A Christmas Carol Picture Stories
A Christmas Carol Picture Stories
A Christmas Carol Picture Stories
By Charles Dickens
It is the story of a bad old man: Ebenezer Scrooge who doesn’t like
Christmas. He is a stingy and selfish man. He sits in his office on a cold
Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, works in that very cold office
because Scrooge doesn’t want to spend money on coal for the fire. On
Christmas Eve, Scrooge is sitting alone in his cold living room at home.
Suddenly the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley
appears. He says to Scrooge, “Change your life! You must be a better man.
You must be kind to people. Three ghosts will visit you this night.” Scrooge is
terribly afraid. Then he goes to bed. That night three ghosts come to visit
Scrooge. The first is the Ghost of Christmas Past. He takes Ebenezer Scrooge
back to the happy days when he was a young man and he celebrated
Christmas with other people. He was so happy. The second ghost is the Ghost
of Present and takes Scrooge to a poor but clean room. It is the
home of his clerk Bob Cratchit and his family. They are very
poor but very kind. Mrs. Cratchit is preparing a small turkey for Christmas dinner
but they are happy. There is also Tiny Tim, Bob’s little boy. He is very hill, but they
don’t have any money for a doctor. “Look!” the ghost says to
Scrooge, “The boy will die if they don’t get money for a doctor.”
The third ghost is the Ghost of Christmas Future. He takes
Scrooge to a cemetery. There is Scrooge’s name on a
tombstone. Scrooge is frightened and promises to change his way. The ghost
disappears. When Scrooge gets up on Christmas morning, he is a new man.
He becomes jolly and charitable and wishes everyone. “Merry Christmas!”
He buys delicious food and many presents for Bob’s family and pays for the
doctor for little Tim. Scrooge is really a new man and the spirit of Christmas is
always with him.
True False
1. Scrooge is very poor.
2. Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk.
3. Four ghosts appear to Scrooge
4. Bob has a boy: Tiny Tim who is hill.
5. The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to the past.
6. The third ghost takes Scrooge to a wonderful garden.
7. Scrooge becomes a good man and pays for the doctors for little Tim.
A fable is a story that teaches a lesson. The lesson in a fable comes at the end of the story. We
call it a “moral.” A Christmas Carol is a fable. Choose the moral that you like best for the story:
a) Our friends and our family are more important than money.
b) Money doesn’t make you happy.
c) It’s important to help the poor.
d) Christmas teaches us to be better people.
e) We can all learn how to be better people.
f) Adults can change.