二年级英语童话故事：卖火柴的小女孩[1]

One Christmas night, it is very cold.

In the cold and darkness, a girl is walking bare footed in the snow and wind.

Her feet are pale and frozen.There are some matches in the pocket of her apron.

"Buy matches.Please buy matches!" The little girl cries in a faint voice which nobody hears as they hurry by.

She doesn't sell any matches and no one gives her a copper coin.

How poor the little girl is! She is cold and hungry and shivers onward with a pale face. Snowflakes fall onto her blond hair.

There are lights at all the windows. The smell of roast goose is in the street.

She bears the hunger and sits down in the corner of a wall, she curls herself up in the apron.

The wind is getting stronger, the snow becomes a storm, she feels colder.

However she dare not return home because she didn't sell one match, so she doesn't have a penny. If she goes back, her father will beat her. What't more, her house is also cold.

Her little hands are almost frozen stiff.

Oh! A matchstick is useful for her.

The little girl takes out a match and strikes it on the wall. The match gives out a flame. When she puts her hand over it, becomes a warm and bright flame. She seems to be sitting near a stove. The flame is so nice and warm. When she wants to stretch out her feet to warm them, the flame goes out... also the stove disappears and she sits there with a matchstick.

She strikes another. The part of the wall lit up by the flame become transparent, like a thin veil. She seems to see a table cloth covering the table in a room, where there are exquisite bowls, plates and a fragrantly roasted goose. Look! The goose has a knife and fork in its back. The goose is staggering towards her. Just then, the flame goes out and the thick wall is back in front of her.

The little girl strikes the third match. Following the light, she seems to reach a Chris