It was Christmas! Everyone was enjoying it except one family: little Nora and her mom. Her mom was sick for an unknown reason and needed expensive treatment. But they had little money to live.
"Only a miracle will help your mother!", said the doctor to Nora. "This is the only hope for poor people like you."
"Doctor please help my mom.", she could not but cry.
"You don't have enough money to treat her, so....this will be her last Christmas.", said the cruel doctor. He was about to leave when he forbade Nora to bother him with those trifles anymore.
She was hurt! Her mom was getting worse by the minute. Her mom also knew about her disease. But she didn't care about it. Her all care was only for her little girl. She told Nora that she hadn't eaten anything the whole day. She asked her to take the money and buy herself something to eat; after all, it was Christmas!
While her mom was saying this, she suddenly fell asleep. She was so scared and called her mommy. She was continuously asking her to wake up but she was in deep sleep. She remembered what the doctor said, "Only a miracle will help your mother." So, the little and innocent Nora decided to buy the miracle the doctor was talking about. She took all the money that was in the house.
She went out. It was snowing heavily, but she wore little warm clothes. And because of her old boots, she stumbled and dropped all the money into the snow. She began to dig out coins with her bare hands. It was so cold that she could no longer feel her fingers, but she kept looking for the money to save her mother.
After digging couple of minutes, finally, she found all of it. And then she somehow made it to the pharmacy. But the saleswoman was already closing to leave. Nora immediately started begging her for the miracle.
The woman was rough-behaved. She said to Nora, "What nonsense are you talking, ragamuffin? Miracles don't exist, dummy! Go to her before she dies and don't bother me; I'm in a hurry to go home!"
This evil saleswoman closed the pharmacy and left Nora to freeze on the street. She could not believe that her mom would not sing a lullaby for her ever again. Her legs could no longer carry her. She fell on the steps and started crying. People passed by and didn't even notice that sad little girl. They had no time for it and were busy preparing for the holidays.
She thought about her mother if she was already in the next world with her dad. Suddenly, a strange man with glasses appeared in front of her. He told her that he had heard her talking to that woman. He asked her to tell him what had happened to her mother. She replied that her mom was very sick. She also said that the doctor said that only a miracle could save her.
The man smiled and said that she was so lucky that she had met a real wizard. Nora lost all of her hopes and could not believe the man. She told him that he was lying; he was not a magician. She added that there was no miracle too. The man replied that miracle exists and happens only to those who never cease to believe in them.
In a second, a hot bun appeared in his hands. He gave it to the girl and told her to take him to her mom and promised that he would help them.
The next morning, the miracle happened! Nora's mom felt much better! The kind wizard admitted her into the hospital and turned out to be the chief doctor there. He didn't leave her mom until she got better.
And suddenly, that evil doctor entered the ward. He saw Nora and her mom and immediately asked the chief doctor if he was wasting his precious time trying to save that beggar. He replied that he had helped a patient as a doctor would. Then he told the evil doctor to take off his robe and look for a new job.
The doctor was so shocked and asked the chief where he would find a new job as that was the only hospital in the city. The chief smiled and said, "I hope a miracle helps you too!"
By this time, Nora's mother gathered all of her strength to thank the kind doctor. But he refused it and said to her," Don't thank me, thank your little miracle, Nora!"
Maybe there are no miracles at all, but a piece of something magical does exist in this world.
