May 3, 2020
“The Little Match Girl”
On a cold day in winter, Ernie, a poor homeless girl, was selling matches. When only the three matchsticks left, Ernie thought if the governor was a good person, everyone could live happily. Ernie set fire to the governor's house. Then, the flame flared up quickly and other homeless people came to surround the house to warm themselves. Next, Ernie set fire to the house of a money lender who was famous for its high interest rate. This money lender was the person who tortured Ernie's parents to death. The flame started to burn up the house and tons of gold coins showed up from the burned place. Many poor citizens started to pick up those coins. Ernie was finally seen setting fire by police officers and ran away. All of police officers in the town chased her but no one could catch her. On the front line of the police officer groups chasing Ernie, there was an officer who was disturbing the other officers from catching Ernie and let her go on purpose. This officer, Bert, was a kind man and always helped out the poor citizens. However, the police officers caught Bert at last and drove Ernie into a corner. Ernie lit the last matchstick and lit her clothes. The flame enveloped her quickly, then, Ernie tuned a fire bird and flew off high in the sky. The fire bird emitted fire to the whole town and went away. The town was burning all night.
Next morning, Bert was surprised to see that some houses were completely burned down but the others left intact. Their situations were obviously separate into two. The people whose houses were burned down and passed away were all wicked ones.
The town made a fresh start under the new name of Phoenix city and the first governor was taken up by Bert. A legend was made up, which said when wicked people spread around the city, a fire bird would turn up and burn down the town. They followed this legend and lived honestly and happily.
『マッチ売りの少女』
冬のある寒い日、ある町でアーニーという貧乏なホームレスの女の子がマッチを売っていました。マッチ棒が残り3本となった時、アーニーは思いました。市長がいい人だったら皆が幸せに暮らせるのに。アーニーは市長の家に火をつけました。すると、火はたちまち燃え上がり、ホームレスの人々が家の周りに寄ってきて寒さを凌ぎました。アーニーは次に高利貸しで有名な金貸し屋の家に火をつけました。この金貸し屋はアーニーの両親を苦しめ、死に追いやった人物です。火は瞬く間に燃え上がり、燃えた所から金貨がザクザク出てきたので、貧しい市民が次々と金貨を取り始めました。アーニーはとうとう警官に放火がバレたので走って逃げました。町中の警官が追いましたが、アーニーは捕まりませんでした。追ってる警官隊の最前線にいる警官の一人が、他の警官達を邪魔してアーニーをわざと逃していたのです。この警官、バートは心優しい青年で、貧しい市民をいつも助けていました。警官達はとうとうバートを捕まえ、アーニーを追い詰めました。アーニーは最後のマッチ棒に火をつけ、自分の服に火を放ちました。炎がアーニーを包み込むと、アーニーは火の鳥となり、空高く飛び立ちました。火の鳥は町中に火を放ち、去って行きました。一晩中、町は燃え上がりました。
翌朝、バートは、全焼している家と全く傷跡もない家とハッキリ二つに分かれているのを見てビックリしました。家が全焼して死んだ人々は悪人ばかりでした。町は新しく生まれ変わり、フェニックスシティーと名付けられ、初代市長はバートが務めました。ある伝説が作られました。悪人がはびこると火の鳥が現れ、町を焼き尽くすという内容です。人々は伝説に従い、真面目に幸せに暮らしました。
When there were only the three matchsticks left, Ernie thought ito herself, "If the governor was a good person, everyone cwould be liveing happily".
Using "could" here sounds like you're talking about the future. A correct use of it would be "If I set fire the governor's house, the next governor might be a good person and then everyone could live happily". "Would", though, refers more to the present. "I would be living happy right now if the governor was a good person".
Realizing this, Ernie set fire to the governor's house.
Some sort of transition here would make the cause and effect more clear. Ernie set fire to the governor's house because she realized the governor wasn't a good person and it was his fault everyone was living unhappily.
Ernie was finally seen setarting these fires by police officers and, though, and had to ran away.
or "...setting fire to these buildings...". The verb "set fire" isn't used without an object.
"finally" usually has a good meaning. If you are saying Ernie was finally seen setting fire to buildings, that means it was a good thing she was seen. "though" reverses that connotation and means it's bad or disappointing that she was seen. "However" would do the same, if you prefer that word. "Ernie was finally seen starting these fires by police officers, however, ..."
OnAt the front line of the group of police officer groups chasing Ernie, there was an officer who was disturbingpurposely prevented the other officers from catching Ernie and let her go on purpose, letting her get away.
"let her go" means they already caught her, like "release". "let her get away" means they ALMOST had her, but she escaped.
"Distract", like the other comments suggest, would also be good: "... there was an officer who purposely distracted the other officers so that Ernie could get away."
HAt last, however, the police officers caught Bert at last and drove Ernie into a corner.
The way you have it is not wrong grammar, it just sounds better to keep the adverbs together. So "The police officers caught Bert at last, however, and drove Ernie into a corner." would also be good.
Ernie lit the last matchstick and lit her clothes on fire.¶
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Ernie lit the last matchstick and set fire to her clothes.
I prefer the second suggestion because using "lit" twice in one sentence is redundant.
The flame enveloped her quickly, but then, Ernie turned into a fire bird and flew off high into the sky.
You absolutely need "into" here - "Ernie turned into a fire bird". The only time you don't need "into" with this meaning of "turn" is when someone is becoming an adjective. "Ernie turned evil" or "Ernie turned orange", but "Ernie turned into a tree". If you don't want to use "into", you can just use "become": "Ernie became a fire bird". But turned into sounds better, so good job choosing that verb!
Save "flew off" for the next sentence. It means to fly away. You could use "took off" here, though, if you wanted: Ernie turned into a fire bird and took off high into the sky". "take off" means to start flying.
One last suggestion - to add more power to the "but then", adding something like "suddenly" here would really help. "The flames enveloped her quickly, but then suddenly Ernie turned into a fire bird".
The fire bird emittespread fire toacross the whole town and went away, then flew off.
"emit fire to" is not a phrase in English (it sounds cool, though - maybe it should be!). Unfortunately, English has no short way to say this (that I can think of, anyway). Some ways to say this sort of thing would be:
"Flames shot out from the fire bird across the whole town, and then the bird flew away"
"The fire bird flew over the whole town, leaving a wake of fire in its path, then flew off"
"The fire bird flew over the whole town, fire raining down from its feathers, then flew off."
NThe next morning, Bert was surprised to see that some houses were completely burned down but th, while others were left intact.
"while" and "but" both work here, In my opinion, "while" sounds better. Using "while" here slightly emphasizes that the two different situations are taking place at the same time. It's also a little more formal, so good for storytelling. If you wanted to be even more formal, you could use "whereas".
A quick note: if you use "but", the "were" one editor added is optional. If you use "while", it isn't optional and you need it.
Their difference between the two situations wereas obviously separate into two.
The people whose houses were burned down and who had passed away were all wicked ones.
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You did an awesome job with this story! I really enjoyed reading it. Your vocabulary usage was especially impressive. Keep working on those conjunctions!
When only ththere were three matchsticks left, Ernie thought ito herself "If the governor was a good person, everyone could live happily."
Then, the flame flared up quickly and other homeless people came toand surround the house to warm themselves.
"Then, when the flame quickly flared up, other homeless people came and surrounded the house to warm themselves." Is also another way you could have written it.
Next, Ernie set fire to the house of a money lender who was famous for itstheir high interest rate.
Since the subject of this sentence is the house of a money lender, you have to make sure you use "their" or "he" or "she" because the money lender is a person!
TAfter the flame started to burned up the house and, tons of gold coins showed up from the burned placwere left in the wreckage.
Your sentence also works, but is a little awkward.
On the front line of the police officer groups chasing Ernie, there was an officer who was disturbracting the other officers from catching Ernie and let, letting her go on purpose.
The flame enveloped her quickly,quickly engulfed her but then, Ernie tuned a fire bird and flew off high in the sky.
NThe next morning, Bert was surprised to see that some houses were completely burned down but the others left intact.
Their situations were obviously separated into two.
The town made a fresh start under the new name of Phoenix city and the first governor position was taken up by Bert.
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Great post, it's very creative and I like how you took the names Bert and Ernie from Sesame street! Keep working hard.
Another Fairy Tale From Andersen
“The Little Match Girl”
On a cold day in winter, Ernie, a poor homeless girl, was selling matches.
When there was only the three matchsticks left, Ernie thought if the governor was a good person, everyone could live happily.
This doesn't make that much sense to me. Thinking someone is a good person means they are respected, nice, etc ... so if she thought that, why would she set fire to his house? Maybe rewrite this sentence?
Ernie set fire to the governor's house.
Then, the flame flared up quickly, and other homeless people came toand surrounded the house to warm themselves.
Next, Ernie set fire to the house of a money lender who was famous for itstheir high interest rate.
This money lender was the person who tortured Ernie's parents to death.
The flame started to burn up the house, and tons of gold coins showed upappeared from the burned place.
I would personally write it like this:
As the house started to burn, tons of gold coins started to appear.
Many poor citizens started to pick up those coins.
Ernie was finally seen setting fire by police officers and ran away.
All of police officers in the town chased her, but no one could catch her.
On the front line of the police officer groupsquads chasing Ernie, there was an officer who was disturbracting the other officers from catching Ernie and let, therefore letting her go on purpose.
This officer, Bert, was a kind man and always helped out the poor citizens.
However, the police officers caught Bert at last and drove Ernie into a corner.
Ernie lit the last matchstick and lit her clothes.
This is correct, but we try to avoid having repetition in writing, especially in the same sentence. I would say:
Ernie lit the last matchstick and set fire to her clothes.
TShe flame enveloped her quickly, twas quickly engulfed in flames. Then, Ernie turned a fire bird and flew off high into the sky.
The fire bird emitted fire to the whole town and went away.
The town was burning all night.
NThe next morning, Bert was surprised to see that some houses were completely burned down, but the others were left intact.
Their situations were obviously separated into two.
The people whose houses were burned down and passed away were all the wicked ones.
The town made a fresh start under the new name of Phoenix cCity, and Bert became the first governor was taken up by Bert.
A legend was made up, which said when wicked people spread around the city, a fire bird would turn up and burn down the town.
They followed this legend and lived honestly and happily.
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This was amazing! Just a few little mistakes :) I enjoyed reading your post!
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On a cold day in winter, Ernie, a poor homeless girl, was selling matches. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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When only the three matchsticks left, Ernie thought if the governor was a good person, everyone could live happily. When there was only This doesn't make that much sense to me. Thinking someone is a good person means they are respected, nice, etc ... so if she thought that, why would she set fire to his house? Maybe rewrite this sentence? When When there were only Using "could" here sounds like you're talking about the future. A correct use of it would be "If I set fire the governor's house, the next governor might be a good person and then everyone could live happily". "Would", though, refers more to the present. "I would be living happy right now if the governor was a good person". |
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Ernie set fire to the governor's house. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Realizing this, Ernie set fire to the governor's house. Some sort of transition here would make the cause and effect more clear. Ernie set fire to the governor's house because she realized the governor wasn't a good person and it was his fault everyone was living unhappily. |
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Then, the flame flared up quickly and other homeless people came to surround the house to warm themselves. The Then, the flame flared up quickly and other homeless people came "Then, when the flame quickly flared up, other homeless people came and surrounded the house to warm themselves." Is also another way you could have written it. |
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Next, Ernie set fire to the house of a money lender who was famous for its high interest rate. Next, Ernie set fire to the house of a money lender who was famous for Next, Ernie set fire to the house of a money lender who was famous for Since the subject of this sentence is the house of a money lender, you have to make sure you use "their" or "he" or "she" because the money lender is a person! |
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This money lender was the person who tortured Ernie's parents to death. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The flame started to burn up the house and tons of gold coins showed up from the burned place. The flame started to burn up the house, and tons of gold coins I would personally write it like this: As the house started to burn, tons of gold coins started to appear.
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Many poor citizens started to pick up those coins. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Ernie was finally seen setting fire by police officers and ran away. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Ernie was finally seen s or "...setting fire to these buildings...". The verb "set fire" isn't used without an object. "finally" usually has a good meaning. If you are saying Ernie was finally seen setting fire to buildings, that means it was a good thing she was seen. "though" reverses that connotation and means it's bad or disappointing that she was seen. "However" would do the same, if you prefer that word. "Ernie was finally seen starting these fires by police officers, however, ..." |
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All of police officers in the town chased her but no one could catch her. All of police officers in the town chased her, but no one could catch her. |
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On the front line of the police officer groups chasing Ernie, there was an officer who was disturbing the other officers from catching Ernie and let her go on purpose. On the front line of the police On the front line of the police officer groups chasing Ernie, there was an officer who was dist
"let her go" means they already caught her, like "release". "let her get away" means they ALMOST had her, but she escaped. "Distract", like the other comments suggest, would also be good: "... there was an officer who purposely distracted the other officers so that Ernie could get away." |
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This officer, Bert, was a kind man and always helped out the poor citizens. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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However, the police officers caught Bert at last and drove Ernie into a corner. This sentence has been marked as perfect!
The way you have it is not wrong grammar, it just sounds better to keep the adverbs together. So "The police officers caught Bert at last, however, and drove Ernie into a corner." would also be good. |
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Ernie lit the last matchstick and lit her clothes. Ernie lit the last matchstick and lit her clothes. This is correct, but we try to avoid having repetition in writing, especially in the same sentence. I would say: Ernie lit the last matchstick and set fire to her clothes. Ernie lit the last matchstick and lit her clothes on fire.¶ I prefer the second suggestion because using "lit" twice in one sentence is redundant. |
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The flame enveloped her quickly, then, Ernie tuned a fire bird and flew off high in the sky.
The flame The flame enveloped her quickly, but then You absolutely need "into" here - "Ernie turned into a fire bird". The only time you don't need "into" with this meaning of "turn" is when someone is becoming an adjective. "Ernie turned evil" or "Ernie turned orange", but "Ernie turned into a tree". If you don't want to use "into", you can just use "become": "Ernie became a fire bird". But turned into sounds better, so good job choosing that verb! Save "flew off" for the next sentence. It means to fly away. You could use "took off" here, though, if you wanted: Ernie turned into a fire bird and took off high into the sky". "take off" means to start flying. One last suggestion - to add more power to the "but then", adding something like "suddenly" here would really help. "The flames enveloped her quickly, but then suddenly Ernie turned into a fire bird". |
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The fire bird emitted fire to the whole town and went away. This sentence has been marked as perfect! The fire bird "emit fire to" is not a phrase in English (it sounds cool, though - maybe it should be!). Unfortunately, English has no short way to say this (that I can think of, anyway). Some ways to say this sort of thing would be: "Flames shot out from the fire bird across the whole town, and then the bird flew away" "The fire bird flew over the whole town, leaving a wake of fire in its path, then flew off" "The fire bird flew over the whole town, fire raining down from its feathers, then flew off." |
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The town was burning all night. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Next morning, Bert was surprised to see that some houses were completely burned down but the others left intact.
"while" and "but" both work here, In my opinion, "while" sounds better. Using "while" here slightly emphasizes that the two different situations are taking place at the same time. It's also a little more formal, so good for storytelling. If you wanted to be even more formal, you could use "whereas". A quick note: if you use "but", the "were" one editor added is optional. If you use "while", it isn't optional and you need it. |
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Their situations were obviously separate into two. Their situations were obviously separated into two. Their situations were obviously separated into two. The |
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The people whose houses were burned down and passed away were all wicked ones. The people whose houses were burned down and passed away were all the wicked ones. The people whose houses were burned down and who had passed away were all wicked ones. |
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The town made a fresh start under the new name of Phoenix city and the first governor was taken up by Bert. The town made a fresh start under the new name of Phoenix The town made a fresh start under the new name of Phoenix city and the first governor position was taken up by Bert. |
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A legend was made up, which said when wicked people spread around the city, a fire bird would turn up and burn down the town. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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They followed this legend and lived honestly and happily. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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