The Present with a Future (1943)
Patti Hale: Jenny
Quotes
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[first lines]
Jenny , Billy : [running downstairs on Christmas morning] Morning, Mother! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Mother : Merry Christmas, Billy, Merry Christmas, Jenny.
Billy : [startled] Mother, where are our stockings?
Mother : ...Children, come and sit down a minute... Jenny, this is for you; and Billy, this is for you. It's Mother's Christmas present.
Billy : [puzzled] War bonds.
Mother : Yes, darling - war bonds.
Billy : Well, gee - thanks a lot, Mom, but...
Jenny : I wanted a bicycle.
Mother : I know you did, Jenny. And I know that Billy wanted a railroad. But I feel that you're both old enough to realize that your country's at war, and to be willing to make sacrifices for it. Just think - if Daddy were wounded, one single war stamp might pay for the medicine that would save him from pain... even save his life.