The matchstick selling girl.As the end of the year was drawing near on the night of New Year's Eve, a little girl was all alone, selling matchsticks in the cold weather.
Her father would scold her if she had not sold all the matchsticks, so she could not go home.
But as the people were all getting occupied with the rushed closing of the year, they passed the girl by without so much as a look.
It was getting late at night and the girl lit a matchstick, in hopes of just a little warmth.
Then the city vanished, along with the flame on the matchstick.