The Little Match Girl
Summary by Caron
One cold night on New Years Eve, a little match girl wandered in the street her feet red and blue. Her face was dark red. She sat down between two houses and rubbed one match on the wall. In the light she saw a warm stove with arm air. It was lovely. Then the match went out and it was cold again. Then she lit another match then she saw table with food and drink. She was just about to get the food when the match went out. She lit another match. She saw a shooting star that means someone is dying. Then she lit the whole bunch of matches. She saw her Granny, then she said oh granny take me with you. Then in the morning the little girl was still there but dead frozen to death she must have died from the cold said a lady but they did not know what the little match girl had seen that night.
Questions:
1. Was her face dark red?
2. In the morning was the little match girl dead?
3. Did the lady know what the little match girl had seen that night?
4. Did the little match girl die on new years eve?
5. Did the little match see food on the table?
6. Did the little match girl lite the whole bunch of matches?
7. Did the air feel warm?
8. Did the first and second match go out?
9. Did the little match girl go between two houses?
10. Were her feet red and blue?
The Little Match Girl
Summary by Jenny
It was New Years Eve and very cold, it had been snowing and was getting dark.
It was that gloomy night when a poor little girl walked through the streets, wearing a tattered cloth with no shoes. Her hair was in tangles and she was half-starved. When she left home she had her mother’s slippers on, but had lost one and a boy had run away with the other.
In the apron that was hung around her neck, she had lots of matches and in her hand she had a bundle of them. No one had bought anything from her that day, and no one had given her a donation. Though shivering with cold and hunger, she kept going. The snow covered her pretty curls, but she took no notice. In all the windows she past lights were shining, for it was New Years Eve! She sat down in the corner of an alleyway cold and shivering. She did not dare go home, for she hadn’t sold a match, and from her father she would certainly receive a beating. She lit a match to keep herself warm. She found herself sitting next to a gas stove. After a while the match went out, and the stove was gone. She lit another match and now the wall in front of her became a thin blind that she could see through. On the table in the room there was a delicious feast, and the lights lit the beautiful room. Again the match went out, and again she lit another match. Now she was sitting under a beautiful Christmas tree in a beautiful palace. After a few minutes the match went out and she was sitting in the dark alleyway. She lit another match and now in front of her stood her grandmother. “Oh don’t leave me!” cried the little girl, because she knew that her grandmother would go to heaven. Her grandmother took the child’s hands and lifted her up to heaven. She was found frozen to death the next day.
Questions:
1. In all the windows she past what was shining?
2. Why did she not go back to her house?
3. When she lit the first, match where did she find herself?
4. Why did the little girl have no slippers on?
5. What did the child say when she saw her grandmother?
6. When she lit the second match, what did she see on the table?
7. Did her hair have tangles, or was it silky?
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
Summary by Narisha
It was snowing on a cold dark New Years Eve. A poor girl in rags was wandering the streets. She was scared to go home because she had sold no matches and her father would hit her also the attic where she lived was cold and damp. She lit one match against the wall and imagined she was sitting by a beautiful warm fire. When she lit a second match she imagined a table full of food. Then she lit the third match and saw a Christmas Tree full of lit candles. She also saw her grandmother that had died she looked very happy. The little girl lit all the matches so her grandmother wouldn’t go away her kind grandmother took her in her arms and they flew higher and higher to a place where they would never be hungry or cold again. Early the next morning the little girl was found frozen to death.
QUESTIONS:
1Where did the little girl live?
2 Why was she scared to go home?
3 Why did she light all the matches?
4 What did she imagine when she lit the second match?
5 What was the tree full of?
6 Where did her grandmother take her?
7 Where was the little girl wandering?
8 When was it snowing?
9 Was the little girl in rags?
10 When was the little girl found dead?
The Little Match Girl
Summary by Olivia
It was a very cold new years eve and the little match girl walked bare foot in the cold snow. The little match girl had an apron and in that apron was some matches in it but the little match girl had not sold one match and know one had given her a single penny. She walked shivering along the pavement and a lovely smell of roast goose made her even colder. She huddled under a tree to try get warm but she was still cold, she wished she could light one of her matches, she was so cold that she did, scr-r-rach the warmth of the match was so lovely but such a strange light suddenly there stood her granny oh granny said the little match girl take me with you up to heaven, so her granny toke her in her arms and flew high so high, and the little match girl was happy in heaven.
Questions
1 What did the little match girl have in her apron?
2 What did the little match girl huddle under to try keep warm?
3 Who stood in the light?
4 What was the weather?
5 Was the little match girl happy in heaven?
6 Did the little match girl have shoes?
Update: 2004/10/28 20:59:48
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