Saturday, August 6, 2016

Japanese Cryptic: The match girl

 

Translated from Japanese by Shishou(師匠)

 

Cryptic Story


It was a very chilly night.

A girl was in the town trying to sell matches.

"My dad told me: if I don't sell the matches, I can't return home."

She was trying to sell the matches desperately, but sadly nobody seemed to be interested in her.

Unable to bear the sheer-cold, she took out one match an lit it on fire.

A Christmas tree and a goose could be seen in the flame.

She kept on staring at the magnificent view in the flame until it went out.

Once again she lit the match. This time, her late grandma appeared in the flame.

She thought of ways that would prolong the fire so that she could see her grandma for a little longer.

She came up with the best idea. Her idea allowed her to stay with her grandma for the whole night.

The next day, 2 corpses were discovered.
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13 comments:

  1. AnonAugust 7, 2016 at 11:21 PM

    I don't understand why there are TWO corpses..

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    1. ShishouAugust 10, 2016 at 6:35 PM

      One is of her father and other is her own. I've posted the explanation in winda's reply. :)

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  • UnknownAugust 10, 2016 at 11:23 AM

    I always cry when reading this story :(
    I think the two corpses was the girl and her father.
    She implicitly said that she can not go home before she sold out her matches. That could mean, they (the girl and her father) desperately living in poverty. Based on that, if the girl do not bring any money home so they can not buy food and then die of starving :(

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    1. ShishouAugust 10, 2016 at 6:34 PM

      It's such a tragic story. :( But wait there's something more sinister to it.
      Yes, the corpses are of the girl and her father.
      She could see her late grandma in the flame, so she decided to extend the flame for a longer time by setting fire to her house. Her father was probably in the house at that time so he got converted into a roasted corpse. She did this 'cause she hated her father--He forced her to sell the matches on such a chilly night. Also, she could could spend the night with her grandma's figure that had appeared in the flame. But at the end, she too died of starvation and cold. Maybe, she froze to her death on that chilly night.
      Hope it didn't disturb you.:(

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    2. UnknownAugust 10, 2016 at 10:27 PM

      Whoa! That was a very scary story instead haha. I did not imagine that she would be burn her own house. I did thought she was an innocent girl! Great story Shisou-san! Thanks for explaining also

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    3. RitikAugust 18, 2016 at 1:29 AM

      But she said as long as she doesn't sell any matches, she can't return home. Did she return home an instant she saw her grandmother?

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    4. ShishouAugust 18, 2016 at 5:20 AM

      @Ritik
      I think it goes like this: She was forced by her father to sell matches on a chilly night. It means the father looks like an abusive person. I think he was hated by the girl. She lit the house on fire as it accomplished two things: 1)The father died 2) she could stay with her grandma's figure till the whole house turned to ashes.
      Hope that cleared it.

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