In the snowy village of Evergreen Hollow, on Christmas Eve, ten-year-old Lila sat alone by the fire. Her father had gone over the mountain for medicine days earlier, but a blizzard trapped himโno one could find him.Peering out the window, Lila spotted a faint red glow in the woods. She followed it to an old man in a green fur-trimmed coat, holding a lantern and pulling an empty sled.โMy fatherโs lost,โ she said.The man nodded kindly. โClimb in.โThe sled flew swiftly up the mountain. There, half-buried in snow, lay her shivering father. The stranger lifted him aboard, wrapped him in warm blankets, and glided them home.By morning, her father recovered. The mysterious man had vanished, leaving no tracks.Lila knew then: on the darkest nights, kindness finds its way home, like a lantern in the storm.Merry Christmas.
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