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Now thats what i like
a nice christmas story, And best of all a happy ending, It's what you would call a perfect mix.
Kirri
Beautiful
What more can I say that others haven't already? :)
--Ben
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
If you got a sore throat and difficulty breathing ?
while reading this story any chance of having the same result? Great writing Sue
Amy
Not work safe
Do not read this story at work, or you will likely have to explain why you are crying. Of course, if your coworkers are TG-friendly, give them the link. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.
KJT
"Being a girl is wonderful and to torture someone into that would be like the exact opposite of what it's like. I don’t know how anyone could act that way." College Girl - poetheather
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
Charles Dickens
ALISON
'move over!Susan Brown,thank you so much.Much love,
ALISON
ALISON
That one brought the tears!
Miracles are wonderful, are they not? Sarah was so fortunate, although I kind of sensed a somewhat larger hand in this. Good story, I loved it!
Wren
I have my juice and my tylenol
...my counselor reminds me that with all the crying I've done lately I've actually risked dehydration. I would gladly endure another crying jag for a story as sweet as this one; so precious and heartrending; tears of joy for a change. Thank you!
She was born for all the wrong reasons but grew up for all the right ones.
Possa Dio riccamente vi benedica, tutto il mio amore, Andrea
Love, Andrea Lena
Nice one Sue!
You have a bloody great way with words, don't you?
Youre fan from OZ!
LoL
Rita
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
(Mark Twain)
LoL
Rita
A good cry
i have not cryed in over 15yrs abd this story came close 2 making me cry. i have read this story many time and loved it every time that i have read it. i would love 2 have your permission to print this story out so that i can have some Veteran freind's of mine 2 read. i have let one of my co works read it just now after me. and she is crying her eyes out. she say thank you very much for posting this story as well. from the few freinds and family who are trying 2 take over my desk top 2 read your story just show how GReat of a story that you have writen once again.
My Gran Ma Ma says you must have a very good heart to have written some so lovely and sweet as this and she how the Heavens keep Blessing you, just like this lovely gift that you have Blessed us with.
Thank you very much for sharing this you have lighten up my day as well as brought together both family and strangers together with your story.
Sweet Dreams
Akiko Mye Kato
a.K.a
Loststorm
ps: now i have crying after so many years.. got can barly see now..
Please buy my matches. . . .
‘Matches for sale.’ she whispered. Her voice had gone. People could not hear her.
‘Please buy my matches.’
And right there I lost it! Completely.
Wonderfully crafted, Sue - thank you, and a very merry Christmas to you!!
another great story
well worth the honor of being included in the "Best of Big Closet" collection.
Dorothycolleen
Thank You Sephrena
For bringing this classic back out. Sue Brown can take a story and make it a sweet/sentimental tearjerker.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Hi
WOW!I am still crying at this sad & happy story.To bad u didn't turn this into a Series insted of a Solo,u know.I would have loved to had read more of this story.
Hi Akiko
Of course you can print the story and I'm pleased that you like it!
Many thanks for all your comments. This story is a favorite of mine and I have a cry myself when I re-read it.
Hugs
Sue Brown
A beautiful story
It's such a beautiful story T_T I just about cried near the end. Still, as fantastical as it is, sometimes fantasy is a nice thing to have. And too bad it couldn't happen to the rest of us that wouldn't mind it either...
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Just a normal tg girl in a cruel cruel world.
I know who I am, I am me, and I like me ^^
Transgender, Gamer, Little, Princess, Therian and proud :D
Tissue stock!
Don't tell me! Before you wrote this, you went out and brought stock in tissue's! You and the other writers here at BC had better be careful you don't get caught for insider trading! Very sweet and yes, I had to use tissues.
Hugs
grover-
so moving it nearll chocked me
I can only agree with that observation.
I cried nearly the whole time and had a hard time breathing in the first part. It was soooo unspeakable sad and cruel.
But then you turned it around into a wonderull tale quite a few here (me included) would love to enjoy.
Thank you for that fantastic story and please enter the contest.
It is certainly a story that should be considered as a winner.
Thanks sooooo much
hugs you tight
Holly
Friendship is like glass,
once broken it can be mented,
but there will always be a crack.
So Sweet!
I have to admit...the ending brought forth fountains of joy from my own eyes. Such a sweet story..I love it!
the ending was nice...
Thanks
Thanks for the kind comments.
I must admit that I got caught up in the story and by the time I finished I had the need of a few tissues myself.
Hugs
Sue
Lovely
Thank you. Ha ha --- didn't use any tissues, -- but the front of my blouse is all wet and salty.
with love,
HER
with love,
HER
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
The Little Match Girl
Hi,
This had so much ring of Charles Dickens stories, the setting and descriptions of Victorian life. Makes me so glad that even though life can still be harsh, things have improved.
At first the title, before reading the story reminded me of LS Lowry - Matchstick people.
Hope you have a Merry Christmas
Hugs
Karen
Matchstick Girl
Wow, very well written story.
The magic that had changed Jack into Sarah eludes us, but then it was still a lovely sentiment that you left us with. Yes I too had to use the tissue container.
Sue, when I saw the movie The
Sue, when I saw the movie The Little Match Girl I got really choked up, because it is a beautiful story. And so is this. I was all choked up on this one too, and even had tears in my eyes, because this is such a wonderfully sweet story with a happy ending. You have a wonderful talent of taking an old classic and making it new again with a different theme. Thank you so much for sharing this because it warmed my heart to read this.
With super love & big as the sky hugs
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
the little match girl
My most dear Susan . Thank you very much for such a heart wrenching
,warm ,caring , loving remix of a old classic as I came toward the end of the story I had trouble reading because the tears were in the way. I loved what you did with the story . what a great love story
thank you for the hard cry
yours truly
Christi
Quite a bit nicer ending than the original
I'm just an old meanie, I guess, because I didn't cry. ;) But then, I didn't cry at the original, either. ^*^
You got the voice very close to the source and some of the details were sparkling. A good job, why isn't this entered in the contest?
-- Donna Lamb, Flack
-- Donna Lamb, ex-Flack
Some of my books and stories are sold through DopplerPress to help support BigCloset. -- Donna
Contest
Thanks for your comments everyone. Its nice to be appreciated!
The original story was extremely short and I'm sure that if Hans Christian Anderson had time, he would have fleshed the story out a bit.
Donna, I didn't enter the contest for two reasons firstly it slips over the 7500 word limit and second, with all the wonderful writers here, I didn't think the story was good enough to compete with the stories that will be entered:)
Hugs
Sue
Limits
The 500 to 7500 word target was just that, a target. Longer or shorter entries are acceptable, it's just that that's the definition of "short story" I built into the categories. :)
There will be more than one prize, depending on how many entries are made so the more the merrier. :)
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Matchless talents, and limitless love
Sue, as usual, I love your work so much! What a wonderful idea.
I'm so glad that you had it, because you do such a good job with
warm wonderful stories like this.
As for the contest, I can only say this. I'd sure hate to be
the person who had to choose. I myself am looking at them as
christmas gifts - just like the twelve days of Christmass. No
matter who 'wins', I 'm only sorry that that will mean an end to this wonderful flow of stories.
It makes me wish that Erin would make the contest only for Christmass stories, because I'd love to see this happen more than once a year! I've always been astounded by the cleverness and talents of the lovely people who pour their apparently boundless love into this site. Now you guys have convinced me that you could make something as inane as a presidents day contest a thing generous of humor and beauty!
Thank you, Sue. A great story that was such a pleasrue to sneak off and devour with unbridled glee.
Oh! And I cried when I saw the title, let alone when I read this
wonderful homage to another wonderful author!
Love,
Sarah Lynn
The Last Name Says it All
Ms Brown,
Yet another fine piece by you, but then your other stories -- Working Girl, Home Alone come to mind -- show a depth of feeling and an understanding of children and young adults that is spot on. Not that your adult characters lack depth.
I should have anticipated this from the writer who did such a fine job reworking A Christmas Carol.
I wonder what you could do with O'Henry story about the drunk painter who pains a perfectly lifelike leaf, killing himself in the process, to trick a sick young woman to fight for her life -- as the leaves fell off, she felt her life was ebbing with them. The title eluds me at the moment.
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
The Last Leaf
What? Was? the name of that story by O'Henry??? You know. The one about The Last Leaf. The one where the girl says she'll die only after The Last Leaf falls. I just can't remember. It was about a leaf, The Last Leaf - to be precise.
What was it's name; it's right there on the tip of my tongue.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Google Is your friend!
I Googled the info you gave, and it seems the story is (ready for this?): "The Last Leaf"! Here's a link if you want to double-check:
The Last Leaf
I wasn't familiar with it, but read it out of curiosity when I found the link. Now I know why you were looking for it. A touching story!
Ta, luv!
Karen J.
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
DOH!
I read it ages ago but I remember it most from an anthogy of O'Henry shorts that stared Charles Lauhgton.
The Cop and the Anthem was another.
A story does not have to be long to be powerful.
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
sarah / jack // tears
Thank you for a story that tore at my heart ... I loved the way you write .. this story is hard to stop reading once you start ..
well done rated AAAAA or ***** 5 of what ever THEY use, tops in my book
thank you Rone
Little Match Girl
What can I add? Needless to say, I was very emotional at the end. So atmospheric, so gripping, so moving, so.......
Very well written, I loved it. (Must buy more tissues!)
Susie