The war in the Norman Principality has never ended, and the final war is still going on even on New Year's Eve.
The city is decorated with lights and colorful decorations. At twelve o'clock at midnight, this is what Dr. Andersen calls New Year's Eve. In the severe cold and darkness, the citizens of the city are still holding celebration activities to celebrate the arrival of the new year.
War has countless benefits for the people of the country. Anyone can say this, but the key point of the question is who are the people of the Norman Principality.
Farmers and fishermen hated this war, but the citizens of the city, the business class, and even the knights and aristocrats all supported the Duke's war. They gained land, wealth, status and honor in this war, even if they were businessmen. The class also benefited from the needs of the war.
Prince William is always happy, because the people he can come into contact with at Sanssouci Palace are either big nobles or big businessmen, and even the maids are from well-to-do families in the city.
Snowflakes like catkins were floating outside the window, and the city had a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere. It was completely white, and the white snowflakes were dancing under the light of the magic stone of the carriage.
The Norman Principality seems to be unexpectedly extremely cold at this time of year, especially the cold wind coming from the English Channel. As soon as the cold wave hits, the people on the street have to be fully armed and wear thick cotton jackets to protect themselves.
The noble Duke is still fighting outside at this time. The Duke has killed two of the seven fairies in the secret forest and defeated three. In terms of numbers alone, the victory of the Duke's army seems to be close at hand. After all, this is It's a very simple math problem.
The regent of the principality, the brother of the duke, and the cardinal of the Norman diocese even asked the residents of the city to stay up all night to celebrate New Year's Eve. This is also a celebration of the victory on the war front.
"smell good!"
The little girl smelled the aroma from the roast goose, looked at the falling snowflakes, took a deep breath, then put her hands in front of her and exhaled the hot breath on her arms, as if she wanted to use this to give herself a little warmth, but This little bit of warmth on her hands did not bring her the warmth she imagined. When the warm breath dissipated a moment later, she felt even colder.
"Damn the weather, it's so cold, but the regent bishop has to hold a banquet in the castle. This is very painful for us."
"Who says it isn't? The snow was so heavy that it was only seven or eight feet thick a few days ago, but now it's getting heavier and it's probably a foot deep."
"The heavy snow is still behind!"
"That's why the bishop asked us to shovel the snow. The sun won't melt it."
Two soldiers wearing thick clothes were walking in the city and holding torches, heading towards the palace. One of the soldiers, as soon as he spoke, his nose kept flowing, and he looked extremely miserable, as if To flush out all the dirty stuff.
The two of them were walking on the street, and neither of them noticed that there was a little girl walking barefoot on the road without a hat or shoes. In fact, they might have noticed it, but they also selectively ignored it because of the war. Many of the affected farmers have moved to the cities, and not all the business class have made a fortune. Some have gone bankrupt due to the war, and their families have fallen into poverty.
"Sir, please do me a favor and buy a box of matches. It only costs a copper."
"Leave me alone, little one."
"Sir, it's such a cold weather, please buy a box of matches."
"You're blocking my way."
"Beautiful lady, would you like to buy a box of matches?"
"What does it smell like? You smell so bad!"
The little girl was carrying a wooden box containing matchboxes to sell to the passers-by. The passers-by either ignored or refused, and some even accelerated their pace when they saw her arrival.
The little girl's heart suddenly became cold. Not a single match was sold. If she went back like this, her father would definitely beat her. She didn't want to go home because her home was as cold as the city. The cold wind blew through, and even if the holes in the house were blocked with hay and rags, they were still cold and useless.
The warmest place in this city is the luxurious house in the aristocratic district. The house is brightly lit, and there is the smell of roast goose inside. There is also a large iron stove for heating. The warmest house among them is this country. The prince's palace, Sansouci Palace.
Even as a little girl, she had heard of Sanssouci Palace and the Happy Prince in Sanssouci Palace. Sanssouci Palace was covered with carpets. No matter it was day or night, it was as warm as spring under the power of magic. , lights are bright everywhere, and grand banquets are often held in the palace. According to the little beggar wandering next door, as long as the banquet is over, the nobles will definitely be found in the trash can outside the palace early the next morning. Those who haven’t finished the food will never be able to eat the delicious food in this life.
I really envy the happy prince who is the same age as myself. Although they have never met each other, the little girl yearns for him. Outside the palace of Sanssouci, soldiers are guarding the outside despite the severe cold. Three strong black dogs are outside the door, licking hot water. In order to avoid snow accumulation in Sanssouci Palace, the servants in the castle dug a small temporary pit to draw out the hot water from the bath.
She really wanted to put her feet into hot water, but she was cold and hungry at this time. It would be great if she could put her black and blue feet into cold water. She was originally wearing a pair of slippers when she left home, just to avoid the carriage passing by, but she lost them while running across the street in a hurry. The shoes were very big, very big. They were originally worn by her mother. I really don't know what they should be. How to face your mother.
One slipper was never found, but the other was taken away by a little boy. The little boy told another boy that her slippers were thrown around, making her have to run back and forth until she was tired and could no longer run. When he could no longer move and had no choice but to give up, the little boy felt uninterested and said that when he had his own child, he would use his slippers as a cradle.
The little girl wanted to get close to the hot water, but when the three big dogs licking the hot water saw the little girl's arrival, they bared their teeth and roared. The little girl was so frightened that she fell to the ground, the wooden box fell to the ground, and the matches The box fell to the floor.
The little girl hurriedly picked up the matchbox on the ground, picked up the match that fell on the ground and was stained with the snow box soil, and carefully picked it up. With the thought of not letting it go to waste, the little girl lit one of the matches.
The match was burning, like the sun in the sky, emitting warm and bright light, like a candle, reflecting the world. At this time, she felt infinite warmth, just like sitting next to a big stove. At this time, she It was no longer cold, and just when she wanted to stretch out her feet to keep warm, after a while, the matches burned out and the stove disappeared.
The little girl lit the second match and saw a warm room. There was a sumptuous dinner on the dining table, filled with all kinds of delicious food. Just as the little girl stretched out her hand to pull out a chicken leg, the fire went out.
She quickly lit a third match, and the only grandmother who loved her appeared in the fire. When her grandmother was still alive, she must have fallen asleep in her arms on such a snowy night.
Grandma was looking at the little girl with a kind smile, and she was sitting under a beautiful Christmas tree. It was even bigger than the Christmas tree in Sanssouci Palace and even more decorated. The little girl wanted to touch the Christmas tree. , touched her grandma's face, and couldn't wait to hug her into her arms. However, her eyelids became heavier and heavier, her body lost strength, and she was about to die.
The candlelight of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, higher and higher until she thought they were like stars in the sky. Then she saw a star fall, leaving a bright streak of fire behind it.
"Someone is dying," thought the little girl, because her old grandmother, the only person who had ever loved her, was now dead, had told her that when a star falls from the sky, a soul on earth ascends to God. Go there.
What she didn't expect was that countless stars fell down, forming a meteor shower. Could this mean that countless people were going to God?
"No, this is the fall of the gods!" Andersen looked at the meteor shower in the sky and said.
William stood outside Sanssouci Palace, looking at the little girl who was about to lose her life, with mixed emotions.
“Countless human lives will be saved because of this, the earth will have a good harvest, all people’s diseases will be cured, and lives that are about to disappear will also be saved because of the whale’s fall.”
William looked at the sky, and he saw the most touching moment in the world, like the opening of heaven and earth. The goddess restored vitality to this devastated land and country at the cost of her own fall.
This is the goddess's deepest love for herself and for this earth and the countless creatures on it.
Whale fall refers to the phenomenon of whales sinking to the bottom of the sea after dying. When a whale dies in the ocean, its body eventually sinks to the bottom of the ocean, and biologists give this process the name whale fall. A single whale carcass can support a decomposer-based circulatory system for hundreds of years.
The death of a nymph-born god has blessed the world even more.
