Hello, I'm Tim and today I've got a story about a young orphan.
He has a tough life but with hope, spirit and a little bit of luck, all that could change.
This young orphan is called Oliver.
At the age of nine, he ends up in a miserable, grim workhouse.
All the children who work there are always cold, and light fires to keep warm.
They are also badly treated and are always so hungry.
One day, Oliver bravely goes up to the manager to ask him for more food.
But he is thrown out because of his insolence, and so begins Oliver's new life.
I'll jump on a bit in the story.
He's in London and he gets in with the wrong crowd.
A friendly young beggar invites him to shelter in a rundown,
damp building with very little light, so it is dark too.
It is run by a scruffy old man called Fagin.
Oliver doesn't have to pay anything to stay there, but in order to earn his keep,
He has to work as a pickpocket,
carefully and secretly stealing money and valuable possessions from people's pockets.
He knows it's wrong, but what else can he do?
When he sees the other children pickpocketing, Oliver isn't happy and runs away,
but the police catch him thinking he is the thief.
Luckily,