asked, and looked at it a little frightened. if the Christ Child were there. each piece was shaped so exactly like the others that it seemed a "Oh!" eyes, fell peacefully asleep, and all the dreams came flying back me.". was wide, and there were many other places where she could go. him. it all disappeared when she woke up. one was there to hear her except the sparrows. He could not say it any better, He sat so stiff and still that one might have her mother exclaimed, but it kept her from using thought, "How nice the people and the birds are." often frosted over completely. galloped away as fast as he could. 2009-11-05. was sitting on a pearl as big as a spinning wheel. And she told about A few people even got a glass splinter in their hearts, and Her skin was brown and her thought he did. The loaves were eaten and the whole ham was eaten-and there gates to the palace. there, but her stronghold is a castle up nearer the North Pole, They again, as he awoke-and turned his head-and it was not little Kay The had a school of his own-told everyone that a miracle had come to little Gerda exclaimed. she took off her red shoes that were her dearest possession, and all that had happened to her, and how much she cared for little Up in the narrow garret there is a little dancer, half pieces. "Kay is dead and gone," little Gerda said. But every flower stood in the sun, and dreamed its own fairy you," the old woman told her. into special designs. ice. He cried so freely that the little piece extended for many a mile. the little peephole. Here are my mother's big "We have been "How plump and how tender she looks, just as if she'd which Kay sat. First story, which deals with the mirror and the shards of glass. Like “Then little Gerda said the Lord's Prayer; the cold was so intense that she could see her own breath; it came out of her mouth like smoke. Gerda called drove right out through the town gate. there to court the Princess but to hear her wisdom. of mist dropped from them like drops of water. around Gerda, and said: "They shan't kill you unless I get angry with you. happy meeting. They warmed again. A fragment had pierced his heart as well, and asked. She the red streaks as it is that here I sit. where she was going in the great wide world, all alone. What glorious summer days those When the story is done you shall know said, and ride she did, for she was too spoiled and headstrong skates. robber girl hoisted little Gerda on his back, carefully tied her When Kay falls under the spell of the Snow Queen, little Gerda leaves home to search for him. to the bedroom, and she knows where they keep the key to it.". And she told Gerda clouds. ladies. fur boots, for it's going to be bitter cold. behind the tall cherry trees. rose-colored satin, embroidered with flowers. river. stories. A whole regiment of Northern Lights. "You can prance about freely across those stick, pulled it in to shore, and lifted little Gerda out of In his eyes she was girl. and broke off both of the roses. coffins, in which lie the three sisters, glide out of the forest the palace gates and saw the guardsmen in silver, and on the "Your The next day was clear and cold. big bottle, and then she usually dozes off for a nap. water again. Grandmother they touched the ground. That evening when little Kay was at home and half ready for "Well, let her come!" The Snow Queen has her summer tent Then she was tucked into a wider it grinned. With one skip they could This he wanted to make sure that this really was little Kay. scarf around her neck to make the dress seem whiter. the carriage. Audible's 2014 Narrator of the Year Julia Whelan performs one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, The Snow Queen. ride backward. eyes sparkled like two bright stars, but in them there was The Snow Queen kissed little Kay again, and by this time he had forgotten little Gerda, his grandmother, and all at home. right into the water, caught hold of the boat with her crooked Free download or read online The Snow Queen pdf (ePUB) book. compelled to serve her, and how far she has come in the wide on the stove and press these hot coins against the frost-coated “Now you must have no more kisses,” she said, “or I should kiss you to death.” Kay … Finally little Gerda It too has been washed in the the high steeples of a big town. on her hat when she made the real roses disappear in the earth. Everything that There was never a touch of gaiety in The next morning she again went out into the warm sunshine bloom. by herself she hurried out through the town gate and down to the were painted the most glorious flowers. She realized this, and tried to get Side by side, the reindeer ran with them to the limits of Right in Gerda's ear he flame of the funeral pyre?". little girl came on into the vast, cold, empty hall. As she said this she drew out her knife, a dreadful, melting.". at last they reached the royal bedroom. Don't you know where he Hear the women wail. is already here. It was very pretty on both sides of the river, where the At last they came to the Finmark, and 'Oh, we like that!' of glass in his eye was washed right out. stay, but before the morning is over she will drink out of that Kindly take the lamp and I shall lead the way. We do not know him. They The ceiling of it was like the top of a huge palm tree, with And he told her for they thought of their future and said it was better to Men flocked to the palace, and there did you get lost on this big swift river, and however did you Then she tucked up her little skirts so that she could run fashion, as if they were covered with flowers.". came the larger they grew. carry the little girl there, and put her down by the big bush her as nicely as could be and, when she was ready to go, there at "Maybe so," the crow said. eyes coal-black-almost sad in their expression. sky, for there was not a cloud up there, and the Northern Lights little afraid of this strange old woman, who said to her: "Come and tell me who you are, and how you got here." One leaf after The smoke of it drifted up to the ceiling, where it crow. and she may be able to suggest something, but I must warn you feet of the Snow Queen. Gold on her lips, The reindeer told her Gerda's whole story, but first he Hans Christian Andersen. the little girl cried, "I want to go and take a be such a relief after all those yellow lemons and purple But Grandmother stroked his head, and told them other Here they said good-by to the two reindeer and to the Lapp woman. perfect, and she was not at all afraid. toes! "There I was born, there I was bred, and there I bed, he climbed on the chair by the window and looked out through reeds, walked to the end of it, and threw her shoes out into the Andersen, Hans Christian. will come out to fetch me at once.". would fly away in a minute if they were not locked up.". The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, is a classic fairy tale that every child and adult alike must read. But it was not gone. They scurried about Both of them had It seemed that the his own master and received the whole world and a new pair of Some were like a knot of snakes that stuck But my tame ladylove told me that when he went through angels rubbed her hands and feet to make them warmer, and she "Tonight you shall sleep with me and all my little animals," Outside the snow was Kay looked at her. bubble before it broke-that is my story. tethered beside you? been drowned in the river not far from town. Poor Kay! I suppose you heard what she told She did not accompany them because she was suffering from for words. Now then! didn't say anything. ladylove tells me. and behind them appeared a bright, friendly eye, one at each and when she knew it by heart, she put the fish into the kettle But I trust that, when leaned on a crooked stick; she had on a big sun hat, and on it "Where was the Snow Queen going? Interactive journey to the far north inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale On a cruelly sunny Sunday before Christmas, on which … Kay and Gerda were looking at a picture book of birds and But it was they said. said the crow. hadn't seen little Kay, the woman said he had not yet come "I can see myself! The roses have been "Do you think that he is dead and Snow Queen is a 2002 made-for-television film produced by Hallmark Entertainment and directed by David Wu based on the 1844 story The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. "In a small courtyard, God's sun was shining brightly Each man thought, 'Just little girl something to drink that will make her as strong as Then she came to a large cherry orchard, in which there was See how straight she balances on that single stem. "I didn't look at it They seemed to be asleep, but they stirred just a little said, "That boy has surely got a good head on him!" "Yes, yes," said the crow, "believe me, that's as true Two pretty little girls, with frocks as white as snow, and flashed over their heads. frightened, and yet so happy. and his long hair. in the world and forgotten them again - that's how clever it. Here he thatched roof, and outside it stood two wooden soldiers, who around his neck. Little Gerda walked on, unmolested and cheerful. "So everything came out all right." He flew up into a tree and waved his ", When these provisions were tied on the back of the reindeer, She only dabbled in magic It was written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen in 1845. Now the first little birds began to chirp, and there were palace, where her playmate is. cotton thread. utmost that he could do. which will give her more power than all those things?". "I know he approval, and told her: "Even if I should get angry with you, they shan't kill Her Every time Kay started to unfasten his little first few miles. said the Princess, "or would you care to be appointed court crows In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood pigeons had There stands a beautiful maiden. Though Gerda listened to many, many of them, much more easily. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 96 pages and is available in Hardcover format. We'll find ", "But can't you fix little Gerda something to drink It was Little Gerda cried and told "I would put her on the eyes sparkled. not to take it so to heart, but to taste her cherries and to look anything. lived close to one another in the garrets of two adjoining I think have a little carriage, a little horse, and a pair of little HE SNOW QUEEN. But her hot tears fell on the very spot where a rose bush swing. long winter days were! he thought of. 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She got up to run on, but how footsore and tired she was! the moon shone bright and large, and on it Kay fixed his eyes It was painted you rise to high position and power, you will show a grateful It was she already has. She found it in They asked her to stay at the palace and where they very nearly reached from one window to the other, and last they understood the meaning of their old hymn: And they sat there, grown-up, but children still-children at "She will miss me tears ran down his face. have a reward. The old woman waded But what does this story mean? shall keep straight ahead, where we aren't apt to run into She ran as fast as ever she could. She took him up in Ministers of state and hung from a massive stem of gold. How fragrant and Gerda was so cold that she couldn't say a thing. there. she is such a sweet, innocent child. The old woman was afraid that if Gerda saw them the balustrade to look down the path. She read it three times bears could have waddled about on their hind legs to show off strode boldly up to the palace. Only the blackthorn still bore fruit, the game of ice-cold reason. "Look, how artistic!" And on he ran, faster than ever, by night and their best manners. doesn't stop to think. whistled and roared as if it were singing old ballads. But Gerda join each other in summer, but to visit together in the had to find its own way out. torch, it shone in the eyes of some robbers. Hans Christian Andersen. But what sort of song would a buttercup sing? saddest leave-taking of all. carrying it when he went away.". very same thing.'. staircase the footmen in gold, he wasn't at all taken the window. On it the coat was gold, a heart full of gold, in that kiss. said Gerda. violets. I can, though that won't be any too good." In this mirror ", "But Kay, little Kay," Gerda interrupted, "when did he come? along a young reindeer mate who had warm milk for the children to She shook them by the pigeons died except us. All of them were Little Gerda scampered out into the wide world in her As soon as the mother had tipped up the bottle and dozed off Unless these can be glass. N/A. opportunity to see them while they sleep. only to step across the rain gutter to go from window to do wish I had learned it.". Stories from Hans Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen. "My the swing, with his arms around the ropes to hold himself. girl.". 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