The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening-- the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the good of that? They were very large slippers, which her mother had hitherto worn; so large were they; and the poor little thing lost them as she scuffled away across the street, because of ...
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
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So bad for that poor child .
It is such a bad feeling when I see a poor child in a roe.
I see what you mean and I agree with you. I didn’t get the meaning of ‘roe’ in your comment, though. You can make some clarification about that, please.
yes; I agree too.
it was one of the first books I got as a gift and I love it so much and I try to be a better person especially in presence of children.
The poor little girl was so unfortunate. She was supposed to go to school and play with the other kids at that age. I agree with you, Sara, that we can take valuable lessons from these dramatic short stories.
It was a sad and real story. It does even make it more sad, knowing that there are still many children around the world, who suffer and die from cold and poverty.
Yeah, it deeply touches my heart when I see some poor children having to work at such a young age instead of going to school.
Pitty for her. But how nicely Hans Christian Anderson has described the pain and misery of a poor little girl who did not have the chance of having a good and comfortable life and only seek and reach it in her imagination and death.
Totally agreed. I really liked your comment and the way you literally composed it. It seems you were moved or touched deeply by this short story.