2. Scrooge Scrooge and Marley had been partners in London for many years.
After Marley’s death,
Scrooge continued
with the business alone.

3. He was a hard, clever,
mean old man.
The cold inside him,
made his eyes red
and his thin lips blue.

4. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge
was working busily.
His nephew visited
him and they began
to speak about
Christmas.

5. Scrooge was very angry and said
that everyone who goes around
saying “Merry Christmas”
should have his tongue
cut out.

6. Then two gentlemen visited him.
They helped poor people who had
no food or clothes and they asked
Mr. Scrooge for help.
He refused.

7. When he reached his front door
he saw that the knocker had become
the face of JACOB MARLEY!!!

8. Scrooge was shocked
when Marley’s
Ghost appeared
in front of him!

9. The ghost’s eyes stared fixedly at
Scrooge and said that three spirits
are going to visit him:

10. The first, the next day at one o’clock,
the second at the same time the
next night and the third at
midnight the following night.

11. The first spirit was
the ghost of
Christmas Past.

12. It took Scrooge to the
scenes of his childhood
and youth.
He was shocked
to see a young
Scrooge, a lonely but
imaginative boy.

13. He recognized the Old Fezziwig
with his family.
They were celebrating Christmas
and they danced a lot.

14. The second spirit was the ghost of
Christmas Present. It seemed
specially interested in poor people.

15. When it saw people pushing
each other or getting angry,
it lifted its torch
over their heads,
and immediately
they became kinder.

16. The spirit showed him
the Cratchit household.
The ghost informed Scrooge
that the Cratchit’s
good-hearted boy,
Tiny Tim, would die.

17. A ragged boy and
girl crawled out
from the ghost’s
robe. The spirit
called them CRIME
and NEED.

18. The third spirit
was
the ghost
of Christmas
Yet to Come.

19. It showed Scrooge several scenes
of people discussing someone’s
death, no one seemed pained
by the death and most were
happy about it.

20. Scrooge discovered that he was
the one who had died and whose
death had only pleased people.

21. He expressed the
hope that the
future could
be changed.

22. Scrooge woke up in his
bedroom and realized
that the whole adventure
took only one night.

23. In addition to smiling and being friendly
to everyone he saw, he sent a large
turkey to the Cratchits, gave a donation
to the charity workers he
previously insulted.
Also, he had a wonderful time
at Fred’s party.

24. He never had any more conversations
with spirits, but kept Christmas
cheerfully and lived a happy life.

25. THE END!