Barbie in a Christmas Carol Page #3

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Christmas? Bah, humbug!

- Eden's mean.

- Oh, you think so?

I guess she can come off

as kind of mean, but...

- No, she is mean.

- Okay, if that's how you see it.

- So, that night...

- Wait!

It's just you usually tell me stories

about nice girls,

girls who are good to everyone.

Well, that's true. Eden's someone

who's making a lot of mistakes.

But sometimes we can learn from people

who make mistakes, don't you think?

Like when you left your shoes

out in the kitchen and tripped over them,

- I learned not to do that.

- Exactly.

(LAUGHING) And you were carrying spaghetti

and it went everywhere!

All over the floor and on the walls...

Uh-huh. I remember.

And in your hair... And, remember,

one piece hung right down in your face.

And when you breathed in,

it almost went up your nose, and...

Okay, I remember.

Can we get back to the story now?

I don't know.

Maybe I'm not all done learning yet.

Kelly...

(GIGGLES)

Okay, we can get back to the story.

Thank you.

So, they rehearsed all that evening.

And that night, while Eden was asleep...

(CHUZZLEWIT SNORING)

Oh!

Who's there?

(GASPS)

(SCREAMS)

Eden...

Aunt Marie?

Yes, my darling. It is I.

(LAUGHS)

Whoa!

(AUNT MARIE GROANS)

(MEOWS)

Don't just sit there gaping, child.

Didn't I raise you with any manners?

When your aunt's ghost comes to visit

and gets tripped up in her chains,

you help her.

Of course. I... I must've forgotten.

(EXCLAIMS)

Much better.

Now, child, walk with me.

(EXCLAIMS)

(GASPS)

Mmm. Free up time. Better stay standing.

I think you'd have an easier time

if you took off some of your jewellery.

No, Eden, these chains don't ever come off.

They're the chains I formed in life.

Chains of selfishness.

But you always said selfishness is good.

In a selfish world, the selfish succeed.

You still say that after all these years?

I suppose I should be flattered.

(LAUGHING) You really did care for me.

Well, of course, Aunt Marie. You raised me.

Like a true daughter.

And you've become everything I dreamed.

Oh, thank you.

Which is terrible!

So tonight, I want you to change.

- You want me to what?

- Change, child, change.

And not just your nightgown,

though with the money you make,

you really could do so much better.

(SCOFFS)

I want you to change your life, Eden.

Forget everything I told you.

It is not a selfish world.

That was my excuse for not having the talent

to become a star myself.

But when I see what it did to you,

when I see how wrong I was...

(AUNT MARIE CRYING)

You're not my Aunt Marie.

You're not even a ghost at all.

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