Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

(1)______ New Year's Eve, a little girl was wandering the streets in barefoot trying to (2) _____ matches. Both her shoes got lost, (3)______  she got very cold in the snow. She held her arms and legs close to her body, and lit a match to warm her hands. She could see a warm stove in front of her. She lit a second match, and could see through the wall of the house she would go to. All kinds of delicious foods (4) _____ on the table.

She lit a third match, and saw that she was sitting (5) _____ a Christmas tree. (6) ____  She saw a shooting star, and her mother, who was dead. She lit another, and saw a vision of her grandmother. She (7) _____  lighting matches to make her grandmother close, and then her grandmother took her and flew (8) _____ heaven.

The girl's dead body was found the next morning.

On New Year's Eve, a little girl was wandering the streets in barefoot trying to (2) _____ matches.