The Snow Queen Page #2

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A silk gown and my finest fur cape.

Come here, child.

You should see this.

What you are about to see is the Legend Of The Looking Glass.

This terrible mirror was created by a wicked magician many years ago,

so wicked, some say, he might have been the Devil himself.

In this mirror, the beautiful appeared ugly,

and the ugly appeared ten times worse than before.

The magician was so pleased with his invention,

he ordered his imps to carry it around the world,

so everyone would know what mankind was really like.

The mirror fell to earth and broke into a million billion pieces.

Then it caused far greater unhappiness,

which pleased the magician even more.

Some of those fragments were made into spectacles.

And those who looked through them saw only bad things.

But how does the story end?

It has never ended.

It never will.

Come along!

Some of those pieces of mirror,

as tiny as grains of sand,

are still floating in the air, blown around the world.

If a fragment should fly into your eye,

you'll see only the worst of everything.

Your heart will become like a lump of ice.

That, my dear, is what I think may have happened to your friend,

a boy with a heart already as cold as ice.

What a gift that would be for your wretched Snow Queen.

But Papa, is there nothing to be done for Gerda?

If your friend has a splinter of that glass in his heart,

the Winter Witch will always have power over him.

But, my child, you have a power far greater than hers.

A commoner with power over royalty?

That's preposterous.

That power comes from your heart, Gerda.

It comes from being a loving and innocent child.

No power vested in me is greater than that.

- I don't understand.

- You will, my dear, you will.

Now you must rest. You still have a long way to go.

I'm pleased to put a royal carriage at your disposal.

My men will see you safely through the forest to the border.

Your Majesty, how can I ever thank you enough?

# So Gerda left

# Resolved and brave

# In a golden carriage her friend to save. #

Be careful. This is a dangerous place.

# Deep in the forest

# Shadows stirred

# With every footstep

# Seen and heard

# The robbers struck

# Greedy for gold

# Sly and cruel

# Hearts were cold

# Old robber wife

# Raised her knife

# Then the robber maiden

# Saved Gerda's life

# She'll play with me

# Spoiled child

# She was lonely

# Dirty and wild

# Then rest In the castle in the darkest blue

# And the prisoner sat on the rock of ancients true

# With a dagger. #

Make it work!

If you let me go.

I said, "Make it work!"

No!

We'll play a game, you and me.

I'll be the princess, you can wear the rags.

But I'm not a princess.

I'm just a girl like you.

Let me go, please.

I must find my friend before it's too late.

What friend?

You have a friend?

His name is Kay. Another...

..thief has taken him.

- He's in great danger.

- Did you play together?

Did you catch rabbits and steal apples and climb trees? Tell me!

Have you never had a friend?

I'll be your friend forever, if you let me go.

If I let you go, I'll never see you again.

You will, I promise. One day, I'll come for you with Kay.

And we'll climb trees and steal apples, just like real friends do.

A promise between friends is never broken.

You!

Get up!

You promise?

Leave that brat!

Bring more wine!

Wait for the fire to die. Take him.

He'll lead you to the northern lights.

What are you doing over there?

Find the old woman's hut. He knows where.

# After the story of bravery

# The robber maiden set Gerda free

# Into the night, they set forth

# To find her palace in the north. #

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman. #

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman

# The Lapland woman and the Finland woman. #

The reindeer brought me here. I need to find Kay.

She took him!

He's in her palace.

I must...

Thank you.

For helping me.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Don't you fuss, my dear.

You know, don't you?

Know what?

How to get there.

And where might that be, my dear?

To the Snow Queen.

Not exactly, no.

I'll carry on, even if you don't show me the way.

I'll get there, no matter what.

Kay is...

He's in trouble.

- I have to...

- Stop, stop!

I can only get you closer.

I don't have the power to go all the way.

You need the help of the Laplander. She will get you in.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sit down, child. Sit down.

And listen carefully.

From here, you must go north and across the Great River.

The whales live here and the river is deadly.

So be very careful.

Then you must pass through the tunnel of sound. Ssh!

If you survive the tunnel, you then have to climb.

If you survive all that, my child,

you will arrive at the Land of the Midnight Sun,

home of the Laplander.

It's so cold, we must be nearly there.

Are we close to the Snow Queen's palace?

You have a great distance to travel.

I have somthing to speed you on your way.

This potion is very powerful.

It will take you to the Snow Queen herself.

You must be very careful.

She can tie all the winds of the world together.

Or create tempests that can destroy whole forests.

Or bring cold

that feels like angels stroking your hands and feet

until you freeze to death.

Drink!

CAWS:

What is it?

We're not alone.

She knows you are near.

These are her guardians. We must defeat them.

# In the palace

# Of the Snow Queen

# Vast empty halls stand cold

# Serene

# All is frozen

# By her splendour

# Great silver lake

# Kay's last surrender. #

My child, you have a power far greater than hers.

That power comes from your heart, Gerda.

- ECHOES:

- Your heart, Gerda.

# The Queen survives

# Due south she flew

# As near to Kay

# Sweet Gerda drew

# Fall her tears

# For this lonely child

# Destroyed... #

Wake up, Kay.

Gerda?

Where have you been all this time?

Where have I been?

What is this place?

How cold it is.

Hurry, Gerda. We must be quick. The palace is about to collapse.

# Death was cheated

# Kay was saved

# The Snow Queen defeated. #

CLOCK CHIMES ONCE

CLOCK TICKS:

Oh, Gerda.

Oh, Kay.

Oh, my precious children.

I thought I'd lost you.

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