the snow Queen story
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The next day, Kai took his sled into town. Ah, that sled was so slow! A big white sleigh was coming down the road very fast. The sleigh came close to Kai and as it did, it slowed down just a bit. Kai had an idea. He quickly tied the rope of his sled onto the back of the sleigh. Now he could ride behind on his sled! But what Kai did not know is that driving the sleigh was the evil Snow Queen.
The Snow Queen, in her white fur coat, had known very well that Kai was on the road. She had slowed down her sleigh when she got closer, to give him a chance to tie on the rope. She did not turn around to look. She knew that Kai was speeding along behind her. Soon he would be near frozen with cold. Then, she knew, it would be easy to make him hers.
The Snow Queen drove on. When she knew Kai must be bitter cold, she stopped the sleigh. She went up to the boy. "You want to ride behind my big sleigh?" said the Snow Queen. "I can make it so you do not feel the cold." Kai shivered. “I will give you one kiss on your cheek. Then you will no longer feel cold.”
Kai nodded. She kissed him on the cheek. He no longer felt cold.
“Now, one more kiss,” said the Snow Queen. “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. She laughed and said, “If I kissed you a third time on your forehead, you would die. But I have things for you to do for me back at my palace.” Then she got into her sleigh and drove on.