Nancy and Plum

'Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful' So here we are on Christmas Eve, locked up in rotten Mrs Monday's boarding house with no presents and no Christmas dinner, while all the other children have gone home for the holidays.

,,Fulgii mari de zapada fluturau incet prin aer ca niste pene albe si faceau toata Valea Cereasca neteda, alba, linistita si frumoasa." Asa ca iata-ne in Ajunul Craciunului, inchisi in pensiunea putreda a doamnei Monday, fara cadouri si fara cina de Craciun, in timp ce toti ceilalti copii au plecat acasa de sarbatori.