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Ola or a Christmas Present for Mother
by John D. Mac donald. Requisites

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scene a sitting room with fireplace,
a small one or a two burner oil

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stove hid in a fireplace. Characters. Alta Good read by Devora Allen,

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Henry Good read by T. J. Burns. Leon Good read by Thomas

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Peter, Missus Good read by Phone
Ola. A Street Waif read by Jasmine

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Selma Narrator read by Maria Casper.
Alta working on a tidy sighs heavily.

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Ha Leon whittling a stick, looks
up at Alta. I say, Alta,

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isn't that tidy finished? Yet?
You must be taking a lot of

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pains with it, for you have
been a long time at it. That

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is true, Leona. I have
been working on it a long time.

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You see. It is for mother, and I can only work on it

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when she is away somewhere. I
have quite a lot to do on it,

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but I think I can finish it
before mother comes home. You had

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better let Henry and you help you, Alta, and then you surely will

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finish it. Leon. It wouldn't
be a tidy if I let you and

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Henry get in some of your stitches
on it. I rather think that it

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would be an untidy instead of a
tidy. I think you had better crack

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some nuts for mother and leave me
to do this Henry, who has been

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rubbing some corn off into the pauper. Yes, Leon, you get some

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nuts cracked and leave sister to do
her fancy work. I'll get about this

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corn and have it ready for mother
when she gets home. Henry pops the

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corn and Leon cracks nuts. By
the way, Alta, what do you

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think mother will bring you for a
Christmas present? A writing pad or an

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automobile? He wanted both, but
as we're very poor, you will likely

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only get one of them. Which
shall it be? Now, Henry,

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Please don't tease me anymore about that
automobile. You know I was only fooling.

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Besides, there are a number of
things that I need more than I

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do an automobile. I know what
all to wants, Henry. She would

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like a half dozen more brothers just
like us. Come now, Alta,

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isn't that so No, not at
all, Leon. Two brothers are enough

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for me, But I would like
a sister to play with you boys tease

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me so? Perhaps Mother will bring
you one when she comes home from her

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Christmas shopping Tonight, you pop your
corn, Henry, and I will attend

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to my work. I can see
that you feel like teasing me again tonight,

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Henry to Leon. I suppose there
will be a lot of happy children

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tomorrow, Leon, with plenty of
candy and nuts and all kinds of presents.

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Bill Lark told me they were going
to have a Christmas tree at their

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church and they were going to give
a present to all the poor in the

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town. Say that will be great, won't it. Still? I'll bet

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there will be a lot of children
that won't get anything, and I feel

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so sorry for them. I was
reading a story yesterday about a poor little

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girl who had no father or mother
to care for her. She had no

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home but used to sleep in any
hall or doorway that she found open,

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and one cold Christmas Eve she froze
to death. It made me cry when

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I read it. Henry dumping the
corn from the pauper on the table.

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Well, sister, we have no
father, and we are very poor too,

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but we have a nice home and
enough to eat, and the very

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best mother and all the world.
Dear me, boys, whatever should we

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do without our mother? Knock heard
at door, Alter hurries to put tidy

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away. Here comes mother. I'm
so glad. Goes to door, finds

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Ola standing there. Why little girl, who are you? Oh? Please?

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May I come and I get warm? I'm so very very cold,

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and I have no place to go. I have no place to sleep,

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and I'm so hungry. Boys go
to door also, come in, Come

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in and get warm? You poor
little thing. What is your name?

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Little girl? Olah shivering? Oh, I'm just Ola. Take off your

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coat and hat, Ola, and
come up to the fire and get warm.

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You get a chair for her,
Henry, while I get her a

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hot drink and something to eat.
Henry puts chair by fire. Ola starting

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to remove coat. I guess i'd
better keep my things on because your mom

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might get mad when she sees me. And I have to scoot cause I

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get kicked out of lots of places. Most people don't like poor folks.

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They say we steal and lie in
lots of other things. But I don't.

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Here. Ola, eat this bread
and drink this, and when mother

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comes she will give you some more. Gives Ola hot drink and bread.

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Why are your father and mother?
Ola? I haven't gotten them. I

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am just alone. Well, who
takes care of you? I do it?

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Myself, Henry, coming closer to
Ola. Why who buys food for

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you? Nobody? Only me?
A'll tak wiping tears away? You poor

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poor little thing. How do you
earn money to buy bread and clothes and

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shoes? I sell matches and papers, and I run errand sometimes for the

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butcher man, and sometimes I scrub
out the butcher man's shop. But I

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don't get much. And sometimes I
sing on the street and I get as

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much as ten cents. Sing for
us, Willyola, We would like to

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hear you. Jesus loves me.
This I know, for the Bible tells

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me so little wants to him.
Long they are week BERTI is strong.

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Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus

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love me. The Bible tells me
so. Alta calls boys aside, say,

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boys, let's keep Olah, the
poor little thing. She can be

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our sister. And I will give
her some of my clothes and shoes to

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wear, and we can all take
care of her. Let's do it,

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Henry, let's do it. We
will give her to mother for a Christmas

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present, all right, we'll do
it. When we hear mother coming,

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we will let Ola stand in the
corner and cover her up so mother won't

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see her when she comes in.
What fun? Alta speaks to Ola,

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Ola, how would you like to
live here with us, have our mother

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for your mother too? Wouldn't it
be nice? Ola standing up, looks

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surprised. Oh oh, oh,
missus Good knocks at the door. Quick,

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all, La, quick, stand
over here, and we will cover

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you all up before mother comes in. Enter Missus Good. Well, my

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dear children, have you enjoyed yourselves
while I was out chopping? Oh?

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Yes, mother, we had a
splendid time. The boys were real good

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to me and didn't tease much.
Mother. Are all those bundles Christmas presents

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for us? No, dear,
don't be inquisitive. Wait until to morrow

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morning to see what I have for
you. Places bundles on the table,

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Henrietta, Alta. I see a
riding pad, Alta, but no automobile.

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Alta turns her head away from him. Leon very importantly, hands in

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pockets. Well, mother, we
have a Christmas present for you, and

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we're not going to keep you waiting
until Christmas morning for it either. Henry

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excitedly, what do you suppose it
is? Mother? Give a good guess

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now, Oh, some candy or
some fancy work. Isn't that it?

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Alter? No, not fancy work, dear mother. We have something better

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than that. Our new presence moves
and sings and is very very useful.

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Missus good smiling. Oh I know. No, you have a canary bird

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that moves and sings and is indeed
very useful because it teaches us to be

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happy all the time. No,
it's not a canary, mother, because

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it talks too. Now, a
canary doesn't talk, you know, Henry,

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it must be a parrot. Come
now, isn't it a parrot?

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No, Mother, it's no parrot
either. Guess again, missus good ponder,

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No, I'll give it up,
but I know it must be something

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nice. I can tell by your
happy faces. Bring it out, boys,

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Bring it out, boys, carry
ollah, still covered up, out

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the middle of the room in rigid
position. Oh, what a big present

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that is, boys, leon as
he uncovers Olah. Yes, and it

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can sing and scrub and sell matches. Missus good. In surprise, my

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children, What little girl is this? How did you come here? Mother?

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The poor little creature came to our
door so cold and hungry, and

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we brought her in. We thought
she would freeze to death. And now

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mother, we want to keep her, and she is your Christmas present from

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us, Missus Good. As she
seats herself in a chair, Come here,

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little girl, and tell me all
about it. Puts arm around Olah.

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What is your name, dear Olah? Ola? What? Oh?

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No, not Olla? What?
It's just Ola, that's all. Where

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is your home? Ola? I
haven't got no home. But you must

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live somewhere, and someone must take
care of you. Can it be that

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you are all alone in the world. I guess I must be, because

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no one gives me a home,
and I take care of myself. I

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had a nice mama once, and
she took care of me. But Mamma

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was sick a long time, and
she told me one day to always be

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a good little girl, and sometime
I could come and see her up in

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heaven, because she was going there
pretty soon. And I guess she went

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to heaven because I didn't see her
since they took her away in a carriage.

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Do keep her, mother, and
we will all share up with her.

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Missus Good thoughtfully, three little ones
of my own vite for can I

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take another? And the stranger draws
Ola closer to her. Ola. The

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children say you can sing? Will
you sing for me? Jesus loves me.

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He who died heavens gets to open
what he will wash away, my

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son, let his little child come
in. Yes, Jesus loves me.

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Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells

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me, so, Ola, would
you like to live here with us?

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And let me be your mother in
place of the one that's gone to heaven.

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Oh? My live here, Oh
this lovely house, runs over to

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the fireplace, and be warm all
the time. Oh yes, yes,

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yes, Olah, and not only
have a nice warm home, but a

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warm place in our hearts too.
Now, dear children, I thank you

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all for your Christmas present, draws
Olah to her, And if you will

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all come closer, I will read
a few verses from the Bible. Then

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shall the King say to them that
shall be on his right hand, Come,

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ye, blessed of my Father possessed
you the kingdom prepared for you from

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the foundation of the world. For
I was hungry, and you gave me

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to eat. I was thirsty,
and you gave me to drink. I

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was a stranger and you took me
in naked, and you covered me sick,

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and you visited me. I was
in prison, and you came to

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me. Then shall the just answer
him, saying, Lord, when did

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we see thee hungry and fed thee
thirsty and gave thee drink? Or when

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did we see thee a stranger and
took thee in? Or naked and covered

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thee? Or when did we see
thee sick or imprison and came to thee.

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And the king answering, shall say
to them, all men, I

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say to you, as long as
you did it to one of these,

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my least brethren, you did it
to me. Yes, after all,

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it is more blessed to give than
to receive. And for his sake I

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will give this little one a home
curtain end of ollah, or a Christmas

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present for mother by John D.
Mac donald