Poe watched him... then sighed. "Curiosity killed the cat... but satisfaction brought it back. If you insist on learning, you'll do it the right way."

With that, he pulled Scrooge upward, so that he was sitting in Poe's lap, his headright under Poe's beak. He returned to the first page, holding Scrooge to his body as gently as before, and began to read out loud.