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The Little Match Girl

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This is my entry for "Fairytale" contest [link] held by lovely :iconroxanne74:
I played with lot of ideas but at the end I came up with this.

Thanks for stock goes to:
:iconroxanne74: for [link]
:iconbelladonnastock: for [link]
:iconisostock: for [link]
:iconwcs-wildcat: for [link]
:iconmidnightstouch: for [link]

Hope you like it! :D

If you don't know the story here is the plot (from Wikipedia):
On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is freezing badly, but she is afraid to go home because her father will beat her for not selling any matches. She takes shelter in a nook and lights the matches to warm herself. In their glow, she sees several lovely visions including a Christmas tree and a holiday feast. The girl looks skyward, sees a shooting star, and remembers her deceased grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone died and is going into Heaven. As she lights her next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. She strikes one match after another to keep the vision of her grandmother nearby for as long as she can. The child dies and her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. The next morning, passers-by find the dead child in the nook, with rosy red cheeks and a smile on her face. They express sadness at her death and the burnt-out matches she must have used to warm herself, but they cannot know the wonderful visions she saw in her final moments or how gloriously she is celebrating the New Year with her grandmother.

whole story: [link]
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LindaJaneThomas's avatar
Awww, I love that fairytale! It is so sad. Very fitting for the sculpture.
I love what you have done with the doll!

Thanks so much for participating in the contest!!!