Why Did Scrooge Really Change My Life?

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Have you ever see ghosts that showed you the future, present, and past. Well, Scrooge has seen a ghost! Scrooge was scared of the first ghosts. It is his old CO worker warning him to listen to the ghost carefully, or he will become like him in a couple of days. Scrooge was starting to freak out when the second ghost scared him to death. The ghost showed him his friends and his girlfriend and how he treated him. After he sat in his chair, the third ghost watched his CO worker celebrate Christmas without presents for the kids just a little of food. The ghost also showed people talking about Scrooge in a bad way.

The ghost came to visit Scrooge. He was thinking about the Ghost of Christmas past and presents and he was thinking how can I change my life style to become a merrier and not being depressing all the time. Scrooge would pay his employees very poorly and that is not right. Most of the employees could not afford to celebrate; Christmas or holidays and Scrooge did not know that. When the ghost showed him his tombstone, he asked, ¨ How can I extend my life?" and the ghost did not talk but showed him that his employee could not buy gifts for his children just the turkey and sides. Scrooge jumped out of bed, and he looked outside. It was snowing
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When he arrived, Scrooge said Merry Christmas to all and handed all the kids their presents and started to eat the turkey that the boy bought for his family. He did not buy anything with the leftover money. Scrooge was singing, dancing, make jokes and having a wonderful day. His employee asked are you okay what is wrong with you are you on medication or are you just jolly the first time in his entire life. Tiny Tim was thankful for celebrating with Scrooge. Tim felt like he was not sick anymore. Tim had a wonderful time dancing, singing with

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