Freely based in the Hans Christian Andersen's Xmas tale, with a little twist :3 Available on my Patreon page only! NOTICE: There are no cubs in this work
The original story... the Little Match Girl... she dies at the end. I hope Edna doesn't.
The Little Match Girl is trying to sell matches in the bleak Winter, but doesn't sell many, and is scared to go home because her father would beat her. Huddled in a small alley, she lights a single match to keep warm, and sees a vision of a Christmas goose come to life and jump off someone's table up until the match goes out. Such visions continue until she sees her deceased grandmother, after which she lights all the matches in an attempt to keep her there. The grandmother embraces the girl and carries her off to Heaven.
Next morning, people find the little girl frozen to death, surrounded by spent matches (and feel bad at her apparent attempt to stay warm), but with a smile on her face.
Hans Christen Andersen rarely wrote happy endings. Arguably his most famous, The Little Mermaid, the title character dies in that one too.
The original story... the Little Match Girl... she dies at the end. I hope Edna doesn't. The Little
There's an American Christmas song called "Pretty Paper (of Blue)" that touches on the theme of this beautiful and heart-breaking story. They always remind me of each other.
There's an American Christmas song called "Pretty Paper (of Blue)" that touches on the theme of this
