When a woman talks to a man in bed, their conversation reminds her of a short story she read earlier, and she wonders if she is stupid like the story's character.

A group of working class people run a dangerous path toward a promised Elysium, and those who survive are rewarded with nothing they can appreciate or comprehend.

An elderly bus driver is asked by his students what a Christmas miracle is. The bus driver remembers a traumatic Christmas, and a Christmas miracle happens on the bus that saves the children's lives.