[THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL.]
| almost | match | across |
| dark | running | bare |
| year | slippers | fell |
It was very cold. The snow fell and it was almost dark.
It was the last day of the year.
A little match girl was running in the street. Her name was Gretchen. She had no hat on.
Her feet were bare. When she left home, she had on some big slippers of her mama's. But they were so large that she lost them when she ran across the street.
| apron | curly | lights |
| bunch | about | smelled |
| could | matches | cooking |
Gretchen had a lot of matches in her old apron.
She had a little bunch in her hand.
But she could not sell her matches. No one would buy them.