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In the beginning, the devil shattered 

his mirror.   These splinters got into 

people's hearts and eyes, freezing their 

hearts like blocks of ice and making 

their eyes like the troll-mirror itself, 

seeing only the bad and ugly in 

people and things. 

A little boy Kai and a little girl Gerda live next door 

to each other. The two families grow vegetables and 

roses in window boxes placed on the gutters. 

Gerda's grandmother tells 

the children about the 

Snow Queen, who is ruler 

over the "snow bees". 

splinters of the troll-mirror 

get into Kai's heart and 

eyes.

Snow Queen is in a 

white fur-coat driving 

a curious white sleigh 

carriage in a winter 

day.

She takes Kai in her sleigh 

to her palace.

There once was a little 

girl named Gerda, 

whose best friend Kai 

was stolen away by 

the snow queen. 

This made Gerda very 

sad and lonely. One 

day she decided she 

would go and rescue 

him. So off she went, 

searching the vast 

world by herself, to 

see if anyone could 

tell her where Kai had 

gone. 

Gerda searched high 

and low for Kai. She 

traveled through the 

woods. She talked to 

the stream. She 

followed twisting 

paths, but she could 

not find a trace of her 

beloved Kai.

Finally Gerda came upon a cute little cottage with a 

flower garden. The old lady inside came out and rushed 

Gerda in to the house. The old lady reprimanded Gerda 

for wandering around all by herself, as old ladies tend to 

do. 

Gerda felt very peaceful inside the cute little cottage. In 

fact she felt so peaceful that she forgot she was 

supposed to be searching for Kai. Long days pasted 

away as Gerda stayed with the old woman   and played 

and slept in the garden. 

One day while Gerda was taking a nap she rolled over 

and saw that there was a rose growing in the garden. 

Upon seeing the rose, Gerda was reminded of Kai, as 

they used to plant roses together. She immediately 

remembered her mission, left the cute cottage and 

continued on her mission to find Kai. 

More determined 

than ever, Gerda 

enthusiastically 

search for Kai, she 

looked under 

bridges and looked 

into the depths of 

lakes. She asked 

the stars if they 

could tell her 

where Kai had 

gone, but they 

would only twinkle 

back in response.

One day Gerda 

heard a rumor about 

a boy who 

resembled Kai. It 

was said that this 

boy had gone to a 

princess to seek out 

her hand in 

marriage.

Gerda was so 

excited at the 

possibility of 

meeting Kai, that 

she rushed over to 

the Kingdom to see 

if it was true.  

When Gerda reached the castle, she sought an audience 

with the Prince and Princess of the land, as it was the 

prince who was said the resemble her beloved Kai. 

Yet upon being introduced, she immediately knew that 

he was not Kai. She turned to leave, but the prince and 

Princess asked her to stay, or to at least explain why 

she had come to request an audience with them. 

When Gerda told her story, the Prince and Princess were 

very sympathetic towards her, and told her that they 

would help her in her search. They fed her and gave her 

new warm clothes, and even gave her a carriage of gold 

and their best horses to ride in. 

Gerda set off again, thankful for the kindness bestowed 

on her by the gracious Prince and Princess of the Land. 

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