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No one had bought anything from her the 
whole day long; no one had given her a penny. 
She struck another match against the wall; 
it shone round about, and in the light stood the 
old grandmother, so transparent, so radiant, 
so kind and blessed. 
The Little Match Girl 
Then the soldier climbed up in the tree, let 
himself drop through the hole, and there he 
was, as the witch had said, down in the big 
hall where the many lamps were burning. 
The Tinderbox 
“He has not come here yet,” said the old 
grave-woman, who went about there taking 
care of Death’s great garden. “How did you 
find the way, and who helped you?” 
The Story of a Mother 
