![]() ![]() At first the swirling snow drifts are described as bees - later, they become battalions.Īt last Gerda arrives at the Snow Queen's palace, which is built of "drifting snow" beneath the northern lights. The nights grow longer, the weather colder and crueler. During her journey the world edges from spring towards winter. So Gerda, all alone, sets out to find him. The plot is this: Little Gerda's dearest friend Kai has been kidnapped by the Snow Queen. "All right! Now let's begin," he starts, "When we reach the end of the story, we'll know more than we know now, because there was an evil troll." You can feel Andersen's excitement in the writing. It's "The Snow Queen" - a tale that took just five days to create. It's also the strangest, and the one he wrote the fastest - in a rare burst of inspiration. It's my favorite of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Fairy Tales Author Hans Christian Andersen ![]()
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