Babushka hesitated because she wanted to finish her chores and find a suitable gift for the child. By the time she finished cleaning and packed a bag of toys, the Wise Men and the star were long gone. She set out alone to find them, but she was too late.
While the Christmas legend is the most traditional "good story," there are several other notable works that feature a "Babushka" figure:
The story of the (the Russian word for "grandmother" or "granny") is a famous Christmas folktale about an old woman who misses the opportunity to see the newborn Jesus because she is too busy cleaning her house. The Legend of Babushka
: A modern book where Babushka searches for the meaning of life by sending her "nested bodies" into the world.