“What are you doing, dear?”<br>“It's a secret.”<br>“Secrets are better if you share them a little. So tell Mother why you look so sad on Christmas Eve.”<br>“I am wondering what to give—someone—for Christmas.”<br><br>So begins the story of a little mouse's search for a very special gift for a very special person. Nothing seems just right until the little mouse realizes that the best present of all is already at hand. <br><br>Palmer Brown has given us something special for Christmas—or any day—an entrancingly lovely story, filled with the true spirit of the holiday season.