merrily welcoming their friends and families into their was delighted to see all this excitement, homes. The and made sure that he lifted his torch over poor family, to give them more fun, and better food, and gr happiness. Then the spirit took Scrooge away from the busy capital, to a wild, lonely place in the country, where no trees grew. Here they visited a small stone house, a long way from any town or village, where an old man and wom were singing Christmas carols, with their children and spirit did not stay long here, but told grandchildren. Scrooge hold his robe again. "Where are we going? Not up in the air, surely!' And Scrooge, terribly frightened, looked down as they flew over the land and then over the sea. It was stormy, windy weather, and the waves crashed violently underneath them. The spirit took Scrooge to a lighthouse built on a lonely rock, several miles from land. A light was kept burnin at the top, in order to warn sailors to keep away from the dangerous rocks. Two men lived here in this cold, unfriendly place, far away from their families, but the spirit smiled to see them shake hands, wish each other a merry noisi Christmas, and sing a carol together in front of their fire. Again the spirit and Scrooge flew on, and together they smil landed on a ship in the middle of the sea. Here every man, sitti although many miles from home, had a kind word for his friend, or thought warmly of his family, because it was Wit Christmas.