In the big city there lived two poor children. “They were not a brother and sister, but they loved each other like a brother and sister.” They went to visit each other, played together and loved to sit on a bench under the bushes of roses. One day, when the children were examining a picture book, the boy Kai cried out: “I felt pierced in my heart, and something fell into my eye.” These were the fragments of a diabolical mirror. The evil troll made it for fun. In him everything good and beautiful was decreasing, and everything bad and ugly stood out. A splinter of such a mirror made Kai’s heart cold, like a piece of ice. He began to offend Gerd and his old grandmother, broke off their favorite roses. In winter, Kai disappeared, fascinated by the Snow Queen. Gerda did not know what had happened to her named brother. She loved Kai with all her heart and therefore did not believe in his death. In the spring Gerda went to look for him. Long and difficult was
her way. But the kind and brave girl was helped by people and birds and animals. Gerda visited the old sorceress, where the sun shone forever and flowers blossomed. She made her way to the palace of the prince and the princess, she was in the hands of the robbers who could kill her. But the Little Robber helped her, and Gerda on the Reindeer reached Lapland. Lapland and the Finn took pity on Gerda. They told her about the Snow Queen and the fragments in Kai’s heart. When the reindeer asked the Finn to give Gerda the strength of the twelve bogatyrs, the old Finn said: “Stronger than she is, I can not do it… After all, she barefooted around half the world… Her strength in her heart, in that she is innocent child”. where the sun shone forever and flowers blossomed. She made her way to the palace of the prince and the princess, she was in the hands of the robbers who could kill her. But the Little Robber helped her, and Gerda on the Reindeer reached Lapland. Lapland and the Finn took pity on Gerda. They told her about the Snow Queen and the fragments in Kai’s heart. When the reindeer asked
the Finn to give Gerda the strength of the twelve bogatyrs, the old Finn said: “Stronger than she is, I can not do it… After all, she barefooted around half the world… Her strength in her heart, in that she is innocent child”. where the sun shone forever and flowers blossomed. She made her way to the palace of the prince and the princess, she was in the hands of the robbers who could kill her. But the Little Robber helped her, and Gerda on the Reindeer reached Lapland. Lapland and the Finn took pity on Gerda. They told her about the Snow Queen and the fragments in Kai’s heart. When the reindeer asked the Finn to give Gerda the strength of the twelve bogatyrs, the old Finn said: “Stronger than she is, I can not do it… After all, she barefooted around half the world… Her strength in her heart, in that she is innocent child”.
Gerda found Kai and with her tears melted the splinter in his heart. And they went home hand in hand.
