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Little Match Girl: Oh, I can see a
table full of wonderful things to

eat. Oh, I want to eat everything! I
feel so comfortable in this place.

Narrator: Then, the match goes
out and she could see only the
thick, cold wall. She lights up
another match, and she sees the

most beautiful Christmas tree.
There are many gifts under the
tree. Thousands of candles burn
on the green branches and beautiful
pictures look down at her.

Little Match Girl: Oh, what a wonderful Christmas Tree! It’s like the one I see in many
houses of rich people. Those lights are bright as stars! I wish I could take some presents

for my brothers.

Narrator: When she tries to touch the tree, the match goes out. The Christmas lights
however, mount higher. She sees them now as bright stars in the sky. One of them falls
down, forming a long line of fire.

Little Match Girl (thinking sadly): Oh, someone is going to die. I remember Grandma
telling me that is a star falls leaving behind it a bright streak of fire, someone is going to
heaven!

Narrator: The girl lights up another match and, in the glow, she sees her old grandmother
clear and shining, kind and lovely.

Little Match Girl: Grandmother! Oh, I miss you so much! Take me with you! I know you
will disappear when the match is burned out. You will vanish like the warm stove, the
wonderful food and the beautiful big Christmas tree!

Narrator: The little girl lights up all the matches because she didn’t want to lose her
Grandmother.

Grandmother: Come, my little girl, come with me.

We will go to a place where there’s no hunger,
pain, or cold.

Little Match Girl: But, Grandmother. What
about my family?

Grandmother: Don’t worry about them, my
child. Just come with me.

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