Het Meisje met de Zwavelstokjes

Once upon a time ... The girl with the sulfur sticks - the Efteling story

It was New Years Eve and it was terribly cold
it was snowing and starting to get dark.
A poor little girl ran in the street
with a bare head and bare feet.
It held a lot of sulfurwood in an old apron.

Because it was New Year's Eve, candlelight shone from all the windows.
There was a wonderful smell of roast goose in the street.
The girl sat huddled in a corner between two houses.
He was cold, but didn't dare go home.
Because it hadn't sold any sulfur sticks yet
his father would hit it.

The girl decided to put on a sulfur wood,
to warm his fingers with it.
Suddenly everything looked warm and cozy.
Then the sulfurwood went out again.
The girl realized that she was sitting in the street.
Full of hope, it lit another sulfur wood.
He got warm again for a moment.
This time too it saw the most beautiful pictures.
So the girl kept throwing sulfur wood on.

At the last, the girl's grandmother appeared miraculously.
She had already died
but she was the only one who had always been good to the girl.
The grandmother picked up the girl
took it in her arms and together they flew higher and higher ...
Where did the two of them go?