Section 153. New-Year’s Eve. II

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.