Cherry's Adventures of The Muppet Christmas Carol

chapter 2

The work day proceeded normally until Atticus came out for lunch with the friends he had which were Cherry, Mo, and Thor, and luckily Patch too.

"Oh, Atticus, do tell me that my father will be able to stay home tomorrow." Mo said to the boy.

"Well, uh, maybe..." Atticus bashfully said to her. "I'll have the day off, but... Um... I'm not sure about Mr. Cratchit."

"Well, I'm sure if you can talk to Mr. Scrooge about letting him and the others to have the day off." Patch said.

"I think you oughta since most places will be closed anyway," Thor replied as he peeled a potato he got from work. "Seems pointless to stay open when no one else will."

"I'll give it a shot, guys..." Atticus sighed, but smiled from their help. "Especially for you, Mo."

"You're such a sweetheart." Mo smiled back at him which made them both blush.

"Now kiss!" Cherry's voice whispered.

This caused Atticus and Mo to blush. Cherry chuckled a bit from that.

"I'll ask Mr. Scrooe at closing time..." Atticus decided bravely. "He always listens to me... Well, most of the time anyway..."

"I swear you're the only person in town that he tolerates." Cherry smirked.

"That's true." Thor nodded.

"Hmm..." Atticus paused thoughtfully. "I guess he does."

"I value these lunch breaks we all get to share with each other though." Thor said as he ate his vegetables that he also sold.

"They are nice." Mo smiled.

"I sorta hope Mr. Scrooe doesn't come over tomorrow," Cherry narrowed her eyes. "Last thing I need is mine and my sister's Christmas ruined by that Grinch."

"Here, here." Thor said.

They all continued to have their lunch together before they had to go back to doing what they were doing before their lunch hour.

"Wish me luck, guys." Atticus said.

"Luck!" The others called back as he came back to work.

The rest of the day of work was the usual until closing time. Atticus took out his pocket watch and climbed down from his seat as it was time to go home.

"Uh, excuse me, Mr. Scrooge, but it appears to be closing time." Bob spoke up to their boss.

"Very well," Scrooge replied calmly. "I'll see you at 8:00 tomorrow morning."

"...Tomorrow's Christmas." Atticus reminded him.

Scrooge looked over before shrugging off the holiday. "8:30 then."

Atticus gulped and mustered up all of his bravery. Bob and the other workers waited to see what would happen.

"S-Sir..." Atticus spoke up. "If you please, sir, half an hour off hardly seems customary for Christmas Day for the others while I get to stay home just because I'm a child."

The other workers quickly agreed with him.

"How much time off is customary for Christmas Day, Atticus?" Scrooge asked his apprentice.

"Well, to tell you the truth... The whole day?" Atticus smiled sheepishly.

The other workers admitted in agreement that.

"The entire day?" Scrooge asked.

The workers quickly disagreed with Atticus, though one of them went along with what he offered.