Scene: A cozy room in a rich man's house with luxurious furniture and ornaments. A spoiled little girl may be seen cuddling a little kitty and a beautiful doll.

Time: The week before Christmas.

Characters: Dolly Mae, Mrs. Lovett and Miss Fairy.

Mrs. Lovett: Dolly dear, tell mother how many presents you are going to give this year.

Dolly Mae: How much money may I have mother?

Mrs. Lovett: Why, I don't know. You want to give presents with your own money, don't you?

Dolly Mae: Oh, mother, it will take nearly all of my money. I won't have any for myself.

Mrs. Lovett: (Taking Dolly in her lap) Dolly, I have noticed that you have a great tendency to be selfish and self contained. You will think me mean now but if I do not teach you better you will always be selfish, and it will be my fault. You will eith er give presents with your own money or I won't allow Santa Claus to come to see you. (With this she leaves the room).

Dolly Mae to herself: Oh, well, I can spend my money and get my own Christmas presents. (She sat pouting and looking in the fireplace. She was very tired. All of a sudden from out the fireplace jumped a beautiful fairy waiving her wand.)

Miss Fairy: Dear Dolly Mae, I heard what you said to your mother and I will tell you a story if you will listen.

Dolly Mae: Please tell me a story.

Miss Fairy: Once there was a little girl that was very selfish. She had everything money could buy, but on Christmas she was not happy because she did not have the Christmas spirit.

Dolly Mae: What is the Christmas spirit?

Miss Fairy: The Christmas spirit is a spirit that makes us feel we should make somebody else happy. It is a spirit of self-forgetfulness. You should never give to receive. (Here Dolly's mouth flew open, but the fairy continued) Each Christmas she woul d give only to those who had given to her the year previous and she would not spend more than she thought they had spent on her. So one Christmas her kind old grandmother told her that she would have to make a sacrifice if she wanted to be happy.

Dolly Mae: Whay, what are they?

Miss Fairy: A sacrifice is the giving of something you really want or need to make someone else happy. Her grandmother promised her that if she would make a sacrifice she would be the happiest girl in the world. This little girl craved happiness so she decided she would give her little pepinese dog that she adored to a servant's daughter that was sick. The little sick girl was so delighted her eyes danced and her face was wreathed in smiles; it made the other child feel so happy to know she could chee r someone like that. So that Christmas she gave a great many presents of her personal belongings and spent a great deal of money. Christmas night she called her mother and said, "Mother, dear, I am the happiest girl in the world."

Dolly: Oh! Miss Fairy, could I be the happiest girl in the world? (her doll fell to the floor, she looked where the fairy had been standing) Why, I have been asleep! (pause) Just the same I could try it. (Dolly leaves stage)

Dolly: Mother, Liza loves my kitty and so do I, but she shall have it.

Mother: Why Dolly Mae, I believe you have the Christmas spirit.

(Dolly may be seen scrawling in her own childish handwriting and spelling in her own original way the names of her friends.)

Christmas night mother is about to send her to bed.

Dolly Mae: Mother, dear, I am the happiest girl in the world and I have found the real Christmas spirit.