Chapter 4 The Little Match Girl
It was a very cold winter, and the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the night was almost freezing.
Chinese New Year's Eve spreads on this night, it is a noisy night, and the mood of the people seems to be happy with the arrival of the new year. At this time, a little girl in tattered clothes came to the street, and she did not even have shoes on her feet.
The little girl had come out with shoes on, which were her mother's big, wide shoes, which she wore on her feet as if she were on a boat. Just as she was hurrying across the main road, suddenly, several large carriages came galloping, and she had no time to dodge, and one of her left shoes was knocked off. She searched carefully, but she couldn't find it, it was her mother's shoes!She didn't dare to lose it, but now that she had lost it, she was very worried and sad. As for the shoe on the right foot, it was picked up by a teenager across the road. The boy grinned and said to the little girl that these shoes would be very useful and would be a great cradle for his offspring.
The little girl was even more sad, and even a teenager her age came to bully her. She had to endure the cold and walk barefoot on the snow-covered road. Her little feet were now frostbitten from the cold snow, and the blood in her little feet had turned black and purple.
The little girl walked trembling down the street, and in her tattered pocket, thick paper wrapped the matches layer after layer, and she carefully held the tattered bag with both hands, lest she accidentally miss a few boxes of matches. The little girl walked from this street to that street, and there were very few pedestrians on the street, because tonight was Chinese New Year's Eve, and everyone else was a family gathered around the fire to have a reunion dinner!No one bought her matches, not even one, she didn't make a penny today, poor little girl!
OMG!Now this tired, hungry and cold little girl is still wandering in the snowy streets, she does not dare to go home, she has not sold a match!The fluttering goose feather snow kept falling, and the little girl walked alone on the street, and the snow pressed down on her beautiful long hair, and she looked even more beautiful.
But she doesn't think about it, she thinks about the matches that have not been sold in her pocket, and how many matches there are, how many matches she has in her mind. As she walked, she saw the shop windows on both sides of the street, and there were bright lights in the windows, and the light shone through the windows into the street. The aroma of roast goose also ran out with the lights, and the little girl stood on the street and carefully sniffed the fragrance that had drifted into the street.
However, the scent slipped all over her nose, and she was in a hurry, she didn't smell anything. Still, she could feel the smell of something delicious. She looked around, there was still no one, she thought, yes, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, who will come out to visit this snowy night?
The little girl crouched in a remote corner between two large luxurious houses. She was crouching down with her feet crossed, and she thought it was the most remote corner, and the cold wind couldn't find her. But she didn't expect that this place was also horribly cold. She shuddered and hugged herself, hiding a pair of frostbitten little feet under her tattered clothes, and she looked very much like a wounded and curled little hedgehog.
However, no matter how much she tried to hide her young body, it was so cold, it was the same everywhere. At this time, she thought of her home, which was as tattered as her clothes, and perhaps now her father and mother were hiding in the corner of the house, holding their heads and laughing!Her father was a very vicious man, and she did not dare to go back now, and if she did, she would definitely be beaten, because she did not earn a penny.
At this moment, her entire body was frozen by the relentless snow and she was almost unconscious. She felt for the matches in her tattered pockets, and she thought that they were as cold as she was.
Her little hands were about to freeze, and how she longed for a little fire to warm her hands!She couldn't help touching the match in her tattered clothes again, she finally took out a precious small match, "snort", she wiped it lightly on the wall, the match burned, the little girl saw the red flame rise, like a fiery red mirror, she immediately felt extremely warm.
She looked through the mirror of the match and saw a spacious living room, with a large fireplace by the wall, and the fire in the fireplace was blazing, and she saw that the fire was about to rush towards her, and it was so strong that it could burn her to ashes. And she was so cold now, as cold as a piece of ice, that she threw herself on it, and stretched out her little hand to grab the fire, but before she could catch it, her matches were already burned, and when the wind and snow blew, the match ashes went away with the wind.
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At this moment, the spacious living room, the large fireplace, and the raging fire were all gone with the burnt matches, and she had nothing in her hands, and the cold enveloped her once more. She began to shiver again, and it was colder than before.
The little girl was not reconciled, she mustered up her courage again, took out a thin match from her tattered clothes, and held the small match with two trembling little hands to the wall, and gently wiped it on it, she first heard a pleasant "snort" sound, and then the match was wiped again, and the faint light of the fire illuminated the little girl's surroundings.
She felt warm all around, as if she was back in summer, she saw something wonderful through the flames, the wall in front of her was now transparent, she saw a kitchen as big as it was, the little girl hadn't eaten for a whole day, she was so hungry, her stomach was aching, her eyes widened, she saw a big dining table in the kitchen, and there was a white and clean tablecloth pressed on the table, and there were a lot of delicious things on the table, grapes, pears, apples, There are countless fruits such as peaches and bayberry, and a lot of roast duck, roast goose, and roast chicken are placed in those extra-large bowls.
She was fascinated, her eyes widened, and the roast chicken was so fat that every step it took on the tablecloth would leave a very obvious chicken paw print, which was very fragrant oil!It was so big that it hid the knife and fork that was stuck in its back, and as soon as it stood up, the little girl could not see the knife and fork on its back, and it came to the little girl with a smile and a few steps away—and suddenly the match ran out again.
The little girl's saliva was stuck in her throat before it could reach her stomach, and she grabbed the roast chicken with her hands, but it was a big, cold wall.
The little girl shuddered and took out a match from her tattered clothes, and sparked it on the wall with a "snort". This time she saw a tall and large and very beautiful Christmas tree, she was very happy to go under the tree, the little candles wrapped around the Christmas tree were brighter and brighter, she felt that this tall Christmas tree was the most beautiful and largest in the world, because the moon was hanging on the top of the tree!There are also some stars hidden in the trees and twinkle and twinkle, which is very funny, and the candles are flying up and flying into the sky, and the sky is getting brighter and brighter.
The little girl was dazzled, she looked up at the sky with big eyes, and a piece of holy light shone on her face, shining on her thin figure, and the little girl felt extremely happy, and the stars in the sky were blinking at her, looking very naughty. Suddenly, a small star accidentally fell from the other side of the sky, and the small star quickly slipped from the other side of the sky to this side of the sky, and no one could stop it. The little girl sighed, for she could not help the little star, and she said to herself, "What a pitiful, another life is about to end." ”
She remembered her kind grandmother, who was kind to her when she was alive, she was the most loving little girl in the world, but she had already lived in heaven. She had always wanted to go to that distant paradise, where there was one person who loved her the most, and that was her grandmother, who had told her before her death that when a star slipped down in the sky, there must be another life living in heaven.
The little girl missed her grandmother so much, she really wanted to see her grandmother immediately, she quickly took out another match, wiped it the wall, and with another "snort", the match was lit again. The little girl found that the match was brighter than the previous three matches, and all the little girl could see was illuminated, and her kind grandmother came from a distant paradise, and the grandmother appeared in front of her with a smile, and the little girl almost jumped for joy.
She shouted loudly, "Grandma!".Why didn't you come to see me until now?You don't know how lonely I am alone, it's so cold in this world, I really can't stand it, please, my grandma!Please let me be with you!I'm going to leave this world, I'm going to be with you, you know, this little match is about to go out, I'm going to have nothing, the big fireplace, the fat roast chicken, the tall Christmas tree, and the kind you, soon there will be nothing, you take me away!”
The little girl stretched out her hands to hug her grandmother, who just smiled and looked at her, and when the wind blew, the matches went out again. The little girl was in a hurry, and she desperately took out all the matches from her tattered pocket, and kept scratching the walls, and the walls were all heated by the matches, and the matches burned one by one, and her grandmother suddenly became extremely tall, and her smile was so kind, kind, and amiable. The little girl was so happy, because the grandmother stretched out her warm hands and picked her up, and the little girl was taken into her arms, and the two of them smiled and walked towards the paradise where there was no hunger, no cold, no pain, no sorrow, and in a blink of an eye it was gone.
When the sun rises, it's not that cold Chinese New Year's Eve, it's the first day of the new year, the weather is warm, and some people are already out walking around the streets. The little match-selling girl dressed in tatters and barefoot sat in the corner of the wall with a smile on her face. Her smile had frozen, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, she was frozen to death by the fluttering goose feather snow in the remote corner between the two luxurious houses, her whole body was snow-white, and the match she had left in her hand was also white.
A good Samaritan said, "Her matches won't save her!"”
However, except for the little match girl, no one knew all the beautiful things she saw when she lit matches on Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the end, she happily walked into that distant and beautiful paradise with her kind grandmother.
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