A STRING OF BLUE BEADS
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That more than a card, less than a gift, item in a short short, this bears a soft Christmas message- Pete's bride-to-be has been killed, he is crippled and has become a recluse. To his shop comes a little girl to buy a present for her older sister and Pete sells her the necklace she chooses for eleven cents. When the older sister comes to rectify what seems to her to be a glaring mistake -- Pete recognizes his good deed has brought him another chance at happiness.