The+Little+Match+Girl+Script

Scene: A street in winter, in a small town somewhere in Russia, long ago.
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// The Father and Little Match Girl enter down street aisle. //
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// The little girl strikes a match on the brick wall. //
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little girl stretched out her arms towards the fire.
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She rubbed another match against the wall: it burned brightly. Its flame lit up a window.
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// They place each thing on the table with a flourish. //
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sparkling with decorations.
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Someone is going to heaven!
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grandmother, so bright and radiant and with such an expression of love.
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You will vanish like the warm fire, the roast goose, and the glorious Christmas tree. //(Match goes out)//
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// With her life ebbing away in the freezing cold, she lies down on the ramp and sleeps. //
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where there was neither cold, nor hunger, nor anxiety - they were with God.
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// Street woman emerges from behind window scattering paper snowflakes as the narrator speaks. //
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Their feet crunched over the snowy ground.
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//Curtains close as choir Verse 2 begins.//
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