Dec. 6th, 2006

electricalgwen: (Spike palegreen)
Retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's famous story, written for [livejournal.com profile] noel_of_spike. Just over 1000 words, rated PG. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] cordelianne for beta reading; any remaining typos are entirely my fault.

The Little Match Girl )

ETA: Some concerns have been expressed about this post. I must admit to displaying my own cultural biases here; it did not occur to me that some people might not be familiar with this (public domain) fairytale. This is not an original story, and I posted the link to one version in the introduction so that people could read the original. I deliberately wrote as close to the original as possible, working from two different translations, although rewriting every sentence, to try and recreate the Victorian idiom. Once again: the style of language and the plot are not mine - and I certainly never tried to claim they were mine - only the insertion of Spike into the story is. (And as you all know, Spike's not mine either.)

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