I left one quietly.
Don't ask what this is for.
Dad dressed me in cotton-padded clothes,
I won't break it.
Don't ask what this is for.
My brother gave me a musical,
I chose the most beautiful page.
Don't ask what this is for.
At night, I put them by the bed.
Let the dream fly out of my bed quickly.
Don't ask what this is for.
I'm going to give her a cake,
Give her a cotton-padded coat to keep out the wind and snow.
Sing the most beautiful songs together.
Do you want to know who she is?
Please ask Grandpa Andersen-she is the little sister selling matches.
Extended data:
"Don't Ask Why" is a poem written by Liu Qianqian, and it won the "Filja" gold medal in the World Children's Poetry Competition organized by the United Nations. Liu Qianqian is a student of Guandong Red Primary School in Sun Yicheng County, Hubei Province.
The competition was sponsored by UNESCO, and nearly one million children from five 17 countries participated. The international jury selected 20 best poems from the selected works, and the Philippine girl Odina Bassner won the first prize. Liu Qianqian's Don't Ask Why is one of these twenty works. This poem, with sincere feelings and novel ideas, won the prize in the domestic selection of this competition.
This poem expresses Liu Qianqian's sympathy for the little match girl. She wants to give her a cake, a cotton-padded coat and listen to records with her. This shows her compassion and beautiful heart. However, the young author did not become a "poet" later. Now he is a 42-year-old educator.