{"id":4077,"date":"2026-06-29T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:42:09","slug":"the-little-match-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/zh_cn\/the-little-match-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Match Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk--hide-mobile stk-block stk-59e6772\" data-block-id=\"59e6772\"><style>.stk-59e6772 {margin-bottom:80px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-59e6772-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-cb794f1\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"cb794f1\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-cb794f1 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(60% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-cb794f1-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-cb794f1-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-859x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-300x357.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-600x715.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37.jpg 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-5babe66\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"5babe66\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-5babe66 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(40% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-5babe66-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-5babe66-inner-blocks\">\n<div style=\"height:160px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-0c6b81f\" id=\"the-little-match-girl\" data-block-id=\"0c6b81f\"><style>.stk-0c6b81f {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">The Little Match Girl<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cbc85039fc0d2e1435923edac6ba6aa7\" style=\"color:#888888\" data-block-type=\"core\">Hans Christian Andersen<br>1805 \u2014 1875<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8132c2ea6f1fd0893d5c29882456f775\" style=\"color:#555555\" data-block-type=\"core\"><strong>Some lights<\/strong><br>are seen only in the coldest night.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns aligncenter stk-block-columns stk--hide-desktop stk--hide-tablet stk-block stk-ef9041c\" data-block-id=\"ef9041c\"><style>.stk-ef9041c {margin-bottom:20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-ef9041c-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-1a89ad3\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"1a89ad3\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-1a89ad3 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(60% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-1a89ad3-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-1a89ad3-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-859x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-300x357.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37-600x715.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-02_03_37.jpg 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-806b06e\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"806b06e\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-806b06e {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(40% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-806b06e-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-806b06e-inner-blocks\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Little Match Girl<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cbc85039fc0d2e1435923edac6ba6aa7\" style=\"color:#888888\" data-block-type=\"core\">Hans Christian Andersen<br>1805 \u2014 1875<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-291cd7a7b0a18129e1d011d6871726dc\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.469), 20px);line-height:1.5\" data-block-type=\"core\"><strong>Some lights<\/strong><br>are seen only in the coldest night.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-47c4aaa\" data-block-id=\"47c4aaa\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-47c4aaa-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-eefe29f\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"eefe29f\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-eefe29f-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-eefe29f-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-d46bb2c\" data-block-id=\"d46bb2c\"><style>.stk-d46bb2c hr.stk-block-divider__hr{background:#e8e8e8 !important;width:7% !important;}.stk-d46bb2c {margin-bottom:30px !important;}<\/style><hr class=\"stk-block-divider__hr\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It was a bitterly cold New Year&#8217;s Eve. The night had grown very late.<br>Snow was falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">A poor little girl was wandering through the dark, frozen streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She wore no hat. Her feet were bare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She had left home with shoes on, &nbsp;but they were far too large, her mother&#8217;s old ones. When she ran across the road to escape two fast-moving carriages, both shoes flew off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">One could not be found at all.One was lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The other was snatched by a boy who ran away laughing, saying he would use it as a cradle when he had children of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And so the little girl walked on barefoot, her small feet raw and blue with cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Her old apron was full of matches. She carried another bundle in her hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">All day long, not a single person had bought her matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Not one coin had been pressed into her palm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The poor little thing was cold and hungry, and utterly wretched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Snowflakes settled on her golden hair, which curled beautifully around her face, but she had no thought for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Every window glowed with warm light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The smell of roast goose drifted through the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It was New Year&#8217;s Eve, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She could not forget that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She found a corner where one house jutted out a little further than the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">There she crouched down, tucking her feet beneath her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But she felt colder than before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She did not dare go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She had sold no matches. She had earned nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Her father would beat her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And home was almost as cold as the street,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">just a roof over their heads, the worst cracks stuffed with rags and straw,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">but the wind still came through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Her small hands were nearly frozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Oh, &nbsp;how much good one little match would do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">If only she dared pull one from the bundle, strike it against the wall, warm her fingers for a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She dared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Scratch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The flame leapt up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She cupped it in her hands. It burned like a small candle. Bright, steady, warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">How strange and beautiful that light seemed to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She imagined she was sitting before a great iron stove,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">its brass feet and handles gleaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_42_47.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Inside it a fire blazed, and the warmth spread all through her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But what was happening?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Just as she stretched her feet toward it, the flame went out. The stove was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She was still in the corner, holding a burnt-out matchstick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She struck another match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The flame rose bright. Where it fell on the wall, the stone turned transparent as gauze.&nbsp;She could see straight through into the room beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">A table laid with a white cloth. Fine china. Candles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And a roast goose, golden and steaming, stuffed with apples and prunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Then, more wonderful still,&nbsp;the goose climbed down from the dish,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">and waddled across the floor toward her, the carving knife still in its back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-2026\u5e745\u670811\u65e5-18_54_19.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It came straight toward her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The match went out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The thick, black wall returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She lit another match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">This time she was sitting beneath a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It was larger and more beautiful than any she had glimpsed through the glass doors of the grand merchant&#8217;s house last Christmas. Thousands of candles burned on its branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Coloured pictures, just like the ones she had pressed her nose against in the shop windows, hung from every bough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She reached out both hands toward them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The match went out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The Christmas candles rose higher and higher until they became stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">One fell, streaking a long bright line across the dark sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">&#8220;Someone is dying,&#8221; the little girl thought, for her grandmother, the only person who had ever truly loved her, had once told her: &#8220;When a star falls, a soul goes up to God.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She struck another match against the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And there was her grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Clear and bright in the glow. 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