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A Christmas Carol Author: Charles Dickens Retold by Michael Dean Publishing company: Penguin Readers Year of publishing: This edition first published 2000 Word level: elementary (600 words) Number of pages: 37 Scrooge was a cold, hard man. He loved money, and he didn't like people. One Christmas Eve, seven years after his friend, Marley's death, the ghost of Marley came to his house. The ghost warned him that if he does not change his ways, he will suffer Marley's fate, but Scrooge's fate would be even worse. He will walk the earth eternally after death, invisible among his fellow men, burdened with chains… But Marley's ghost wanted to help him. That night, some ghosts visited him. They showed him his past, his life now, and a possible future. From his past, he was reminded how his love of money lost him the love of his life, Belle, and the happiness this cost him. From his life now, He was shown what others think of him. From his possible future, he found that beore he dead, nobody loved him and nobody will feel sad for his death. He learned lessons from the three ghosts and promised to be kind at Christmas, be kind all year. And then he will change his future! 49777011 黃韻如 [Jet]