A poor girl was selling flowers in the street on Christmas Eve. Her parents were ill, so she had to get1for some food. It was very cold. The girl felt cold and
2. She stopped in front of a beautiful house. The girl3the door and a man came out. She asked if he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want4. She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the foot of a tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers smelt very nice. She suddenly had an unusual5. She felt she became light, and slowly she began to6into the sky. She flew higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them was her granny. She7her and asked her why she didn't stay at home. The girl told her that she had to sell flowers to get money because her parents were badly ill. Granny told her not to8about it and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed happily.
It snowed heavily that night. The girl died9a smile on her face. At the same time, some rich people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and 10themselves.
