第三根火柴：圣诞树

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This time, she was sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree. 这一次，她坐在一棵最漂亮的圣诞树下。

It was even bigger and grander than the one she had once seen through the glass door of a rich merchant's house. 这棵树比她以前透过富人家玻璃门看到的还要大、还要气派。

The things we can never have always look most beautiful from the outside. 得不到的东西，远远看着总是最美好的。

Thousands of candles were burning on its green branches. 翠绿的树枝上点着成千上万支蜡烛。

She reached up both hands toward them, and the match went out. 她朝它们伸出双手，火柴却灭了。

But the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, 但那些圣诞蜡烛越升越高，

until she saw that they were really the bright stars in the sky. 直到她看清，它们其实是天上闪烁的星星。

Then one of them fell, 接着，有一颗星星落了下来，

leaving a long streak of fire across the night. 在夜空中划出了一道长长的火光。

"Someone is dying," she whispered. “有人要死了，”她轻声念叨着。

Her grandmother had told her that when a star falls, 奶奶曾经告诉过她，每当一颗星星坠落，

a soul is going up to heaven. 就有一个灵魂正升向天堂。

Her grandmother, the only person who had ever truly loved her. 那是她的奶奶，世界上唯一真正疼爱过她的人。