The Little Match Girl - A different history

Hans Christian Andersen

Puffin Books

1845

19 páginas

38m

ISBN-1: 0

On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is freezing badly, but she is afraid to go home because her father will beat her for not selling any matches. She takes shelter in a nook and lights the matches to warm herself. In their glow, she sees several lovely visions including a Christmas tree and a holiday feast. The girl looks skyward, sees a shooting star, and remembers her deceased grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone died and is going into Heaven. As she lights the next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. She strikes one match after another to keep the vision of her grandmother nearby for as long as she can. The child dies and her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. The next morning, passers-by find the dead child in the nook and take pity on her, not knowing that she had left the world to no more be cold or hungry.

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5 (Perfeito)

Minha mãe me contava essa história quando eu era criança 🥺 reli ela mas na versão original, e é lindo