The Present with a Future (1943)

Patti Hale: Jenny

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Jenny , Billy : [running downstairs on Christmas morning]  Morning, Mother! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

  Mother : Merry Christmas, Billy, Merry Christmas, Jenny.

  Billy : [startled]  Mother, where are our stockings?

  Mother : ...Children, come and sit down a minute... Jenny, this is for you; and Billy, this is for you. It's Mother's Christmas present.

  Billy : [puzzled]  War bonds.

  Mother : Yes, darling - war bonds.

  Billy : Well, gee - thanks a lot, Mom, but...

  Jenny : I wanted a bicycle.

  Mother : I know you did, Jenny. And I know that Billy wanted a railroad. But I feel that you're both old enough to realize that your country's at war, and to be willing to make sacrifices for it. Just think - if Daddy were wounded, one single war stamp might pay for the medicine that would save him from pain... even save his life.