| 1 | In schools people sing Santa Lucia's song. | |
| 2 | But Lucia prayed to God to have the power to survive the fire. | |
| 3 | The last two sentences were ones she had heard the heroine of her favorite radio serial, Margella Lucia, speak. | |
| 4 | Saint Lucia was a very kind person and a man loved her very much but she didn't like him. | |
| 5 | The following passage is an extract from The Lost Heart of Asia by British travel writer Colin Thubron. |