It is New Year's Eve. The streets are covered with snow. There is a little girl on the street. She sells matches. "Matches,matches!" She shouts and shouts all day!But no one buys any matches. The little match girl sees a family through the window. They are in their warm house. "Here is a New Year's card for you, Happy New Year!" says a girl. "Oh,thank you.Happy New Year, too!" say her father and mother. They sing together. They enjoy their New Year's party. "I want to be in the warm house. I want to enjoy the party. Here it is so cold," cries the little girl. She is very poor. She wears an old dress. Her shawl is very old, too. They do not keep out of the cold. Snow falls again on the street. The little girl pulls the shawl over her head. The ground is frozen. The little girl's feet are bare. She has no shoes and no socks. She leaves her feet up. The little girl rubs her hands together. But she isn't warm at all. She is so cold, hungry and lonely!"Oh, what can I do? No one cares for me! Mom, Grandma, I miss you," she cries.