Hi kids!
Let's read Chapter 4 of The Snow Queen!
At the end of Chapter 3, Gerda and her new pal the Toucan had just tried to flee the Sorceress of Eternal Summer.
But then, she caught them! Let's see what happens next!
SORCERESS: I said where do you think you're going?
GERDA: I'm just going to find my friend, Kay. 'Kay?
SORCERESS: But it's much to cold out here! Come back inside.
TOUCAN: Don't listen to her!
SORCERESS: Excuse me?
GERDA: I didn't say anything!
TOUCAN: Psst! Let me out!
SORCERESS: Okay, I definitely heard something that time.
TOUCAN: Now!
Run!
BOOKSY: Gerda ran and ran and ran and ran, but the thing about Alaska is...
GERDA: Ice!
Owie!
TOUCAN: You're pretty clumsy, huh?
GERDA: Well, I'm not used to all this ice and snow.
TOUCAN: Brrr... Neither am I! It's freezing out here!
GERDA: I know but I have to save my friend Kay! He was taken by the Snow Queen!
TOUCAN: Oof! She's the evilist queen ever!
GERDA: Yeah, I heard she's mega-scary. Oh! Poor Kay!
See? Doesn't he look nice?
He's probably so cold and afraid!
Hey! What's the big idea?
Stop it! Are you trying to tell me something? Can you speak?
RAVEN: Un poquito!
GERDA: Hmm... Is that Spanish?
I took a little bit of Spanish in school...
¡Hola! ¡Mi nombre es Gerda!
RAVEN: Hola, Gerda. Mi nombre es Pete.
GERDA: Nice to meet you Pete! Unfortunately, I don't know more Spanish than that.
Do you Toucan?
TOUCAN: No! But I speak fluent bird!
GERDA: Oh. Duh.
(chirping)
TOUCAN: Pete here tells me there's a princess who lives nearby who just married a prince!
GERDA: Sounds nice, but I'm not really in the mood for a love story right now.
TOUCAN: He says that the prince looks just like your friend Kay!
GERDA: Really? Married? Kay?
PETE: ¿Que?
GERDA: And, he's a prince? Woah! Just like my dream!
We have to go to that palace, right now.
PETE: (chirping)
TOUCAN: He says it's one mile as the raven flies, but on foot it'll take about 24 hours!
GERDA: Ah! A whole day? Well, we better get going then.
PETE: (chirping)
TOUCAN: Pete has an interesting idea.
GERDA: Huh?
TOUCAN: Ready for lift off?
GERDA: Um, is this safe?
TOUCAN: We're birds! We do this all the time! Relax!
BOOKSY: Gerda tried to relax, which was hard because, you know, she was being carried over a snowy mountain by a bunch of birds.
But once she was brave enough to open her eyes,
she saw that it was really quite...
GERDA: Beautiful! Wow!
TOUCAN: Right? We birds got a pretty decent view.
GERDA: There it is--I see the palace! Oh, I really hope Kay's in there!
Oh! Gracias, Pete, other birds! Thank you all! I'm forever indebted to you.
(chirping)
GERDA: Well, here goes nothing!
TOUCAN: Much better in here. Nice and toasty.
GERDA: Hello? Kay? Princess? Hello?
PRINCESS: I'm the princess. Who are you?
GERDA: I'm Gerda P. Hobbesworth, and I'm looking for my friend.
I think you may have... married him?
PRINCESS: Oh, how wonderful! He'll be so happy to see you. Come, sit by the fire and warm up.
GERDA: Well, where is he?
PRINCESS: Darling! Come down! There are some friends here to see you.
GERDA: Kay? Is that you?
BOOKSY: What do you think, kids? Do you think it could really be Kay? But what about the Snow Queen?
I can't wait to find out more! Be sure to subcribe so you don't miss Chapter 5, coming soon!
I'll see you soon! Bye!