賣火柴的小女孩The little match seller（三）

The little match-seller
How the fire burned! and seemed so beautifully warm that the child stretched out her feet as if to warm them, when, lo! the flame of the match went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the half-burnt match in her hand.
　　She rubbed another match on the wall. It burst into a flame, and where its light fell upon the wall it became as transparent as a veil, and she could see into the room. The table was covered with a snowy white table-cloth, on which stood a splendid dinner service, and a steaming roast goose, stuffed with apples and dried plums. And what was still more wonderful, the goose jumped down from the dish and waddled across the floor, with a knife and fork in its *, to the little girl. Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall before her.
　　(to be continued...)

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火燒得多麼旺啊！小姑娘剛剛伸出她的一雙腳，打算在這麼好的火前暖一下的時候，哎呀！火焰忽然熄滅了！火爐也不見了。她只剩下手裏捏着那燒過的火柴。
　　她又在牆上擦着一根火柴。火柴燃起來發出了明亮的光。牆上被火光照着的地方，忽然變得透明，象一塊薄紗，小女孩可以看到房間內東西。桌上鋪着雪白的檯布，上面放着精緻的瓷碟，還有填滿梅子和蘋果、冒着熱氣、香噴噴的烤鵝。更美妙的是這隻背上插着刀叉的鵝從盤裏跳了出來，搖搖擺擺地在地板上走着，一直向這個可憐的小姑娘走來。就在這時，火柴熄滅了，留在她面前的，只是一堵又厚又冷的牆。
　　（未完待續...）