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   When Scrooge first sees the spirit of his partner, Jacob Marley, he cannot believe his eyes.  He mutters that the vision must me caused by "an undigested bit of beef or an old potato".  Because he does not believe that the ghost is real, he acts in an arrogant manner, loudly proclaiming, "You are an old potato!"  It is not until Marley's ghost shrieks and begins to describe events from his life that Scrooge becomes frightened at what he sees.  When Scrooge is carried through the air to witness the poor souls who are caught between the worlds as Marley is, he whimpers and crijes like a child until he is dropped back into his bed.  As soon as the vision disappears, Scrooge begins to doubt that the incident ever took place at all... until the Ghost of Christmas Past appears.

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   Posted by amethystrose on Friday March 6, 2009 at 11:18 AM