Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales
1. The Little Match-Girl
1.2. Verse Two
But in the cold morning hour, crouching in the corner of the wall, the poor little girl was found:her cheeks glowing, her lips smiling, frozen to death on the last night of the old Year. TheNew Year's sun shone on the lifeless child; motionless she sat there with the matches in herlap, one bundle of them quite burnt out.
“She has been trying to warm herself, poor thing!” the people said, but no one knew of thesweet visions she had beheld, or how gloriously she and her grandmother were celebrating theirNew Year's festival.
直到寒冷的早晨,人们发现一个可怜的小姑娘蜷缩在墙角里,她双颊通红,嘴唇上带着微笑,她已经在旧年的除夕冻死了。新年的太阳升起来了,照在她那小小的身体上!她一动也不动地坐在那里,手中还捏着火柴,其中一捆已经完全烧光了。
“可怜的孩子!她是想把自己暖一下呀!”然而却没有人知道,她曾看到过多么美妙的东西,她曾多么快乐地跟祖母在一起欢度新年佳节!