YOU would never think, to see the Matches lying so quietly in their box in the daytime, that they really have rather a pleasant life, and very exciting adventures. But they do. Every night the Matches out of their box and hide it, and put on pretty paper frocks and coats, and go and dance with their friends. That is why you can hardly ever find a match-box in the dark, and if you do it is almost always an empty one.  
Well, at one of the Match parties a young wooden Match with a red head fell in love with the sweetest little Princess of a Match you ever saw. She wore a white smooth frock, and her head was brown.
 
“How I love you!” said the Red-headed Match.
 
“And I you!” said the brown-headed little lady. “But they tell me your box is in the kitchen. That is very low.”
 
“Never mind,” said............