童话 英文版

童话故事英文版：卖火柴的小女孩

ltwasdreadfullycold,itwassnowingfast,andalmostdark；

theevening----thelasteveningoftheoldyearwasdrawing

,coldanddarkasitwas,apoorlittlegirl,with

bareheadandfeet,wasstillwanderingaboutthestreets.

Whensheleftherhomeshehadslipperson,buttheywere

muchtoolargeforher；indeed,properly,theybelongedto

hermother,andhaddroppedoffherfeetwhilstshewas

runningveryfastacrosstheroad,togetoutofthewayof

heslipperswasnottobefound,the

otherhadbeensnatchedupbyalittleboy,whoranoffwith

itthinkingitmightrvehimasadoll'scradle.

Sothelittlegirlnowwalkedon,herbarefeetquiteredand

riedasmallbundleofmatchesin

herhand,

hadboughtanyofthemthelivelongday；noonehadgiven

ingwithcoldandhungercreptshe

on,thepictureofsorrow：poorlittlechild

Thesnow-flakesfellonherlong,fairhair,whichcurledin

suchprettyringletsoverhershoulders；butshethoughtnot

ofherownbeauty,wereglimmering

througheverywindow,andthesavorofroastgooreached

herfromveralhous；itwasNewYear've,anditwas

ofthisthatshethought.

Inacornerformedbytwohous,oneofwhichprojected

down,drawingherlittlefeetclo

underher,butinvain,ed

notgohome,shehadsoldnomatches,earnednotasingle

penny,andperhapsherfatherwouldbeather，besidesher

homewasalmostascoldasthestreet，itwasanattic；and

althoughthelargerofthemanychinksintheroofwere

dandsnowoften

dswerenearlydeadwithcold；

s,if

shedaredlightit,shedrewoneout,andstruckitagainst

thewall,bravo!itwasabright,warmflame,andsheheld

uiteanilluminationforthatpoor

littlegirl；nay,1callitratheramagictaper,forit

emedtoherasthoughshewassittingbeforealargeiron-

stovewithbrassornaments,sobeautifullyblazedthefire

within!Thechildstretchedoutherfeettowarmthemalso；

alas,inaninstanttheflamehaddiedaway,thestove

vanished,thelittlegirlsatcoldandcomfortless,withthe

burntmatchinherhand.

Acondmatchwasstruckagainstthewall；itkindlesand

blazed,andwhereveritslightfellthewallbecame

tlegirlcouldeintothe

thetablespreadwithasnow-white

damaskcloth,whereonwererangedshiningchina-dishes；the

roastgoostuffedwithapplesanddriedplumsstoodatone

end,smokinghot,andwhichwaspleasantestofalltoe；

thegoo,withknifeandforkstillinherbreast,jumped

downfromthedish,andwaddledalongthefloorrightupto

chwasburntout,andonlythethick,

hardwallwasbesideher.