Chapter 9
Christmas Dinner at the Cratchits
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1 Quiet chimney smoke rises over the poor, snowy suburb where Scrooge's clerk lives
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2 The giant Spirit sprinkles golden drops from his torch over Bob Cratchit's door
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3 Christmas Day in the Cratchits' small whitewashed room.
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4 Tiny Tim rides into the warm room on his father's shoulder.
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5 Mrs. Cratchit proudly brings in the pudding, blazing with brandy and topped with holly
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6 Tiny Tim sits on his low stool by the fire, raising a custard-cup of punch in both hands
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7 Unseen, Scrooge asks the Spirit, for the first time, about someone else's life
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8 Tiny Tim's small crutch leans against his low stool by the firelit hearth
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9 The Ghost of Christmas Present bends under the low beam and throws Scrooge's own words back at him.
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10 Mrs. Cratchit gives a grudging toast to Scrooge, and the children sip it without joy
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11 The Spirit shakes his torch, and the Cratchits fade happily in a shower of golden drops
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