The Little Match Girl : Andersen's Fairy Tales a Children christmas stories(Exclusive Bonus Features) FREE FOR KINDLE UNLIMITED NOW For a limited time only, get this great eBook. Regularly priced at $5.99. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. On a cold New Year's Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already shivering from cold and early hypothermia.[1] Still she is afraid to go home because her father will beat her for not selling any matches. She shelters in a nook and sits down.[2] The girl lights the matches to warm herself. In their glow, she sees several lovely visions including a Christmas tree and a holiday feast. The girl looks skyward and sees a shooting star; she then remembers her dead grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone is dying and is going to Heaven. As she lights the next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. She strikes one match after another to keep the vision of her grandmother alive for as long as she can. Running out of matches, the child... Bonus - H. C. Andersen Biography - H. C. Andersen Facts - And more Bonus