📱 eBook en inglés LITTLE WOMEN

The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We havent got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didnt say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We cant do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I dont," and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.
"But I dont think the little we should spend would do any good. Weve each got a dollar, and the army wouldnt be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintran for myself. Ive wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a bookworm.