Carol Molenaar

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“The Little Match Girl Retold” by Carol Molenaar

Submitted to Contest #189

It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling and it was almost dark. A little girl sat shivering as near as she could get to the front of the grocer’s shop. The grocer sometimes gave her hot chocolate to drink; but not today as his wife was helping tend to the many last minute shoppers at the store. She believed the little match girl lowered the tone of their shop and so did not encourage her to linger.Hana could not help her appearance as she only had the one set of clothes. They were well and truly threadbare and offered no insulation against...

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