The Snow Queen Page #4

When we set out to loot,

No dogs we take along.

As for sniffing hefty boot

We can never go wrong.

Pieces of gold, pieces of gold,

Shiny, weighty, bold!

Hey you, traveler, save your breath!

It's a matter of life and death.

Oh please, dear bandits,

please don't!

Take the carriage to our hideout.

Let's go! Follow me!

Hey you, stranger!

You kept your part of the bargain.

Here's the little girl.

Dear bandits, please let me go!

I'll go away quiet as a mouse.

You won't even notice.

Unless I find Kay, he'll die.

And he's such a good boy.

You can pull my ears

if you're that nasty.

Just let me go then.

Isn't there anyone here

who'll come to my help?

No!

Who's that girl, a child here?

Hello there, deary!

Hello there, ma!

You make a good catch today?

Great! And you?

Not too bad.

We captured a gold carriage,

plus four horses

and a girl.

A real girl! She's mine.

I protest!

Who's that old geezer?

Mama, shoot him!

Don't be scared

because I'll be your protector

unless you make me mad.

You're going back on the agreement

that we made.

If my daughter wants the girl

for herself,

there's nothing I can do

about it.

I don't refuse my daughter anything,

because that way she'll make

a real thief.

I'm sick of all these bandits.

They work at night,

but they sleep all day.

Whenever I want someone to play

with, they're all snoring.

Tell me where you came from.

Unharness the horses!

Bring the axes!

Chop up that carriage!

Let's start sharing the loot!

Wait.

I'll pay you more if you come

with me.

Your hands are so icy!

I've been in the ice business

all of my life.

My normal temperature is

below zero.

I want you to kill

the captured girl.

What'll you pay for it?

- I'll be generous.

- Fifty pieces of gold.

- That's too much.

- It's my price!

Give me the money,

or I'll say goodbye now.

Wait a minute... Here.

Only get it done as fast as you can.

I'll do it tonight

when the others go out

on a big raid.

I like your story.

Even if we do have a fight,

I'll kill you myself.

Come up, follow me.

Come on!

Home at last!

Give me your cape, your bonnet,

your muff, and gloves too.

I want them for me.

Because friends ought to share.

Do you care about these things?

I'm afraid that I'll be cold

when I'm in the North.

You're not about to go anywhere!

Let me show you my treasures.

That's gold.

I'll give you all you want.

These are precious stones,

but you may take a few.

These are pistols.

You can shoot whoever you want.

I have a reindeer, my most

favorite pet of any.

Could I see him?

He's hiding, frightened to death.

Every night I come here

to tickle him with my knife.

He makes me laugh

because he shakes so much.

- Don't do that!

- Why not? It's fun!

- May I speak to him?

- Go ahead.

Do you know where the Snow Queen

lives?

Have you ever seen

the Snow Queen herself?

And tell me, please, have you seen

a little boy with the Queen

by any chance?

And was he named Kay?

Yes, he was Kay.

That's the name that the Snow

Queen called him.

He was white and very cold.

Let me go away, robber girl!

White with cold... He needs

someone to keep him warm,

to give him hot tea and toast.

That boy should be whipped

for making us worry.

Maybe he's a block of ice

by now, frozen solid.

You've got to let me go after Kay,

dear girl.

Let her go!

Quiet, that's enough!

Go to bed!

Stop looking so pitiful,

or I'll kill you on the spot.

It's late, our band has already

left for work. To bed!

- Let her go!

- Shut up!

I'm going to tie you

with the bandits' secret knot.

The rope is long, so it won't

keep you from sleeping.

Sleep, my lovely friend,

or I'll slit your throat open.

Good night!

Little girl! Little girl,

let us escape from here!

I'm tied up.

With my hooves

I cannot untie knots,

but you have fingers.

I'll try, I'll do my best.

- Quiet!

- Who are you?

It's you?

I put on this disguise

and followed the counselor.

He went straight to the bandits'

hideout, but I beat him there

and was made a bandit

right away

since the chief was impressed

by my ferocious looks.

Come on, let's be off.

Who's that with you?

It's my friend, the storyteller.

He's come to save me.

You wanted to escape from me,

didn't you?

I was going to leave you a note.

I must find Kay.

He will die if I don't.

Then give me a goodbye kiss

before you go.

Here's my coat.

No, I guess I'll keep your muff

and mittens.

I like them ever so much.

Get on his back.

Now go!

Thank you, robber girl.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Don't you bother with saying thanks,

you're staying here.

I want you to tell me stories

until Gerda comes back.

Quiet!

Go on, fly, reindeer,

before I changed my mind.

Goodbye!

You there, what are you so sad about?

Tell me a story and make sure

it's funny,

or I'll shoot you.

Go on, hurry up, one, two... three!

Once, long ago...

a snowman was built

in a yard facing

a kitchen window.

And that poor fellow

looked at the fire and cried

with bitter tears because

warmth was what he wanted.

Once he said:

"Poor little Gerda!

Where she's now there's snow

everywhere she looks,

wind, too, it never stops howling.

It's cold... and sinister."

Gerda is such a little girl!

She must brave the snows, the storms,

the terrible ice all alone.

Don't cry about it.

No, don't cry.

Perhaps she will be able to win.

She's covered hundreds of miles.

She's been helped by people,

by animals, and the crows too.

She may be little, but she's strong.

Because she wants so much

to help little Kay.

Kay! Come here, dear.

I want to stop the spring

from coming.

So I must be off for the warm

countries.

I hope you won't be too sad

without me.

No. I no longer know eitherjoy

or sadness.

That's to the good. It's good

when one has no feelings,

of love or of anguish,

no feelings at all,

but only serenity.

You must promise to carry out

what I ordered.

Here is where the country

of the Snow Queen begins.

Further I dare not go.

Bless you, my dear friend

reindeer!

Goodbye now.

Her Majesty is not in.

But I came to see Kay.

Oh, Mister Kay is busy.

Let me by! Go on!

I'm not afraid of you!

Kay! Where are you?

Answer me!

Kay! Is it you?

I've found you at last!

Quiet down, you bother me.

Kay, my dear, it's your Gerda.

- I can see who it is.

- Have you forgotten me?

I never forget anything.

Are you trying to scare me

on purpose?

Are you teasing me? Or not?

You seem so changed.

I'm afraid of approaching you.

- Stop bothering me.

- What are you doing there?

I have to spell out something

with these ice cubes.

The word "eternity".

- Why?

- The Queen ordered me to do it.

If I can spell the word correctly,

she'll give me the whole world,

and a pair of new skates

besides that.

Kay, why are you acting

so foolishly?

Please come back and play

like we used to do.

I've seen many wonderful places,

and you sit right here...

Poor, foolish Kay!

No, I'm being reasonable.

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