the spirit looked kindly at the old man. "How strange your you've forgotten it for so many years! What is that on face? Are you crying?' Scrooge put a hand over his eyes. "It's nothing I've got a cold, that's all. Take me where you want, spirit!" Scrooge recognized every field, post, and tree, as they walked along the road towards a little market town. All around them were young schoolboys on horses and in farmers' carts, laughing and wishing each other a merry Christmas, as they travelled to their homes for the Christmas holiday. They are only shadows from the past,' said the spirit. "They cannot see us.' Scrooge knew and named all of them. Why was he so