On a hot afternoon, Scrooge the miser and his grandson, Tim, were walking home from a party. Tim complains, ""Gramps, it's still a long way back to our house. It's hot and I'm tired. Look, there's a bus stop here. Can we please take the bus home?"" Scrooge is aghast. ""It'll cost us six dollars to get home from here! What a waste of money! We'll walk it."" Tim sighs, but he's a good kid, and doesn't fuss about it. They barely walk a few feet, when Scrooge sees a passing taxi and hails it. ""How …