
First, look for a cabin nearby with a red door. "You can't miss it.īut when you get there, do not go right up to the palace.
BODYPAINTED XMAS SNOW QWEEN WINDOWS
“The windows of her palace burn with a blue light that can be seen for miles around," said she. The Snow Queen's palace is 100 miles away." The old woman said, “You still have a long way to go to get to Lapland. Gerda and the reindeer told her about their search to find Kai.

An old woman opened the door and welcomed them in. Then they needed to find a place to stay for the night. Off like the wind flew Gerda and the reindeer. She even gave Gerda a pair of fur boots, two loaves of bread, a and a piece of bacon, too.

She helped Gerda mount the reindeer and gave her a cushion to sit on. She went into the barn and cut the ropes that bound the reindeer. The Robber Girl was just outside the barn door all this time. But who knows how long we must stay here?”
BODYPAINTED XMAS SNOW QWEEN FREE
“Yes I could, if only you and I were free of this place. The crow told Gerda that to find Kai, she must go to the palace of a Princess. The witch tried to trick Gerda into staying with her forever. And that is how Gerda knew that he must not be under the water. But the river would not let her throw in the shoes. She said she would throw her red shoes into the river, if only the river would give back Kai. Gerda took off her red shoes and held them up. She called out to the waters rushing by - Is it true? The river would not say. You can imagine how upset everyone was! They said poor Kai must have drowned in the river. But I have things for you to do for me back at my palace.” Then she got into her sleigh and drove on. She laughed and said, “If I kissed you a third time on your forehead, you would die. “With this one, you will forget all about Gerda and your family.” Before Kai could say anything, the Snow Queen had kissed the other cheek. “Now, one more kiss,” said the Snow Queen. "I can make it so you do not feel the cold." Kai shivered. "You want to ride behind my big sleigh?" said the Snow Queen. When she knew Kai must be bitter cold, she stopped the sleigh. Then, she knew, it would be easy to make him hers. She knew that Kai was speeding along behind her. She had slowed down her sleigh when she got closer, to give him a chance to tie on the rope. The Snow Queen, in her white fur coat, had known very well that Kai was on the road. Now he could ride behind on his sled! But what Kai did not know is that driving the sleigh was the evil Snow Queen. He quickly tied the rope of his sled onto the back of the sleigh. The sleigh came close to Kai and as it did, it slowed down just a bit. Ah, that sled was so slow! A big white sleigh was coming down the road very fast. The next day, Kai took his sled into town. "Do you know you're stepping on the roses? How about a clapping game?"īut Kai cried out, “I don't care if I step on all the roses! And I never want to play with you, Gerda. "I do not want to weed this stupid garden anymore!" he said. It blew a sharp bit of that evil glass right into Kai’s eye. One day, Gerda and Kai were on the roof weeding the garden. They played in their garden on the roof, and were happy. It was like Kai and Gerda's very own garden. In the gutter where water ran through, the families had planted a garden with vegetables and roses. When they opened their attic windows, they were so close they could reach out and touch fingers.Īn old gutter ran between the two roofs. Both of them had their bedrooms in the attic. Years later, a boy named Kai and a girl named Gerda were friends.

From then on, if one bit of that evil glass blew into anyone’s eye, that person would see only the bad and dark in people, not the good. The wind blew the glass all over the place.
