The Spirit touched him on the arm , and pointed to his younger self , intent upon his reading . Suddenly a man in foreign garments : wonderfully real and distinct to look at : stood outside the window , with an axe stuck in his belt , and leading by the bridle an ass laden with wood . `` Why , it 's Ali Baba ! '' Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy . `` It 's dear old honest Ali Baba ! Yes , yes , I know . One Christmas-time when yonder solitary child was left here all alone , he did come , for the first time , just like that . Poor boy ! And Valentine , '' said Scrooge , `` and his wild brother , Orson ; there they go ! And what 's his name , who was put down in his drawers , asleep , at the gate of Damascus ; do n't you see him ? And the Sultan 's Groom turned upside down by the Genii : there he is upon his head ! Serve him right ! I 'm glad of it . What business had he to be married to the Princess ? '' To hear Scrooge expending all the earnestness of his nature on such subjects , in a most extraordinary voice between laughing and crying ; and to see his heightened and excited face ; would have been a surprise to his business friends in the City , indeed . -LSB- Illustration : `` Why , it 's Ali Baba ! '' Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy . `` It 's dear old honest Ali Baba . '' -RSB- `` There 's the Parrot ! '' cried Scrooge .
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