At last the plump sister cried out: --, "I have found it out! The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. "Company, perhaps. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. "What has ever got your precious father then?" In the 177 years since English novelist Charles Dickens wrote his novella “A Christmas Carol,” the memorable tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge transformed by a nightly visitation of three Christmas They contained a pea or a bean, the finders of which were king and queen of the celebration (back), Bob - Cockney slang for shilling, Cratchit earns 15 shillings a week (back), four-roomed house - Dickens modeled the house of the Cratchits on one his own family once lived in: 16 Bayham Street, Camden Town (back), copper - large tub normally used to boil laundry, used here to boil the pudding (back), fetch the goose - The homes of the poor were equipped with open fireplaces for heat and cooking but not with ovens. Much good it has ever done you! ", "No, no, I am in earnest. Then he heard the noise much louder, on the floors below; then coming up the stairs; then coming straight towards his door. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. ", "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old screw, why wasn't he natural in his lifetime? Also how she had seen a countess and a lord some days before, and how the lord "was much about as tall as Peter"; at which Peter pulled up his collars so high that you couldn't have seen his head if you had been there. They went in. He lived in chambers which had once belonged to his deceased partner. If you were free to-day, to-morrow, yesterday, can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl; or, choosing her, do I not know that your repentance and regret would surely follow? ", "Whose else's do you think? "As good as gold," said Bob, "and better. ", "O blind man, blind man! When this result was brought about, old Fezziwig, clapping his hands to stop the dance, cried out, "Well done!" And Martha warn't as late last Christmas day by half an hour!". And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One! So Martha hid herself, and in came little Bob, the father, with at least three feet of comforter, exclusive of the fringe, hanging down before him; and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed, to look seasonable; and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder. ", "Do you know the Poulterer's, in the next street but one, at the corner? It was a Turkey! Don't drop that oil upon the blankets, now. ", "I told you these were shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost. Where had Scrooge heard those words? ", "It is not convenient, and it's not fair. He don't lose much of a dinner.". ", "Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. O no, no! As he struggled with the Spirit he was conscious of being exhausted, and overcome by an irresistible drowsiness; and, further, of being in his own bed-room. I see, I see. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?". He hasn't left it to me. Light flashed up in the room upon the instant, and the curtains of his bed were drawn aside by a strange figure, -- like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium, which gave him the appearance of having receded from the view, and being diminished to a child's proportions. At length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived. but, it should come with a warning!! Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it. "Good afternoon! ", "What then? but stopped at the first syllable. Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat, put on his dressing-gown and slippers and his nightcap, and sat down before the very low fire to take his gruel. Scrooge asked the question, because he didn't know whether a ghost so transparent might find himself in a condition to take a chair; and felt that, in the event of its being impossible, it might involve the necessity of an embarrassing explanation. not to know that ages of incessant labor by immortal creatures for this earth must pass into eternity before the good of which it is susceptible is all developed. ️ Ein Live-Hörspiel mit Bild, zu sehen als Livestream bei facebook (theaterexlibris) oder twitch (Kirchendude) Zunächst jedoch, beginne ich mit der traditionsreichen Entstehung der Weihnachtsmärchen. Clear away! His active little crutch was heard upon the floor, and back came Tiny Tim before another word was spoken, escorted by his brother and sister to his stool beside the fire; and while Bob, turning up his cuffs, -- as if, poor fellow, they were capable of being made more shabby, -- compounded some hot mixture in a jug with gin and lemons, and stirred it round and round and put it on the hob to simmer, Master Peter and the two ubiquitous young Cratchits went to fetch the goose, with which they soon returned in high procession. ", "My dear," said Bob, "the children! "Spirit, let me see some tenderness connected with a death, or this dark chamber, Spirit, will be forever present to me.". Christliche Nächstenliebe zählt nicht zu seinen Werten. Make up the fires, and buy a second coal-scuttle before you dot another i, Bob Cratchit!". There is no doubt whatever about that. If he could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther apart, perhaps, than they were. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir. Say it is thus with what you show me!". And Scrooge said often afterwards, that, of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard, these were the blithest in his ears. A T A L E O F T W O C I T I E S Chapter 1 The Period It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was ", "I'll drink his health for your sake and the day's," said Mrs Cratchit, "not for his. O, perfectly satisfactory. ", "It's the truest word that ever was spoke, it's a judgment on him. "That they are what they are, do not blame me! A smell like a washing-day! There were more dances, and there were forfeits, and more dances, and there was cake, and there was negus, and there was a great piece of Cold Roast, and there was a great piece of Cold Boiled, and there were mince-pies, and plenty of beer. There was nothing they wouldn't have cleared away, or couldn't have cleared away, with old Fezziwig looking on. He sat very close to his father's side, upon his little stool. The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no great-coat), went down a slide, at the end of a lane of boys, twenty times, in honor of its being Christmas eve, and then ran home as hard as he could pelt, to play at blindman's-buff. What shall I put you down for? He fastened the door, and walked across the hall, and up the stairs. And he did it. M arley was … cried Bob Cratchit, looking round. "My old fellow-prentice, bless me, yes. They scarcely seemed to enter the city; for the city rather seemed to spring up about them. Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose, -- a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid! Open that bundle, old Joe, and let me know the value of it. If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself. In came Mrs Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile. When the clock struck eleven this domestic ball broke up. Everybody else said the same, and they must be allowed to have been competent judges, because they had just had dinner; and, with the dessert upon the table, were clustered round the fire, by lamplight. In half a minute Mrs Cratchit entered, -- flushed but smiling proudly, -- with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half a quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top. Very. "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Of course he did. All sorts of horrors were supposed. Clear away, my lads, and let's have lots of room here!". 'Change - The Royal Exchange, London's financial center (back), "Nuts" to - If something is "Nuts" to someone, it gives them pleasure (back), workhouses - Publicly supported institutions to which the sick, destitute, aged, and otherwise impoverished went for food and shelter (back), half a crown - a British coin equal to 2-1/2 shillings, or 30 pence (back), next morning - Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, did not become a legal holiday in Britain until 1871 (back), great-coat - overcoat worn outdoors, often accompanied by a short cape worn over the shoulders (back), blindman's-buff - popular parlor game in which the contestant is blindfolded and then must catch another player and then guess who he had caught (back), lumber-room - a room for storing old furniture and other unused odds and ends ready for the Victorian garage sale. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How Reading Dickens > A Christmas Carol-Dickens' Reading Text. But don't be hard upon me. cried Scrooge's nephew. "To you, very little. PDF Formatted 8.5 x all pages,EPub Reformatted especially for book readers, Mobi … (back), twopence - two pennies, pronounced tuppence (back), five and sixpence - five shillings and six pennies, or 5 and a half shillings (shilling=12 pence) (back), milliner - maker of women's hats: long hours, low pay (back), menagerie - collection of wild animals held in cages; a zoo (back), charwoman - a cleaning woman, from the root for "chore" (back), "And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them" - Peter is reading from St. Mark 9:36 (KJV) (back), poulterer - butcher who deals in fowl, mainly chicken and turkey (back), Walk-ER - Cockney exclamation of disbelief (back), smoking bishop - Christmas punch made from heated red wine flavored with oranges, sugar, and spices. Ich habe eine Inszenierung des Stücks „Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte“ von Charles Dickens im Kölner Künstler Theater besucht und werde diese näher beschreiben. Yet I was like this man; I once was like this man!". I am not going to stand this sort of thing any longer. No, nor did he believe it even now. "Here is a new game," said Scrooge. ", "I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends? Even the blindmen's dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, "No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!". Because the way in which he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker was an outrage on the credulity of human nature. What have you got to sell? Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the Spirit should attach importance to conversation apparently so trivial; but feeling assured that it must have some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was likely to be. cried a cheerful voice. 3. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! -- in life my spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole; and weary journeys lie before me! 1-Marley's Ghost | 2-The First of the Three Spirits | 3-The Second of the Three Spirits | 4-The Last of the SpiritsStave One Marley's Ghost. It was the very thing he liked. Scrooge then made bold to inquire what business brought him there. It would probably be a musty, moldy, spider-webbery kind of place (back), gruel - cheap food made by boiling a small amount of oatmeal in a large amount of water (back), cravat - a fine scarf worn around the neck and tied in a bow (back), kerchief - the head of the dead was wrapped to keep the mouth closed (back), apprenticed - bound by agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time (usually seven years) in return for instruction in a trade, art or business (back), Welsh wig - woolen or worsted cap, originally made in Montgomery, Wales (back), porter - dark beer favored by porters. Every movable was packed off, as if it were dismissed from public life forevermore; the floor was swept and watered, the lamps were trimmed, fuel was heaped upon the fire; and the warehouse was as snug and warm and dry and bright a ball-room as you would desire to see upon a winter's night. Bob's hat was off, before he opened the door; his comforter too. I think you are. You're quite a powerful speaker, sir," he added, turning to his nephew. The clerk, in letting Scrooge's nephew out, had let two other people in. He looked at the work upon the table, and praised the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. He was at home in five minutes. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. "It's Christmas day! You may look through that shirt till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a threadbare place. the opening … ", "It's only once a year, sir. you could have gone. I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it.". said Scrooge to the Ghost. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. ", "Nay, uncle, but you never came to see me before that happened. ", "My dear," was Bob's mild answer, "Christmas day. William Shakespeare: A Reader's Theater Script. If purchases are made on these sites The Charles Dickens Page receives a small commission. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org … Scrooge was the ogre of the family. ", "Don't be angry, uncle. ", "Nephew, keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine. You know he is, Robert! In came all the young men and women employed in the business. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Your uncle Scrooge. "Indeed, I think he loses a very good dinner," interrupted Scrooge's niece. His nephew left the room without an angry word, notwithstanding. "A small matter," said the Ghost, "to make these silly folks so full of gratitude. So named because of its deep purple color (back), Total-Abstinence Principle - Advocated by teetotalers (those who don't drink alcohol), Dickens is making a pun on alcoholic spirits vs the spirits who visited Scrooge (back). And when old Fezziwig and Mrs Fezziwig had gone all through the dance, -- advance and retire, turn your partner, bow and courtesy, corkscrew, thread the needle, and back again to your place, -- Fezziwig "cut," -- cut so deftly, that he appeared to wink with his legs. His tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should help him to it most. Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him. Knocking down the fire-irons, tumbling over the, chairs, bumping up against the piano, smothering himself among the curtains, wherever she went there went he! How could it be otherwise? Wherefore the clerk put on his white comforter, and tried to warm himself at the candle; in which effort, not being a man of a strong imagination, he failed. They left this busy scene, and went into an obscure part of the town, to a low shop where iron, old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal were bought. He should! Running to the window, he opened it, and put out his head. Die Lehre aus diesem Weihnachtsfest wird Scrooge niemals mehr vergessen. The two young Cratchits laughed tremendously at the idea of Peter's being a man of business; and Peter himself looked thoughtfully at the fire from between his collars, as if he were deliberating what particular investments he should favor when he came into the receipt of that bewildering income. Quiet. Christmas eve, Dick. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, his sole mourner. ", "Seven years dead. At sight of an old gentleman in a Welsh wig, sitting behind such a high desk that, if he had been two inches taller, he must have knocked his head against the ceiling, Scrooge cried in great excitement: "Why, it's old Fezziwig! I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you Have I not? Erscheint ihm doch der Geist seines ehemaligen und bereits verstorbenen Partners Marley. "God knows," said the first, with a yawn. "In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley.". Pray! "What has he done with his money?" A great deal of steam! Scrooge looked about him for the Ghost, and saw it no more. It was a great surprise to Scrooge, as this scene vanished, to hear a hearty laugh. God save you!" Bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked. These held the hot stuff from the jug, however, as well as golden goblets would have done; and Bob served it out with beaming looks, while the chestnuts on the fire sputtered and crackled noisily. "Mercy! kolorierter Fassung (Filmjuwelen) Format: Blu-ray. Bless those women! But he made a dash, and did it. He rose; but finding that the Spirit made towards the window, clasped its robe in supplication. Then up rose Mrs Cratchit, Cratchit's wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan of potatoes, and, getting the corners of his monstrous shirt-collar (Bob's private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honor of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Park And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and, basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes, bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled. "Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr Scrooge, or Mr Marley? Enough parts for an entire class, or double up roles and stage it with as few as twelve. Quite satisfied, he closed his door, and locked himself in; double-locked himself in, which was not his custom. I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Now it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door of this house, except that it was very large; also, that Scrooge had seen it, night and morning, during his whole residence in that place; also, that Scrooge had as little of what is called fancy about him as any man in the city of London. Think of that! And their assembled friends, being not a bit behindhand, laughed out lustily. out, as he and the Spirit crossed the threshold. "Here's Martha, mother!" "Let me hear another sound from you," said Scrooge, "and you'll keep your Christmas by losing your situation! At last the dinner was all done, the cloth was cleared, the hearth swept, and the fire made up. But the whole scene passed off in the breath of the last word spoken by his nephew; and he and the Spirit were again upon their travels. cried Scrooge's nephew. But you'll see it often. With a full heart, for the love of him you once were. ", "It isn't that," said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter self, -- "it isn't that, Spirit. Weihnachtsgeschichte – teil 2 (Teil 1 hier ) Weihnachtsgeschichte für Kinder Text Ins Deutsche übersetzt Britische Literatur . The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. Charles Dickens Alle Geschichten > hier . It was cold, bleak biting, foggy weather; and the city clocks had only just gone three, but it was quite dark already. The Ghost conducted him to poor Bob Cratchit's house, -- the dwelling he had visited before, -- and found the mother and the children seated round the fire. Himself, always. Every room above, and every cask in the wine-merchant's cellars below, appeared to have a, separate peal of echoes of its own. But surely they were very quiet! Bob trembled, and got a little nearer to the ruler. They shone in every part of the dance. Nice girl! The Spirits of all three shall strive within me. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and, following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, -- EBENEZER SCROOGE. Bob's voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty. ", "I am very sorry, sir. "But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. ", "I do. Even if I have grown so much wiser, what then? "Come in, -- come in! SCROOGE awoke in his bedroom. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk. ", "What a delightful boy! Mr and Mrs Fezziwig took their stations, one on either side the door, and, shaking hands with every person individually as he or she went out, wished him or her a Merry Christmas. To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance, was what the knowing ones call "nuts" to Scrooge. Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast. But under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the unoffending multitude, a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. No warmth could warm, no cold could chill him. Haunt me no longer!". Poor Dick! But the ghost sat down on the opposite side of the fireplace, as if he were quite used to it. Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Scrooge said that he would see him -- yes, indeed he did. Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow! young children will find this dvd quite frightning to watch on there own as some of the scenes are pretty scarey. Step this way, if you please. ", "At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge," said the gentleman, taking up a pen, "it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. … His niece looked just the same. ", "I am sorry, with all my heart, to find you so resolute. But how much greater was his horror when, the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear in-doors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast! "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead. ", "Is that the chance and hope you mentioned, Jacob? Not a dead man, I suppose. Weitere Ideen zu weihnachtsgeschichte, geschichte, weihnachtskostüm. Take me back. Why show me this, if I am past all hope? It could scarcely be supposed to have any bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Past, and this Ghost's province was the Future. a squeezing, wrenching grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Mrs Cratchit said that now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she had had her doubts about the quantity of flour. But they didn't devote the whole evening to music. A merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. "A merry Christmas, Bob!" I cannot tell you all I would. I know it, but I know not how. 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,560 ratings. The truth is, that he tried to be smart, as a means of distracting his own attention, and keeping down his horror. Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. Yes, and the bedpost was his own. A merry Christmas to you!" He couldn't help it. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point, answer me one question. Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte (Charles Dickens) - Special Edition inkl. A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon this bed; and on it, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this plundered unknown man. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember, upon Christmas day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.". No Bob. Lumber-room as usual. "And so have I," exclaimed another. Marleys Geist möchte ihn dazu bewegen, seine Einstellung zu ändern. ", "Past it rather," Peter answered, shutting up his book. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame! "Bear but a touch of my hand there," said the Spirit, laying it upon his heart, "and you shall be upheld in more than this!". It was done in a minute. That was the pudding! You fear the world too much. Altogether she was what you would have called provoking, but satisfactory, too. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer. As he threw his head back in the chair, his glance happened to rest upon a bell, a disused bell, that hung in the room, and communicated, for some purpose now forgotten, with a chamber in the highest story of the building. It must be near his time. "He's a comical old fellow," said Scrooge's nephew, "that's the truth; and not so pleasant as he might be.

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