It was his bed, his bedroom, his house, he was home, the Ghosts were giving him a new chance! Scrooge was changed and resolute, they would not regret! As excited as a child, he opened wide the window and called out to a young boy passing in the street, to ask him what day they were. "Why, it's Christmas morning, sir!" Perfect, so he had not missed it! Happily and politely like he had not been in decades, he asked him if he could buy him the big turkey at the butcher's as big as the boy and ask for it to be delivered anonymously to the Cratchits'. He sent him his purse to buy it, and promise him one shilling when he would have done his errands. Eager, the little boy ran to do his duty

A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge and the little boy © Charles Dickens
Drawing © me