The second of the three spirits3
The second of the three spirits3
The second of the three spirits3
‘If his life does not change soon， he will die before next Christmas．What does that matter？There are too many people Brazed Saw Blade in the world，so it's a good thing if some of them die．’
Scrooge was ashamed and sad to hear his own words spoken by the spirit．But he lifted his head when he heard his name．
‘Mr Scrooge！’said Bob．‘Let's drink to Mr Scrooge， whose money has paid for this meal！’
‘His money！’said Mrs Cratchit angrily．‘What can we buy with his fifteen shillings #x a week？ Why should we drink to the health of a hateful，hard，unfeeling，mean old man like Scrooge？’
‘My dear，’said Bob gently，‘remember it's Christmas．’
‘Well，Bob， I'll drink to his health only because of you and because it's Christmas．Long life to Mr Scrooge！A merry Christmas and a happy new year to him！ He'll be very merry and very happy，I'm sure！’
When the *****ren heard Scrooge's name，a dark shadow came over their happiness for a while，and they were quiet and a little sad．But five minutes later they were talking，and laughing，and telling stories，ten times merrier than before．They were not a good-looking or a well-dressed family， but they were happy and grateful and loved each other．As they disappeared in the light of the spirit's torch，Scrooge could not take his eyes off them， especially Tiny Tim．
By this time it was getting dark，and snowing heavily．The spirit took Scrooge into many houses，where fires were burning cheerfully，and food was cooking，and people were merrily welcoming their friends and families into their homes．The ghost was delighted to see all this excitement，and made sure that he lifted his torch over every poor family，to give them more fun，and better food，and greater 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 Brazed Saw Blade from any town or village， where an old man and woman were singing Christmas carols，with their *****ren and grand*****ren．The spirit did not stay long here， but told Scrooge to 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,Construction Equipment， 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 burning 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 Christmas，and sing a carol together in front of their fire．
Again the spirit and Scrooge flew on，and together they landed on a ship in the middle of the sea．Here every man， although many miles from home，had a kind word for Brazed Saw Blade his friend， or thought warmly of his family，because it was Christmas．
It was a great surprise to Scrooge，while listening to the noise of the wind and waves，to hear a happy laugh．He recognized it as his nephew's，and found himself，with the smiling spirit beside him，in his nephew's bright，warm sitting-room．
When Scrooge's nephew laughed，everybody who was with him wanted to laugh too．He had that kind of laugh．And at the moment， his very pretty wife and several of his #x friends were laughing with him．
‘He said that Christmas was humbug！Ha ha ha！’cried Scrooge's nephew．
‘That's very bad of him，Fred！’said his wife．
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