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French · Beginner

La Petite Fille aux allumettes

Adapted from The Little Match Girl

By Hans Christian Andersen

On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl lights her matches and sees visions in their flames.

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Illustration for the scene “A barefoot girl in the snow”

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Une fillette pieds nus dans la neige

A barefoot girl in the snow

French

C’était le dernier soir de l’année. Il neigeait et il faisait très froid. Une pauvre petite fille marchait dans les rues, sans rien sur la tête et sans chaussures. En quittant la maison, elle avait les grandes pantoufles de sa mère. Mais elle les avait perdues en courant pour éviter deux voitures. L’une avait disparu.

English translation

It was the last evening of the year. It was snowing, and it was very cold. A poor little girl walked through the streets, bareheaded and barefoot. When she left home, she was wearing her mother’s big slippers. But she had lost them while running to avoid two cars. One slipper had disappeared.

French

Un garçon avait pris l’autre en disant qu’elle servirait de lit à son futur bébé.

English translation

A boy had taken the other, saying it would make a bed for his future baby.

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