《卖火柴的小女孩》01 冰冷的家

Chapter 1 Her cold little home

The little girl lives with her mother and father. The wind comes in through the walls of their cold little house.

'Anne Marie,' the girl's mother cries one day. 'We've got no money. Go out and sell some matches!'

'Yes, Mother,' her daughter says. She puts some matches into her old apron. Then she puts her feet into some shoes near the front door.

'Don't come back without any money,' her father says. 'Or I'm taking my belt to your back!'

'No, Father,' the little girl answers. She remembers her father's last beating, and she is afraid.

The little girl opens the door. She goes out into the cold street. It is snowing.

The shoes on her feet are very big for her. That is because they are her mother's shoes.