In the book by Charles Dickens, Scrooge did not throw the boy money to buy the Turkey. Scrooge told the boy, "Go and buy it, and tell 'em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less that five minutes, and I'll give you half-a-crown!" When they brought the turkey back to his house, he paid for the turkey and recompensed the boy.
To buy the biggest turkey from the Poulterer
A new coal-scuttle!
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Scrooge sends a young boy to buy a turkey on Christmas Day, which he plans to send to the Cratchit's as a surprise. The original passage is as follows:"It's Christmas Day!" said Scrooge to himself. "I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can. Hallo, my fine fellow!" "Hallo!" returned the boy. "Do you know the Poulterer's, in the next street but one, at the corner?" Scrooge inquired. "I should hope I did," replied the lad. "An intelligent boy!" said Scrooge. "A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they"ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there -- Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?" "What, the one as big as me?" returned the boy. "What a delightful boy!" said Scrooge. "It's a pleasure to talk to him. Yes, my buck." "It's hanging there now," replied the boy. "Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it." "Walk-er!" exclaimed the boy. "No, no," said Scrooge, "I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell them to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I'll give you half-a-crown." The boy was off like a shot. He must have had a steady hand at a trigger who could have got a shot off half so fast. "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."
Another coal scuttle.
The poulterer's store, a place where they sell poultry.
He didnt ask a boy for coal. He told Bob to purchase a coal scuttle. He asked the boy outside the windows to purchase the prize turkey for him
Scrooge sent the boy to the poulterer to buy the prize winning goose. The poulterer was the only place to get geese and ducks for dinner.
A Turkey in Stave 5
This is in stave five when Scrooge has made an oath to The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come to change his ways and keep Christmas. Scrooges tone is softened when he calls on the boy and asks what day it is and then when asking him to seek out the poulterer he uses the phrase "Hallo, my fine fellow", something the old Scrooge would not have said. Then in reference to the turkey he wants Scrooges says ""An intelligent boy!" said Scrooge. "A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they've sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there?-Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?" "What, the one as big as me?" returned the boy. "What a delightful boy!" said Scrooge. "It's a pleasure to talk to him. Yes, my buck!" This is all in a friendly welcoming and complimentary tone at the end of which Scrooge offers up the phase, "I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell 'em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I'll give you half-a-crown!" All of these show a much different Scrooge than we see in Stave one and show a remarkable change
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Buy or take him some where really nice that you both will like.