THE LITTLE MATCH-SELLER
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE LITTLE MATCH-SELLER
by Hans Christian Andersen
IT was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the
old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness,
a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet, roamed through
the streets. It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left
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