THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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This classic tale from Hans Christian Anderson reminds us to always try to help the poor and needy, especially during the holidays when they are feeling alone and forgotten.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories stories and tales it's great to have |
| 0:34.6 | you with us this holiday season we're bringing you some very special stories that |
| 0:39.2 | add to the spirit of the holidays the little match girl by Hans Christian Anderson |
| 0:44.0 | reminds us that while we celebrate the holidays |
| 0:46.0 | and await the coming of the new year, |
| 0:48.0 | many times ignoring the plight of the poor and the disenfranchised, |
| 0:52.0 | others are struggling out of sight of our |
| 0:55.4 | attention and care, and to many of them, leaving this world behind, is the only way to find |
| 1:01.0 | a better life. It's a well-written but sad tale that you can't help but take |
| 1:06.0 | to heart. And now, the Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson. |
| 1:19.0 | Most terribly cold it was. It snowed and was nearly quite dark and evening the last evening of the year. |
| 1:26.5 | In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, |
| 1:30.6 | bare-headed and with naked feet. |
| 1:34.0 | When she left home she had slippers on. It is true. |
| 1:38.0 | But what was the good of that? |
| 1:41.0 | They were very, very large slippers, which her mother had hit her too worn. |
| 1:46.0 | So large were they? |
| 1:48.4 | And the poor little thing lost them as she scuffled away across the street because of two carriages that rolled by dreadfully fast. |
| 1:57.1 | One slipper was nowhere to be found. |
| 2:00.4 | The other had been laid hold of by an urchin, and off he ran with it. |
| 2:04.0 | He thought it would do capitally for a cradle when he someday or other should have children himself. |
| 2:10.0 | So the little maiden walked on with her tiny naked feet that were quite red and blue from the cold. |
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