A Christian Christmas Carol Cub article #2

      Mr. Madman was a very mean boss. He literally worked his workers right down to their bones. Every Christmas Eve he made them work over time. Many say he only does this because hes a lonely old hag, and others say he was born without what normal people would call kindness. Well, however you put it, he was just down right mean.

          He has grey hair from years of stress, and dull colorless eyes. He has so many bags under his eyes, that his bags have bags. His nose is small, but his large mouth balances that out. He has normal size ears, but they are always red from anger. His mouth is always forming a frown, and people say he only smiles when he is about to fire someone. So, when he came into work with a smile, they all got to work vigorously.

         "Well, Mr. Apples, you have been working a wee bit slower than everyone else, care to explain?" Mr. Madman ask with a suspicious smile.
          "Well, you see it's Christmas eve and my little boy Johnny is sick with a fever of one hundred and two. I just keep thinking about it, and I was wondering if I could take off to see if he is OK." Mr.Apples
          "You dare ask for a day off! Bah! Get back to work!" Mr. Scrooge Madman said with anger.
          "But sir, it's Christmas Eve." Mr. Apple said with a hint of anger, but it was near to impossible for him to get angry.
          "Fine, you want a day off, how a bout a vacation too? Better yet, go pick up your last pay check so you can spend the rest of your days with that greedy no good son of yours." As Mr.Madman said each word he had a vicious smile on his face. Mr. Apple walked off sad, and grabbed his final check. (which wouldn't be enough for the surprise Christmas dinner he was planning.
          "The nerve of some people. What's the point of Christmas anyway! Bah! Humbug!" He said aloud to himself as he walked out the door and into the street. He came upon Christmas carolers, and walked the opposite way. When he went the other way he saw some more people telling the true meaning of Christmas. He had no choice but to go this way because there was no other way to his home.
          "God sent his only son Jesus, who died for your sins, and wants you to invite him into your life." One said to Scrooge Madman.
          "Yea, what's so good about a God who can't give me more money, which is what I need more than a relationship. Bah!" He said as the man held out his hand. Scrooge grabbed it because something over came him. He saw his past, present and future. He gaped as he saw himself alone on Christmas morning twenty years from now. He saw little Johnny dead, and a horrible Christmas for the Apple family.
         "OK, so tell me the true meaning of Christmas?" Scrooge said with a nicer smile. He ended up getting saved, hiring Mr. Apple back, gave all his workers better hours and a raise, and gave the Apple family the Christmas they deserved.