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<title>The Little Match Girl 3</title>
said the little girl;
Ə͌܂B
for her old grandmother,
Ƃ̂́A΂
the only person who had loved her, and who was now no more,
--Ƃ̂邽l̐lA܂͂S΂
had told her,
--ȂƂłB
that when a star falls, a soul ascends to God.
AꗎƂAA_܂̂Ƃւƈグ̂AƁB
She drew another match against the wall:
}b`{Aǂł܂B
it was again light, and in the lustre there stood the old grandmother,
ƍĂі邭ȂǍP̒ɂ΂񂪗Ă܂B
so bright and radiant, so mild, and with such an expression of love.
ƂĂ邭AƂĂ_aŁAɂӂꂽ\Ă܂B
"Grandmother!"
u΂Iv
cried the little one.
ƏȎq͑傫Ȑ܂B
"Oh, take me with you!
u肢A킽AĂāI
You go away when the match burns out;
}b`RA΂sĂ܂B
you vanish like the warm stove, like the delicious roast goose, and like the magnificent Christmas tree!"
Xg[u݂ɁAA݂ɁAꂩȂ傫ȃNX}Xc[݂ɁA΂Ă܂Iv
And she rubbed the whole bundle of matches quickly against the wall,
͋}ŁAꂽ΂̃}b`ǂɂ܂B
for she wanted to be quite sure of keeping her grandmother near her.
΂ɁA肻΂ɂĂقłB
And the matches gave such a brilliant light that it was brighter than at noon-day:
}b`̂΂͂ƂĂ܂΂䂢Ǎ邢قǂłB
never formerly had the grandmother been so beautiful and so tall.
̂Ƃقǂ΂񂪔A傫Ƃ͂܂B
She took the little maiden, on her arm,
΂́A̘r̒ɕ܂B
and both flew in brightness and in joy so high, so very high, and then above was neither cold, nor hunger, nor anxiety
ĺAPƊтɕ܂āAAƂĂсA₪āA͂⊦ȂA󕠂ȂASzȂƂ
--they were with God.
--_܂݂̂Ƃɂ̂łB
But in the corner, at the cold hour of dawn, sat the poor girl,
ǁÅXpɂ́A閾̗₦ނA킢ȏĂ܂B
with rosy cheeks and with a smiling mouth, leaning against the wall
KN̂悤ɖjԂAƂɂ͔΂݂𕂂ׁAǂɂ
--frozen to death on the last evening of the old year.
--ÂN̍Ō̖ɓł̂łB
Stiff and stark sat the child there with her matches,
̎q͔蕨̃}b`񎝂ÂdĂɍĂ܂B
of which one bundle had been burnt.
}b`̂̈ꂽ΂͔RĂ܂B
"She wanted to warm herself,"
u悤Ǝv񂾂Ȃv
people said.
ƐlX͌܂B
No one had the slightest suspicion of what beautiful things she had seen;
ǂȂɔ̂̂lĺANl܂łB
no one even dreamed of the splendor in which, with her grandmother she had entered on the joys of a new year.
AVN̊тɖA΂Ƃɂ΂炵Ƃ֓ĂƑzĺANlȂ̂łB

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