- Yay!
- Yay! I'd say they had quite an adventure.
(upbeat music)
- Hi everyone.
Welcome to the Frozen Friends Book Club.
I'm Elena.
- I'm Liesl.
- And I'm Leah.
- Today I'll be reading one of my favorite stories
from Five Minute Frozen Stories.
It's about Anna and Elsa traveling to different places
and visiting different people,
and afterwards we can talk about it.
- Awesome! - Yeah!
- Do you wanna start by reading the title and the author?
- Sure, Across the Sea by Brittany Rubiano.
- Great job.
Let's get reading.
- Yes.
- Anna and Elsa were going on a trip
to visit some neighboring kingdoms.
As they climbed aboard their ship,
the captain scurried over.
"Your Majesty", he said to Elsa,
"I don't think we'll make it to our first stop on time.
Not with waters this still."
"Don't worry," Anna said, taking the wheel.
"We've got it covered," Elsa said,
creating a light snow flurry to push them along.
- Yes!
(Elena laughs)
- Soon the ship arrived at its first port,
the Kingdom of Zaria.
"Welcome, Queen Elsa and Princess Anna,"
King Stabor called in a booming voice.
"We cannot wait to show you our kingdom,"
Queen Renalia added.
First the King and Queen of Zaria
invited the sisters to lunch,
where Anna and Elsa enjoyed tasty new foods.
Then the queen took Anna and Elsa on a tour
of her prized gardens.
- Wow.
- The sisters had never seen so many amazing flowers!
- It's so pretty.
- That night, the girls were treated to a grand festival.
"We've heard so much about your special talents,"
Queen Renalia said to Elsa,
"won't you show us some of your magic?"
Suddenly Elsa felt very shy.
She nodded at the dance floor.
"Would you like to join the dancing, Your Majesties?"
she asked, changing the subject.
"That looks like fun."
- It must be.
- [Elena and Leah] Yeah.
- The next stop on Anna and Elsa's tour
was a kingdom called Chatho.
The sisters met Chatho's ruler, Queen Colisa,
in front of her impressive palace.
- Wow.
- Yeah.
"Thank you for having us, Your Majesty," Elsa said.
"Of course," the Queen responded.
"I am very happy you are both here!"
Queen Colisa first took the sisters
on a walk through the kingdom's rainforest,
where they saw many unique animals.
Anna was particularly fond of some bashful furry creatures.
(Liesl and Leah laughing)
"Why, hello there,"-
- So cute!
- She said, waving at the animals.
(Liesl and Leah laughing)
- I think they're sloths.
- Yeah.
- After their walk
the queen led Anna and Elsa into an enormous gallery.
(gasps)
Chatho was known for its striking art and relics.
As Anna admired Chatho's treasures,
Elsa spoke with the queen.
"These are so beautiful," she said.
"I'm so glad you think so," Queen Colisa replied.
"Would you like to add a sculpture to our collection?"
Suddenly, Elsa noticed a block of ice
under a spotlight, ready to be carved.
Once again, she felt a wave of shyness.
Noticing her sister's discomfort, Anna jumped in.
"Um, sure!
Ice sculptures are actually my specialty!"
(laughs)
That's totally something Anna would do.
- [Liesl and Leah] Yep.
- Oh, and look, she did an ice sculpture of Olaf.
- Yeah!
(everyone laughs)
Later, as they got off their ship in the next kingdom,
Anna asked Elsa why she didn't wanna show off her powers.
"I guess I just got nervous," Elsa admitted.
Anna was about to reply when she spotted someone surprising,
the Duke of Weselton!
(gasps)
"What are you doing here?" Anna asked.
The sisters had purposely avoided Weselton on their tour.
Their final stop was the Kingdom of Vakretta,
far from the Duke's home.
- Hmm.
- The Duke smoothed his coat.
"I'm visiting my mother's cousin's wife's nephew,
if you must know.
Although I wish I weren't.
If I were you, I would turn my ship around right now."
The sisters looked at each other.
The Duke sighed,
"Vakretta is having the hottest summer in years.
Of course, you wouldn't care about that."
- Hm.
- As the sisters followed the Duke into the village,
they noticed Vakrettans sprawled out, sweaty, and tired.
"Whoa," Anna remarked.
For once, Elsa didn't feel shy.
She knew what she had to do,
something to cool the people down.
She quickly conjured some snow clouds,
much to the delight of the villagers.
(laughing)
"It's working!" the Duke cried in surprise.
Elsa started making frosted mugs out of ice.
"Why don't you get us some lemonade?" she asked.
- [Liesl] Hm.
- [Leah] Yeah.
- Soon Vakretta was a frozen wonderland.
The citizens ice skated and built beautiful snow castles.
"I suppose a thank you is in order," the Duke said.
"I frankly don't know where to begin."
"Well, you could grab a board," Elsa suggested,
winking at Anna.
The Duke turned red and started sputtering.
"U-uh a Duke could never, i-it isn't..."
"It's okay, we'll show you how it's done," Anna called,
as she and Elsa grabbed some planks and slid down a hill.
- [Leah] He's getting covered in snow.
(Elena laughing)
- Whee!
- A few hours later,
it was time for Anna and Elsa to return to Arendelle.
They waved to their new friends from the ship.
"Did you have a good trip?" Anna asked her sister.
"I did," Elsa replied, as she created an icy blast
of snow to direct them homeward.
"I'd say it was the best royal tour ever.
Until next time, that is!"
(laughing)
- Yay!
(clapping)
- Yay!
- I'd say they had quite an adventure.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, it sounded like a lot of fun!
- [Liesl and Leah] Yeah.
- Even when the Duke was there.
(Elena Laughs)
- Yeah. What do you think your favorite place was?
- I would say the rainforest.
I love sloths.
- Yeah.
- And the rainforest looked like so much fun
and I wanted to be right there with them.
- Yeah, that would be awesome.
- What do you think Anna and Elsa learned in this story?
- I think they learned
about seeing the differences in this world.
- [Elena] Yeah.
- Like everybody's not the same.
- [Elena] Yeah.
- Cause the different cultures in this world, it's amazing.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. I think Elsa really learned that, you know,
it's okay to be shy sometimes.
- [Liesl] Yeah.
- But when you see a problem
it's also okay to wanna step up and help.
- I love how they learn so many different things
about new, different places.
- [Leah And Elena] Yeah, that's true.
- Thanks for joining us today
in the Frozen Friends Book Club.
- If you want, have a book club of your own!
- Yeah, until next time.
- [Everyone] Bye!