stave 3

• scrooge wakes up as the clock strikes one again and walks into the living room and is greeted by the second spirit, the ghost of christmas present
• the spirit has decorated the room and filled it with a huge feast, then the spirit takes scrooge to see scenes from christmas day
• they travel through the city streets full of happy and cheerful people
• the spirit takes scrooge to bob cratchit's house, where the family is enjoying their christmas meal
• the cratchits can't afford many christmas treats but they make the best of everything they have and are joyful in eachother's company
• bob's son, tiny tim, is very ill and scrooge begs to know whether he will survive
• the spirit says that unless things improve for the cratchits, tiny tim will die
• the spirit takes scrooge to see his nephew fred's christmas party, which is full of fun and games, and scrooge is desperate to get involved
• fred tells his friends that he feels sorry for scrooge and will always invite him over for christmas, even if he is turned down every year
• scrooge notices that the spirit has grown old and it tells him that its life only lasts one night
• before it leaves, the spirit shows scrooge one last vision: 2 poor and starving children named ignorance and want
• scrooge asks if anything can be done to help these children and the spirit reminds scrooge of his words: 'are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?'
• as the clock strikes midnight, the spirit disappears