how you write such splendid things Jo! Your a regular Shakespeare!" Lily gushed reading through the script. "Not quite." Jo responded before facing Amy, "Miss Michelangelo will you please practice the fainting scene." She said with a posh voice.
The girls giggled as Amy fell horribly. "Your as stiff as a poker in that!" Jo said helping the girl up and shaking her head. "I can't help it! I don't ever faint! And I don't choose to make myself black and blue. If I can go down easily i'll drop! If I can't, i'll fall down into a chair and be graceful. I don't care if Hugo does come at me with a pistol!" Amy spoke falling on said chair gracefully.
Jo and Lily faced Hannah. "Hannah." They both said at the same time with a smile. "I'm not going to act." She responded wiping the smile of both their faces. "We didn't even say anything!" Jo said raising her arms. "I knew what you two were gonna say and i'm not acting." To which Lily just groaned.
The door opened and in came Marmee. The girls smiled and rushed to hug their mother before quickly sitting down as they were very hungry. "I could eat a horse!" Jo said to which Amy just slapped her with her napkin.
The girls looked at their mother's face that looked so upset. "What is it?" Lily asked confused why her mother looked that way. "Not far from here lives a poor women. Mrs.Hummel. Her five children are in one bed so they don't freeze and there is nothing to eat. My girls, would you mind giving up your breakfast to them. As a Christmas present." Their mother asked with pleading eyes.
The girls looked around at each other and nodded to their mother which made their mother smile and thank her daughters.
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THE MARCH FAMILY WERE WALKING IN THE FREEZING snow. They packed their food, blankets, mittens and hats. They didn't have a lot, but they did want to help the family anyway they can. Lily had given up an old dress of her's to the oldest girl.
Marmee knocked on the door and the women opened up with a crying baby on her waist. The March family walked in and Lily's face grew in sadness. It was a one room cabin. They had a small table, and a small fire place. In the corner sat a twin sized bed that Lily slept in. Four children sat there huddled up next to each other to try and keep warm.
Beth took the crying baby and Lily helped set out all the food. Once they did they took their now empty baskets bid their goodbyes before leaving.
Lily's stomach growled but she was oh so happy to help that family. It needed lots of help and Lily knew she was going to be visiting that family a lot more.
They entered the home, Amy being first and
Lily being last. On the table sat a bunch of delicious food that the family couldn't afford.
"Mr.Laurence sent it." Hannah said. Lily's smile grew. She knew it was him. He was so kind to the family and Lily made a mental note to go over sometime to thank him.
They sat down and started to dig in, their faces filled with joy and happiness. It was a Christmas for the books. That's for sure.
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