Chapter 2

She drew one out—“Ritsh!” how it sputtered and burned! It burned with a warm, bright flame, like a candle, and she bent her hand round it (S. 4, N. 5, B), it was a wonderful light! It appeared to the little girl as if she were sitting before a large iron stove, in which the fire burned brightly, and gave out such comfort and such warmth. She stretched out her feet to warm them, too—but the flame went out, the stove disappeared, and there she sat, still holding a little bit of the burnt-out match in her (S. 43, N. 9, A) hand.

Another was lighted; it burned, and, where the light fell upon the wall, that became transparent, so that she could see into the room. There the table was covered with a cloth of dazzling white, and with fine china; and a roast goose was smoking most temptingly upon it. But what was still more delightful, the goose sprang down from the table, and, with a knife and (S. 10, N. 9) fork sticking in its back, waddled towards the little girl. Then the match went out, and she saw nothing but the thick, cold wall.

She lighted a third one (S. 67, N. 3); and now she was sitting under the most splendid Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one (S. 16, N. 10) she had seen at Christmas through the window at the rich merchant’s. Hundreds of tapers were burning amongst the green branches, and painted pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down upon her. She stretched out both her hands, when the match was burnt out,—

+sprühen+, w. v.

Use the Impf. Subj. according to App. § 33; as if, +als+.

+und ich weiß nicht wie viel Behaglichkeit und Wärme ausstrahlte.+

‘to go out’, and ‘to burn out’, here +erlöschen+, insep. comp. str. v.

The Present Participle may be used here in German, but where must it be placed?

In which Voice is the verb here? Introduce the clause by the grammatical subject ‘+es+’, as explained in S. 104, N. 19.

where = at (+an+) the place (+Stelle+, f.) where.

+diese.+

Use the superlative of +hoch+.

Here follows the verb ‘waddled’.

in its = in the, contracted; towards, +auf ... zu+, which latter preposition place at the end of the whole period.

Then = Thereupon.

+auf´putzen+, sep. comp. w. v.

at (+an+, contracted with the dat. of the def. art.) Christmas-day.

=The preposition ‘at,’ in the signification of ‘at the house of’ is generally rendered by the preposition ‘+bei+’, which governs the dative=; as—

At Easter we shall all dine at my mother’s.

+Am Ostertage werden wir alle ~bei meiner Mutter~ zu Mittag essen.+

+von.+

painted = coloured, +bunt+.

such as, +wie+.

Supply the pronominal adverb ‘+danach+’ before the particle +aus+, which stands at the end.

Section 154.

NEW-YEAR’S EVE.