Since the first ghost's visit, Scrooge was no longer very sure of himself. So although the spirit's eyes were clear was afraid to look straight into its face and kind. Scrooge But he could see that its body was dressed in a long green robe, its long brown hair fell freely down its back, and its face wore a warm and friendly smile. Light shone from the torch which it was ho in its strong right hand.
‘Spirit,’ said Scrooge quietly, ‘take me where you want Last night I learned a lesson which is working now. If you have anything to reach me tonight, let me learn from you.’
‘Touch my robe!" said the spirit, and Scrooge obeyed
The food, the room, the fire all disappeared, and they were standing outside in the cold, snowy streets on Christmas morning. Although the sky was grey and the streets were dirty, the people looked surprisingly cheerful, as they hurried to the bakers' shops with their Christmas dinners, all ready for cooking. The spirit seemed specially interested in poor people. He stood with Scrooge in a baker's doorway and held his torch over the dinners as they were carried past him. Sometimes, when he saw people pushing each other or getting angry, he lifted his roreh over their heads, and immediately they became kinder, or stopped arguing, "because it's Christmas," they told each other
"What does your torch do, spirit?" asked Scrooge.
It gives a special taste to people's dinners on this day, answered the spirit
why do you use it most on poor people?' said Scrooge
‘Because poor people need it most,' was the reply.
They went on through London, and came to the small house where Scrooge's clerk lived.Here the spirit smiled, and held his torch high over the door Inside, Bob Cratchit's wife and second daughter, Belinda, in their everyday dresses, but looking clean and pretty, were putting plates the table for their Christmas dinner, Bob's son Peter as helping to cook the potatoes, and two smaller cratchits, a boy and a girl, were running round excitedly. Just then the eldest daughter, Martha, arrived home from work.
Since the first ghost's visit, Scrooge was no longer very sure of himself. So although the spirit's eyes were clear was afraid to look straight into its face and kind. Scrooge But he could see that its body was dressed in a long green robe, its long brown hair fell freely down its back, and its face wore a warm and friendly smile. Light shone from the torch which it was ho in its strong right hand. ‘Spirit,’ said Scrooge quietly, ‘take me where you want Last night I learned a lesson which is working now. If you have anything to reach me tonight, let me learn from you.’ ‘Touch my robe!" said the spirit, and Scrooge obeyed The food, the room, the fire all disappeared, and they were standing outside in the cold, snowy streets on Christmas morning. Although the sky was grey and the streets were dirty, the people looked surprisingly cheerful, as they hurried to the bakers' shops with their Christmas dinners, all ready for cooking. The spirit seemed specially interested in poor people. He stood with Scrooge in a baker's doorway and held his torch over the dinners as they were carried past him. Sometimes, when he saw people pushing each other or getting angry, he lifted his roreh over their heads, and immediately they became kinder, or stopped arguing, "because it's Christmas," they told each other"What does your torch do, spirit?" asked Scrooge. It gives a special taste to people's dinners on this day, answered the spiritwhy do you use it most on poor people?' said Scrooge
‘Because poor people need it most,' was the reply.
They went on through London, and came to the small house where Scrooge's clerk lived.Here the spirit smiled, and held his torch high over the door Inside, Bob Cratchit's wife and second daughter, Belinda, in their everyday dresses, but looking clean and pretty, were putting plates the table for their Christmas dinner, Bob's son Peter as helping to cook the potatoes, and two smaller cratchits, a boy and a girl, were running round excitedly. Just then the eldest daughter, Martha, arrived home from work.
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