tave five (第4/8页)
查尔斯·狄更斯提示您：看后求收藏（猫扑小说www.mpzw.tw），接着再看更方便。
“ I’ll send it to Bob Cratchit’s！” whispered Scrooge，rubbing his hands，and splitting with a laugh. “ He shan’t know who sends it It’s twice the size of Tiny Tim. Joe Miller never made such a joke as sending it to Bob’s will be！”
The hand in which he wrote the address was not a steady one，but write it he did，somehow，and went downstairs to open the street door，ready for the coming of the poulterers man. As he stood there，waiting his arrival，the knocker caught his eye.
“ I shall love it，as long as I live！” cried Scrooge，patting it with his hand. “ I scarcely ever looked at it before. What an honest expression it has in its face. It’s a wonderful knocker. Here’s the turkey. Hollo！Whoop！How are you ？ Merry Christmas！”
It <i>was</i> a turkey！He never could have stood upon his legs，that bird. He would have snapped ’em short off in a minute，like sticks of sealing-wax.
“ Why，it’s impossible to carry that to Camden Town，” said Scrooge. “ You must have a cab.” The chuckle with which he said this，and the chuckle with which he paid for the turkey，and the chuckle with which he paid for the cab，and the chuckle with which he recompensed the boy，were only to be exceeded by the chuckle with which he sat down breathless in his chair again，and chuckled till he cried.
Shaving was not an easy task，for his hand continued to shake very much；and shaving re-quires attention，even when you don’t dance while you are at it. But if he had cut the end of his nose off，he would have put a piece of sticking-plaster over it，and been quite satisfied.
He dressed himself “ all in his best，” and at last got out into the streets. The people were by this time pouring forth，as he had seen them with the Ghost of Christmas Present；and walking with his hands behind him，Scrooge regarded every one with a delightful smile. He looked so irresistibly pleasant，in a word，that three or four good-humoured fellows said，“ Good-morning，sir. A Merry Christmas to you！” And Scrooge said often afterwards，that of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard，those were the blithest in his ears.
He had not gone far，when coming on towards him he beheld the portly gentleman who had walked into his counting-house the day before and said，“ Scrooge and Mariey’s，I believe ？” It sent a pang across his heart to think how this old gentleman would look upon him when they met；but he knew what path lay straight before him，and he took it.
“ My dear sir，” said Scrooge，quickening his pace，and taking the old gentleman by both his hands. “ How do you do？ I hope you succeeded yesterday. It was very kind of you. A Merry Christmas to you，sir！”
