Marley tells Scrooge that he has one chance to avoid the same fate : he will be visited by three spirits .
Scrooge must listen to them or be cursed to carry chains of Scrooge 's own , much longer than Marley 's chains .
Marley tells Scrooge that he has one chance to avoid the same fate : he will be visited by three spirits and he must listen to them or be cursed to carry chains of his own , much longer than Marley 's chains .