She lit another match. This time she was sitting under a lovely Christmas tree. It was much bigger and more beautifully decorated than the one she had seen when she peeped through the glass doors at the rich mercant's house this very Christmas. Thousands of lighted candles gleamed under it branches. and many colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop windows, looked down at her. The little girl stretched out both her hands toward them_then out went the match. All the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, till she sw that they were only the twinkling stars. One of them fell and made a bright streak across the sky. From the Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. Can view large: farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3127169392_41f541ffb5_b.jpg