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What Is A Tiny Tim's Short Story: A Christmas Carol
It was a cold, stormy winter night, just one day before Christmas Eve. Scrooge’s bed was nicely made and his window was sealed shut. The wind howled outside as the fireplace doors banged and banged. Scrooge was cuddled up with a blanket by the nice warm fire reading, when Tiny Tim came a knocking, knocking, knocking on Scrooge's door. “Scrooge! Scrooge! We must get your home set up for tomorrow night,” beseeched (p. 61) Tiny Tim. “Why of course Tim! How do you think I could have forgotten? I’ve been waiting for your arrival!” inquired Scrooge as he let Tiny Tim inside Scrooge’s home.
So they went down into the basement together to grab all of the decorations used the previous year.
“Scrooge can you believe it? It has been only ten years since you’ve made your
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21), and getting the dishes ready for the next night. The time that Scrooge and Tim worked seemed to just fly by and before they knew it, it was already midnight! With everything done, Tiny Tim decided to head home to get some rest before Christmas Eve tomorrow.
The next day at promptly four o’clock the party started. Scrooge was resolute (p. 7) to make the party a huge success. However, to Scrooge’s surprise, no one came. He waited until half an hour went by, then one hour, then an hour and a half, until Scrooge finally gave up and went to eat dinner alone and feeling dismal (p. 5).
About fifteen minutes later everyone showed up! There had been an intercourse (p. 73) between the guests to play an artifice (p. 36) on Scrooge. Thankfully, Scrooge just laughed and moved on so he could celebrate Christmas with his family and friends. He realized it a facetious (p. 37) and harmless joke. They danced, sang, laughed, and talked for forever. Then everyone exchanged presents until the night ended and everyone headed home, thanking Scrooge for a wonderful

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