A Christmas Carol: Tiny TimScrooge did and they flew high in the sky.  They landed at the small home of Bob Cratchit. The Cratchit family was sitting around the table for some pudding.  The smallest child was sickly and was propped up on crutches. The child's name was Tiny Tim, and he was saying, “God bless us, every one.”

Scrooge turned to the ghost, “Spirit I must know, does the boy live?” The ghost of Christmas Present said, “I can only show you what is, not what will be.”

Then Bob Cratchit raised his glass to toast his employer. Mrs. Cratchit stopped him, “Why would we celebrate such a stingy, cruel man?”

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