卖火柴的小女孩-The Little Match-Girl 3She kindled a third match. Again shot up the flame；and now she was sitting under a most beautifulChristmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettilydecked out, than the one she had seen lastChristmas eve through the glass doors of the richmerchant's house. Hundreds of wax-tapers lightedup the GREen branches, and tiny painted figures,such as she had seen in the shop-windows, lookeddown from the tree upon her. The child stretchedout her hands towards them in delight, and in thatmoment the lights of the match warm quenched； still, however, the Christmas candles burnedhigher and higher， she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven； one of them fell, the lightsstreaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.她擦着了第三根火柴，又冒出了火焰。
现在她觉得正坐在非常美丽的圣诞树下面，比上次圣诞节透过那富商家的玻璃门看到的那株还要大、还要美这株树的绿枝上点燃着许许多多的蜡烛，颜色瑰丽的图画，就象橱窗里挂着的那些一样漂亮，仿佛在向她眨眼小姑娘把两只手伸过去，火柴又熄灭了然而圣诞树上的烛光越升越高她看到它们变成了明亮的星星，有一颗落下来，在天上划出一道长长的火丝Now some one is dying,〞 said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her oldgrandmother， the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who was now dead thatwhenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the God who gave it.“现在又有一个什么人死了〞小姑娘说因为她的老祖母——一个唯一待她好的人，现在已经死了，曾经告诉过她，天上落下一颗星，地上就有一个灵魂回到曾赋于他生命的上帝那里去她在墙上又擦了一根火柴，火光把四周照亮了。
在亮光里，亲爱的和生前一样的祖母出现了她依然是那么的慈祥和温和，然而那快活和幸福的样子却是她生前从未有过的。