The Little Match Girl, Bedtime Stories and Fairy Tales for Kids

The little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child s dreams and hope. Plot Summary: On a cold New Year s Eve, a poor young girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already shivering from cold and early hypothermia, and she is walking barefoot having lost her Still, she is too afraid to go home, because her father will beat her for not selling any matches, and also as the cracks in the house can t keep out the cold wind