The Match Girl
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On Christmas Eve the streets are cold, people run wanting to return to
heat from their houses. That day, a girl alone at a gate with her merchandise of matches
anxious about not being able to sell, at home her grumpy stepmother waiting for her with the
money from the sale.
The little girl saw how in a house children were having fun with Christmas toys.
the warmth of her family, alone and depressed outside, she longed to relive those moments in
a home of love.
Knot
So she approached a man who was passing by all bundled up with the intention of selling to him.
matches, but the cold made the man leave faster, the girl increasingly sad for her
bad luck, she curled up in a corner. At that moment, a lady was passing by with a
, and by the smell that came from it, it seemed like fresh bread, the girl approached her with the
intention to sell him matches, but that lady didn't care either and left quickly
of the place.
The little girl seller, upon seeing the loneliness of the place and the strong winds, went back to hide.
in the shadow of a door, so I take a match from the merchandise, to feel warmth,
from the light that came out of the match, a light in the shape of a Christmas tree emerged
wonderful, but the wind turned off the light.
So he lit another match to see that tree, but this time he found himself at
her grandmother, when the girl was younger, saw her with great joy, but at the
the flame cut of the match could not do much.
DENOUEMENT
With the last match in his box, he wanted to see his grandmother, fearing a scolding.
of his stepmother, by igniting it with a larger light, he was able to see the silhouette of a
the woman who approached was her mother, who, coming closer, looked happy and stretched her
hands to hug her. With much emotion and desperation, he begged his mom to give her to him.
she would take with her, since it was very cold in that place, so she hugged her mom,
I feel the warmth I longed for so much, as soon as the match went out, the mom ...
he hugged tighter and took her away while the light faded into darkness.
The next day, after a freezing night and a lot of loneliness in that village by the
door, they found the body of the girl numbed and curled up on the snow.
THE END
