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Oh! I have not got my boots. I have not brought mygloves, cried little Gerda.
She remarked she was without them from the cuttingfrost, but the reindeer dared not stand still.
On he ran till he came to the great bush with thered berries, and there he set Gerda down, kissedher mouth,
while large bright tears flowed from the animal'seyes, and then back he went as fast as possible.
There stood poor Gerda now, without shoes orgloves, in the very middle of dreadful icyFinland.
She ran on as fast as she could. There then came awhole regiment of snowflakes,
but they did not fall from above, and they werequite bright and shining from the aurora borealis.
The flakes ran along the ground, and the nearerthey came the larger they grew.
Gerda well remembered how large and strange thesnowflakes appeared when she once saw them
through a magnifying glass, but now they werelarge and terrific in another manner, they were
all alive. They were the outposts of the snowqueen. They had the most wondrous shapes, some
looked like large ugly porcupines, others likesnakes knotted together, with their heads sticking
out, and others, again, like small fat bears, withthe hair standing on end, all were of dazzling
whiteness, all were living snowflakes. Little Gerda repeated the Lord's Prayer. The cold was
so intense that she could see her own breath,which came like smoke out of her mouth. It grew
thicker and thicker, and took the form of littleangels, that grew more and more when they touched
the earth. All had helms on their heads, and lances and shields in their hands, they increased
in numbers, and when Gerda had finished the Lord'sPrayer, she was surrounded by a whole legion.
They thrust at the horrid snowflakes with theirspears, so that they flew into a thousand pieces,
and little Gerda walked on bravely and insecurity. The angels patted her hands and feet,
and then she felt the cold less, and went onquickly towards the palace of the snow queen.
But now we shall see how K. fared. He neverthought of Gerda, and least of all that she
was standing before the palace.
SEVENTH STORY.
WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE PALACE OF THE SNOW QUEEN,AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD?
The walls of the palace were of driving snow, andthe windows and doors of cutting winds.
There were more than a hundred halls there,according as the snow was driven by the winds.
The largest was many miles in extent, all werelighted up by the powerful aurora borealis,
and all were so large, so empty, so icy cold, andso resplendent. Mirth never reigned there,
there was never even a little bearball, with astorm for music, while the polar bears went on
their hind legs and showed off their steps. Nevera little tea party of white young lady foxes,
vast, cold, and empty were the halls of the snowqueen. The northern lights shone with such
precision that one could tell exactly when theywere at their highest or lowest degree of
brightness. In the middle of the empty, endlesshall of snow, was a frozen lake, it was cracked in
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a thousand pieces, but each piece was so like theother, that it seemed the work of a cunning
artificer. In the middle of this lake sat the snowqueen when she was at home, and then she
said she was sitting in the mirror ofunderstanding, and that this was the only one andthe best thing
in the world. Little K was quite blue, yes nearlyblack with cold, but he did not observe it,
for she had kissed away all feeling of cold fromhis body, and his heart was a lump of ice.
He was dragging along some pointed flat pieces ofice, which he laid together in all possible ways,
for he wanted to make something with them, just aswe have little flat pieces of wood to make
geometrical figures with, called the Chinesepuzzle. K made all sorts of figures, the most
complicated, for it was an ice puzzle for theunderstanding. In his eyes the figures were
extraordinarily beautiful, and of the utmostimportance, for the bit of glass which was in
his eye caused this. He found whole figures whichrepresented a written word, but he never could
manage to represent just the word he wanted, thatword was eternity, and the snow queen had said,
if you can discover that figure, you shall be yourown master, and I will make you a present
of the whole world and a pair of new skates. Buthe could not find it out. I am going now to
warm lands, said the snow queen. I must have alook down into the black cauldrons. It was the
volcanoes Vesuvius and Etna that she meant. I willjust give them a coating of white, for that is
as it ought to be, besides, it is good for theoranges and the grapes. And then away she flew,
and K sat quite alone in the empty halls of icethat were miles long, and looked at the blocks
of ice, and thought and thought till his skull wasalmost cracked. There he sat quite benumbed and
motionless, one would have imagined he was frozento death. Suddenly little Gerda stepped through
the great portal into the palace. The gate wasformed of cutting winds, but Gerda repeated her
evening prayer, and the winds were laid as thoughthey slept, and the little maiden entered the
vast, empty, cold halls. There she beheld K, sherecognized him, flew to embrace him, and cried
out, her arms firmly holding him the while, K,sweet little K! have I then found you at last!
But he sat quite still, benumbed and cold. Thenlittle Gerda shed burning tears, and they fell
on his bosom, they penetrated to his heart, theythawed the lumps of ice, and consumed the
splinters of the looking-glass, he looked at her,and she sang that him. The rose in the valley is
blooming so sweet, and angels descend there thechildren to greet. Hereupon K burst into tears,
he wept so much that the splinter rolled out ofhis eye, and he recognized her, and shouted,
Gerda, sweet little Gerda! where have you been solong? and where have I been? He looked round him.
How cold it is here, said he. How empty and cold.And he held fast by Gerda, who laughed and
wept for joy. It was so beautiful, that even theblocks of ice danced about for joy, and when they
were tired and laid themselves down, they formedexactly the letters which the Snow Queen had told
him to find out, so now he was his own master, andhe would have the whole world and a pair of new
skates into the bargain. Gerda kissed his cheeks,and they grew quite blooming, she kissed his eyes,
and they shone like her own, she kissed his handsand feet, and he was again well and merry.
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The Snow Queen might come back as soon as sheliked, there stood his discharge written in
resplendent masses of ice. They took each other bythe hand, and wandered forth out of the large
hall, they talked of their old grandmother, and ofthe roses upon the roof, and wherever they went,
the wind ceased raging, and the sun burst forth.And when they reached the bush with the red
berries, they found the reindeer waiting for them.He had brought another, a young one, with him,
whose udder was filled with milk, which he gave tothe little ones, and kissed their lips.
They then carried Kay and Gerda, first to theFinland woman, where they warmed themselves in
the warm room, and learned what they were to do ontheir journey home, and they went to the
Lapland woman, who made some new clothes for themand repaired their sledges. The reindeer and the
young hind leapt along beside them, andaccompanied them to the boundary of the country.
Here the first vegetation peeped forth, here Kayand Gerda took leave of the Lapland woman.
Farewell! Farewell! they all said. And the firstgreen buds appeared, the first little
birds began to chirrup, and out of the wood came,riding on a magnificent horse, which Gerda knew,
it was one of the leaders in the golden carriage,a young damsel with a bright red cap on her head,
and armed with pistols. It was the little robbermaiden, who, tired of being at home,
had determined to make a journey to the north, andafterwards in another direction,
if that did not please her. She recognized Gerdaimmediately, and Gerda knew her too.
It was a joyful meeting.
You are a fine fellow for tramping about, said sheto little Kay, I should like to know,
Faith, if you deserve that one should run from oneend of the world to the other for your sake?
But Gerda patted her cheeks, and inquired for theprince and princess.
They are gone abroad, said the other.
But the raven? asked little Gerda.
Oh! the raven is dead, she answered. His tamesweetheart is a widow, and wears a bit of
black worsted round her leg, she laments most piteously, but it's all mere talk and stuff.
Now tell me what you've been doing and how youmanaged to catch him.
And Gerda and Kay both told their story.
And schnip-schnap-schner-bassler, said the robbermaiden, and she took the hands of each,
and promised that if she should some day passthrough the town where they lived,
she would come and visit them, and then away sherode.
Kay and Gerda took each other's hand, it waslovely spring weather,
with abundance of flowers and a verger. The churchbells rang, and the children recognised
the high towers, and the large town, it was thatin which they dwelt. They entered and hastened up
to their grandmother's room, where everything wasstanding as formerly. The clock said tick.
Tack. And the finger moved round, but as theyentered, they remarked that they were now grown
up. The roses on the leads hung blooming in at theopen window, there stood the little
children's chairs, and Kay and Gerda sat down onthem, holding each other by the hand,
they both had forgotten the cold empty splendourof the snow queen, as though it had been a dream.
The grandmother sat in the bright sunshine, andread aloud from the Bible,
unless ye become as little children, ye cannotenter the kingdom of heaven.
And Kay and Gerda looked in each other's eyes, andall at once they understood the old hymn.
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The rose in the valley is blooming so sweet, andangels descend there the children to greet.
There sat the two grown-up persons, grown up, andyet children, children at least in heart,
and it was summertime, summer, glorious summer.
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