The Little Match Girl in English | Stories for Teenagers | @EnglishFairyTales
Summary
TLDROn a snowy New Year's Eve, a poor little girl named Mary struggles to sell matches. Hungry and cold, she lights matches to warm herself, experiencing visions of warmth and food. As her last match burns, she is comforted by the apparition of her deceased grandmother, who takes her to heaven, ending her suffering.
Takeaways
- 🎇 The story is set on New Year's Eve in a snowy city.
- 👧 The protagonist is a young girl selling matches.
- ❄️ The girl is cold and has been out since morning without selling any matches.
- 🍰 She sees others enjoying food and warmth, but she is hungry and cold.
- 👵 Her grandmother is ill and her mother sends her out to sell matches to get food.
- 🥿 She loses one of her mother's slippers and continues barefoot.
- 🔥 She lights matches for warmth and to escape her harsh reality.
- 🪄 Each match she lights reveals a comforting illusion, such as a warm stove or a festive table.
- 🌌 When she lights a match, she sees a falling star and fears for her grandmother's life.
- 👵 Her grandmother appears to her through the matches, offering comfort.
- 🌟 The girl and her grandmother ascend to heaven, symbolizing her death and escape from suffering.
Q & A
What is the setting of the story?
-The story is set in a city on New Year's Eve.
Who is the main character of the story?
-The main character is a little beautiful girl named Mary.
What was Mary's occupation?
-Mary was a match seller, trying to sell matches on the roadside.
Why was Mary selling matches?
-Mary was selling matches to earn money for food because her family was poor and her grandmother was ill.
What was the weather like during the story?
-It was snowing, and the cold was quite piercing.
Why was Mary barefoot?
-Mary was wearing her mother's slippers, but one of them broke, and she couldn't retrieve the other from the gutter.
What did Mary see when she lit her first match?
-When Mary lit her first match, she saw an iron stove that made her feel warm.
What happened when Mary lit her second match?
-The wall next to her turned transparent, allowing her to see a beautifully decorated house with a family having a meal.
What did Mary see when she saw a roasted goose in the house?
-Mary saw a roasted goose, and it appeared to come towards her, making her feel happy due to her hunger.
What did Mary wish for when she saw her grandmother after lighting a match?
-Mary wished for her grandmother to take her away from her cold, hungry, and scared situation.
How did Mary die?
-Mary froze to death in the cold night, and in the morning, she was found by people who felt pity for her.
What is the moral or message of the story?
-The story conveys the harsh realities of poverty and the innocence of a child's imagination as a means of escape from a difficult life.
Outlines
🎇 A Desolate New Year's Eve
The story is set on New Year's Eve, where a young girl is trying to sell matches in a city covered in snow. Despite the cold and her hunger, she is unable to sell any matches. She observes others enjoying the festive season with food and warmth, while she shivers in the cold, barefoot. Her family situation is grim; her cruel father forces her to sell the matches or face punishment. She loses one of her slippers and decides to continue on foot. Finding a quiet corner, she considers lighting a match for warmth, fearing her father's wrath but driven by the need to escape the biting cold.
🌌 A Glimpse of Warmth and Joy
In the cold corner, the girl lights a match and experiences a brief moment of warmth and joy as the match transforms her surroundings. She sees a vision of a beautiful, well-lit house with a family enjoying a feast, including a roasted goose. When the match burns out, her joy turns to disappointment as the vision vanishes. She lights another match as she sees a falling star, fearing for her sick grandmother's life. Lighting yet another match, she is comforted by the appearance of her grandmother, who takes her away from the cold and hunger to a place of warmth and light. They fly upwards together, and in the morning, people find the girl dead in the corner, her face illuminated by the sun, a smile on her lips.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡New Year's Eve
💡Matches
💡Snowfall
💡Hunger
💡Shivering
💡Barefoot
💡Slippers
💡Threat
💡Iron Stove
💡Transparent Wall
💡Roasted Goose
💡Grandmother
💡Heaven
Highlights
A little girl is selling matches on New Year's Eve in a cold, snowy city.
The girl has matches in her apron and pockets but cannot sell any.
She observes people enjoying the festive atmosphere and eating delicious food.
The girl is hungry and cold but continues to walk, barefoot and shivering.
Her mother urges her to sell matches to get food, despite the cold.
The girl's father threatens her if she doesn't sell all the matches.
Mary, the girl, wears her mother's slippers and sets out to sell matches.
Despite trying, Mary fails to sell any matches and is very hungry.
Mary loses one of her slippers and decides to walk barefoot.
She finds shelter between two houses to escape the biting cold.
Mary lights a match for warmth and sees an iron stove appear.
The matchstick's flame goes out, leaving Mary disappointed.
Mary lights another match and sees a beautiful, well-lit house with a family feasting.
A roasted goose from the feast seems to come towards Mary.
The flame goes out, and the vision of the goose vanishes.
Mary pleads to God for help and sees a falling star, fearing for her grandmother's life.
Mary lights another match and her grandmother appears, offering comfort.
Mary's grandmother takes her hand, and they fly towards heaven.
In the morning, people find Mary dead in the corner, with a smile on her face.
Transcripts
[Music]
this is a story from a recent past in a
city there lived a little beautiful girl
it was New Year's Eve and the girl was
walking on the roadside with bundles of
matches in her hands she had a few of
them in the pockets of her apron
too there was snowfall which had covered
her her hair and the Beautiful curls
around her neck she was walking since
the morning but couldn't sell a single
Matchbox she approached people walking
on the road but nobody purchased a
single match from her as everybody was
enjoying the eve out
there walking through the foot paath the
girls saw many shops full of cakes and
various Foods she saw many restaurants
with people eating different foods with
candles burning on their tables the girl
too was very hungry as she had had
nothing since morning she ignored the
sight and walked ahead she was shivering
as it was night and the cold was quite
piercing she was unable to walk properly
as she was
barefoot during daytime when she was at
home sitting beside her ill
[Music]
grandmother Barry would you please go
out today to sell the matches we could
get some food if you could sell a few of
them no mother it's too cold out there
go you silly girl go and sell all those
matches by evening and don't come home
unless you sell them all oh go dear or
else he will hit you again I feel so
sorry to have such a cruel
son don't cry grandma I'll
go Mary put some matches in her apron
wore her mother's slippers and left she
tried her best approaching people to buy
the matches from her but no one
responded it was getting dark and Mary
was very hungry but she remembered her
father's threat and she started walking
again at the corner of the road she
bumped on a group of people oh oh
sorry I'm fine would you like to
purchase any
matches sorry little angel I don't need
[Music]
any and they went on Mary then felt that
she is Barefoot she realized that one of
her slippers is broken she searched for
another one and found it in the gutter
she couldn't take it out from
[Music]
there Mary decided to walk barefoot
before moving on she checked if her
matches were safe she met many people
but failed to sell any match tired she
found a corner between two houses and
decided to sit there for a
while the cold was getting bitterer the
girl with the matches in her hands
thought if I burn a matchick I can get
some
warmth again a thought came in her mind
if father came to know about it he would
be very angry but the Shivering forced
her to think how would he know if I
burnt just one
stick she dared to take out a match
stick and burn it on a wood stick nearby
and what a surprise the match stick
turned into an iron stove the girl felt
warm she put her hand near the iron
stove and tried to grasp the warmth she
was very happy but soon in a few moments
a snow drop fell on the match stick and
the flame went out she was very
disappointed in a while she started
shivering again she thought for a moment
and took out the matchbox she picked out
another match stick and burnt it against
the wall adjacent to her ah to her
surprise the wall turned transparent she
could see through the wall now the house
was very very beautiful and well
decorated there was fire and light as
many candles were burning the family
living there was having their food she
could see ample food and cakes kept on
the dining table where the family
members were chatting and discussing
something sitting around the table Mary
saw a roasted Goose kept in a plate on
the table all of a sudden the goose
started staring at Mary she was
surprised again the very next moment
moment she saw the goose coming towards
her as she was very hungry she felt
happy to see the goose coming to her the
goose came near the wall Mary was about
to insert her hand in the wall and hold
the goose just then the flame of the
match stick went off and everything
vanished at once now there wasn't any
transparent wall anymore Mary was very
disappointed she looked at the sky
pleading God to help her oh God please
take me out of the
situation just then she saw a star
falling down a thought struck her
mind they say when a star falls someone
dies my grandma is very sick does it
mean that I've lost my
grandma oh she loved me the
most crying she took out another match
stick and burnt it she was not surprised
to see her grandmother standing in front
oh Grandma you're here yes my child I'm
here for you Mary was pleased to see her
grandmother but got scared the next
moment she thought her grandmother also
will disappear she took out more sticks
from the match and put them on the
burning stick and there was a light a
light as bright as the sun light in that
hour of night there was a bright
sunlight around Mary and her
grandmother Mary looked upon at her
grandmother she was looking very
beautiful in her new white gown
grandmother was looking at Mary smiling
Grandma I am too scared to stay here
anymore please take me with you
please yes dear I'll take you with me
give me your hand the grandmother held
Mary's hand and lifted her in her
arms they both started flying upwards
Mary was so pleased that she started
clapping how are you feeling now my
little angel now Grandma I don't feel
hungry or cold or scared anymore I'm
feeling very light the grandmother
smiled at her and they both flew to the
Heaven There Was An innocent smile on
Mary's face and the sun rays lightened
her face in the morning there were many
people gathered around her all of them
were watching Mary lying down in the
corner between the two houses they all
felt pity for
her
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