Based on what we learn in Stave Two about his boyhood, describe Scrooge’s life as a child. Use textual evidence to support your response.

The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back to his childhood.  They enter a small village and a school there.  A young Ebenezer Scrooge is alone at school at Christmastime, surrounded by books.  He lives at the school, possibly due to a difficult home life.  Then the spirit takes Scrooge to a different time in the same place.  Again, young Ebenezer is alone at school.  All of his schoolmates are home for the Christmastime holidays.  His younger sister, Fran, enters the schoolroom.  She hugs him excitedly.  She explains that things have changed in their home.  Their father has become a more kind person and wants his son to come home to live permanently.  Their home has become a happy place and Fran is there to take him there.  Scrooge leaves under the watchful eye of his stern schoolmaster.