Hello, I'm Jonny and today's story is a chilly one. It involves an ice-cold Queen and the
struggle between good and evil. It's a famous fairy tale that you might find familiar.
The story begins a long time ago. There's a wicked goblin who has a magic mirror - but
not one you would want for everything that is good and beautiful reflects back as bad
and ugly. Then one day the mirror breaks and the shattered pieces of glass fall onto a
small village where two friends Kay and Gerda live.
They are young and happy and always stick up for each other even when one of them is
in trouble. They love playing outside but unfortunately that means Kay gets hit by some
of the falling pieces of mirror - one bit sticks in his eye and another bit sticks in
his heart - and from then on Kay becomes horrible and nasty and no longer thinks of Gerda as
his friend. But she can't understand his strange behaviour.
Then one day, Kay is offered a ride on a huge sledge. He is a bit nervous, but the driver
says stick with me and you'll be fine. Foolishly he agrees to ride on the sledge across the
snowy landscape. The driver of the sledge transforms himself into a woman wearing a
white flowing gown and a crown made of ice - she is the Snow Queen - and she takes him
off to a distant land.
Gerda is back in the village waiting for Kay, despite his bad behaviour she still wants
to stick by him. When he doesn't return, she decides to look for him and takes a boat ride down
a long river - hoping it will lead to Kay. Unfortunately, it doesn't. She gets caught
by a robber girl with a reindeer. Gerda pours out her heart with her sad story and the robber
girl takes pity on her and admits that she has seen the Snow Queen heading off to Lapland
with a boy.
Could this boy be Kay? - and if so, how will Gerda find him? Stick with me and find out
in the next part of my story soon. Bye for now.