It was Christmas Eve. The people were celebrating Christmas. They all were very happy, except a little match girl. In the cold and snow, the little match girl walked on and on. She wanted to sell her matches. “Matches, matches. Please buy a match,” she called. But no one wanted her matches. The little match girl was very cold. She was tired and hungry. She went to sit under the Christmas tree. She closed her eyes and prayed and asked the angels for help. She wanted to find her mother. Since she was young she had never seen her mother. When she opened her eyes, she found a kind woman. She hugged the little match girl and said “I am your mother and I will take you to stay with me forever. The little match girl was happy to stay with her mother.