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Title: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 11:33:50 AM

This is a "fairytale" by Hans Christian Anderson, that I read a lot as a child, and found extremely depressing. I am sure most of you have read it, but I'd like to share anyway. It is half a page long, so you should be done in minutes:

http://www.storyit.com/Classics/Stories/matchgirl.htm

Title: Re: Little Matchbox Girl....
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 11:44:14 AM

Well that was depressing.

Title: Re: Little Matchbox Girl....
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 12:13:00 PM

 :(  Where's the hemlock . . .

Title: Re: Little Matchbox Girl....
Post by: shock on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 12:57:15 PM

Wow.

Title: Re: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 01:41:11 PM

I remember reading a better translation actually.

This is a bit better:

http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_match.html

Here is a little animation:

&feature=related

Title: Re: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 03:13:36 PM

Buena Vista.  Guess who that is.

Title: Re: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 03:27:58 PM

The first thing I read on that page was the description the side: The Little Match Girl cartoon by Disney & Pixar

Title: Re: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 06:43:16 PM

Disney™: ruining classic literature since... forever.

I always liked this story.  Why is it depressing?  I always found it uplifting, how the struggle with the brief, transient nature of human ambition is eventually rewarded.

Title: Re: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, September 03, 2009, 01:49:07 AM

Man, that took me back. I remember ths tory from when I was a kid. Thanks Pug :D

Title: Re: Little Match Girl....
Post by: Dragonlor on Thursday, September 03, 2009, 08:01:22 AM

Made me kinda happy.  Made me think damn glad my life isn't that bad haha.