The deer stopped at a miserable shack. The roof went down to the ground, and the door was so low that people had to crawl through it on all fours.
There was an old Laplander woman at home, frying fish by the light of a fat lamp. The reindeer told the Laplander the whole story of Gerda, but first he told his own - it seemed much more important to him.
Gerda was so numb from the cold that she could not speak.
- Oh, you poor things! - said the Laplander. – You still have a long way to go! You'll have to travel more than a hundred miles until you get to Finland, where The Snow Queen lives in the country and lights blue sparklers every evening. I will write a few words on dried cod - I have no paper - and you will carry a message to the Finnish woman who lives in those places and better
mine will be able to teach you what to do.
When Gerda had warmed up, eaten and drunk, the Laplander wrote a few words on the dried cod, told Gerda to take good care of it, then tied the girl to the back of the deer, and it rushed off again.
Ugh! Ugh! - was heard again from the sky, and it became
Throw out pillars of wonderful blue flame. So the deer ran with Gerda to Finland and knocked on the door chimney Finnish - she didn’t even have doors.
Well, it was hot in her home! The Finnish woman herself, a short, fat woman, walked around half naked. She quickly pulled off Gerda's dress, mittens and boots, otherwise the girl would have been hot, put a piece of ice on the deer's head and then began to read what was written on the dried cod.
She read everything from word to word three times until she had it memorized, and then she put the cod into the cauldron - after all, the fish was good for food, and the Finnish woman did not waste anything.
Here the deer first told his story, and then the story of Gerda. The Finnish woman blinked her intelligent eyes, but did not say a word.
“You are such a wise woman...” said the deer. “Will you make a drink for the girl that would give her the strength of twelve heroes?” Then she would defeat the Snow Queen!
- The strength of twelve heroes! - said the Finnish woman. - But what good is that?
With these words, she took a large leather scroll from the shelf and unfolded it: it was covered with some amazing writing.
The deer again began to ask for Gerda, and Gerda herself looked at the Finn with such pleading eyes, full of tears, that she blinked again, took the deer aside and, changing the ice on his head, whispered:
“Kai is actually with the Snow Queen, but he is quite happy and thinks that he couldn’t be better anywhere.” The reason for everything is the fragments of the mirror that sit in his heart and in his eye. They must be removed, otherwise the Snow Queen will retain her power over him.
“Can’t you give Gerda something that will make her stronger than everyone else?”
“I can’t make her stronger than she is.” Don't you see how great her power is? Don't you see that both people and animals serve her? After all, she walked around half the world barefoot! It is not us who should borrow her strength, her strength is in her heart, in the fact that she is an innocent, sweet child. If she herself cannot penetrate the palace of the Snow Queen and remove the fragment from Kai’s heart, then we will certainly not help her! Two miles from here the Snow Queen's garden begins. Take the girl there, drop her off near a large bush sprinkled with red berries, and without hesitation, come back.
With these words, the Finnish woman put Gerda on the back of the deer, and he began to run as fast as he could.
- Oh, I’m without warm boots! Hey, I'm not wearing gloves! – Gerda shouted, finding herself in the cold.
But the deer did not dare to stop until it reached a bush with red berries. Then he lowered the girl, kissed her on the lips, and large, shiny tears rolled down his cheeks. Then he shot back like an arrow.
The poor girl was left alone in the bitter cold, without shoes, without mittens.
She ran forward as fast as she could. A whole regiment was rushing towards her
snow flakes, but they did not fall from the sky - the sky was completely clear, and the northern lights were blazing in it - no, they ran along the ground straight towards Gerda and became larger and larger.
Gerda remembered the big beautiful flakes under the magnifying glass, but these were much bigger, scarier, and all alive.
These were the advance patrol troops of the Snow Queen.
Some resembled large ugly hedgehogs, others - hundred-headed snakes, others - fat bear cubs with tousled fur. But they all sparkled equally with whiteness, they were all living snow flakes.
However, Gerda boldly walked forward and forward and finally reached the palace of the Snow Queen.
Let's see what happened to Kai at that time. He didn’t even think about Gerda, and least of all about the fact that she was so close to him.
The seventh story. What happened in the halls of the Snow Queen and what happened next
The walls of the palace were blizzards, the windows and doors were violent winds. More than a hundred halls stretched here one after another as the blizzard swept them. All of them were illuminated by the northern lights, and the largest one extended for many, many miles. How cold, how deserted it was in these white, brightly sparkling palaces! Fun never came here. Bear balls with dancing to the music of the storm have never been held here, at which they could distinguish themselves with grace and ability to walk. hind legs White bears; Card games with quarrels and fights were never drawn up, and the little white fox gossips never met to talk over a cup of coffee.
Cold, deserted, grandiose! The northern lights flashed and burned so correctly that it was possible to accurately calculate at what minute the light would intensify and at what moment it would darken. In the middle of the largest deserted snowy hall there was a frozen lake. The ice cracked on him into thousands of pieces, so identical and regular that it seemed like some kind of trick. The Snow Queen sat in the middle of the lake when she was at home, saying that she sat on the mirror of the mind; in her opinion, it was the only and best mirror in the world.
Kai turned completely blue, almost blackened from the cold, but did not notice it - the kisses of the Snow Queen made him insensitive to the cold, and his very heart was like a piece of ice. Kai tinkered with the flat, pointed ice floes, arranging them in all sorts of ways. There is such a game of folding figures from wooden planks, which is called Chinese puzzle. So Kai also put together various intricate figures, only from ice floes, and this was called an ice mind game. In his eyes, these figures were a miracle of art, and folding them was an activity of paramount importance. This happened because there was a piece of a magic mirror in his eye. He also put together figures from which whole words were obtained, but he could not put together what he especially wanted - the word “eternity”. The Snow Queen told him: “If you put this word together, you will be your own master, and I will give you the whole world and a pair of new skates.” But he couldn't put it together.
“Now I’ll fly to warmer lands,” said the Snow Queen. – I’ll look into the black cauldrons.
This is what she called the craters of the fire-breathing mountains - Etna and Vesuvius.
– I’ll whiten them a little. It's good for lemons and grapes.
She flew away, and Kai was left alone in the vast deserted hall, looking at the ice floes and thinking and thinking, so that his head was cracking. He sat in place, so pale, motionless, as if uninhabited. You would have thought that he was completely frozen.
At that time, Gerda entered the huge gate, which was filled with violent winds. And before her the winds subsided, as if they had fallen asleep. She entered a huge deserted ice hall and saw Kai. She immediately recognized him, threw herself on his neck, hugged him tightly and exclaimed:
- Kai, my dear Kai! Finally I found you!
But he sat still as motionless and cold. And then Gerda began to cry; Her hot tears fell on his chest, penetrated his heart, melted the icy crust, melted the shard. Kai looked at Gerda and suddenly burst into tears and cried so hard that the splinter flowed out of his eye along with the tears. Then he recognized Gerda and was delighted:
- Gerda! Dear Gerda!.. Where have you been for so long? Where was I myself? - And he looked around. – How cold and deserted it is here!
And he pressed himself tightly to Gerda. And she laughed and cried with joy. And it was so wonderful that even the ice floes began to dance, and when they were tired, they lay down and composed the very word that the Snow Queen asked Kaya to compose. By folding it, he could become his own master and even receive from her the gift of the whole world and a pair of new skates.
Gerda kissed Kai on both cheeks, and they again began to glow like roses; she kissed his eyes and they sparkled; She kissed his hands and feet, and he again became vigorous and healthy.
The Snow Queen could return at any time - his vacation note was lying here, written in shiny icy letters.
Kai and Gerda walked out of the icy palaces hand in hand. They walked and talked about their grandmother, about the roses that bloomed in their garden, and in front of them the violent winds died down and the sun peeked through. And when they reached a bush with red berries, a reindeer was already waiting for them.
Kai and Gerda went first to the Finnish woman, warmed up with her and found out the way home, and then to the Lappish woman. She sewed them a new dress, repaired her sleigh and went to see them off.
The deer also accompanied the young travelers right up to the very border of Lapland, where the first greenery was already breaking through. Then Kai and Gerda said goodbye to him and the Laplander.
Here in front of them is the forest. The first birds began to sing, the trees were covered with green buds. A young girl in a bright red cap with pistols in her belt rode out of the forest to meet the travelers on a magnificent horse.
Gerda immediately recognized both the horse - it had once been harnessed to a golden carriage - and the girl. It was a little robber.
She also recognized Gerda. What a joy!
- Look, you tramp! - she said to Kai. “I would like to know if you are worth having people run after you to the ends of the earth?”
But Gerda patted her on the cheek and asked about the prince and princess.
“They left for foreign lands,” answered the young robber.
- And the raven? – asked Gerda.
– The forest raven died; The tame crow was left a widow, walks around with black fur on her leg and complains about her fate. But all this is nonsense, but tell me better what happened to you and how you found him.
Gerda and Kai told her everything.
- Well, that’s the end of the fairy tale! - said the young robber, shook their hands and promised to visit them if she ever came to their city.
Then she went her way, and Kai and Gerda went theirs.
They walked, and on their way spring flowers bloomed and the grass turned green. Then the bells rang, and they recognized the bell towers of their hometown. They climbed the familiar stairs and entered a room where everything was as before: the clock said “tick-tock”, the hands moved along the dial. But, passing through the low door, they noticed that they had become quite adults. Blooming rose bushes peered from the roof through the open window; their children's chairs stood right there. Kai and Gorda each sat down on their own, took each other's hands, and the cold, deserted splendor of the Snow Queen's palace was forgotten like a heavy dream.
So they sat side by side, both already adults, but children at heart and soul, and it was summer outside, a warm, blessed summer.
Story six
Lapland and Finnish.
There was an old Laplander woman at home, frying fish by the light of a fat lamp. The reindeer told the Laplander the whole story of Gerda, but first he told his own - it seemed much more important to him.
Gerda was so numb from the cold that she could not speak.- Oh, you poor things! - said the Laplander. - You still have a long way to go! You'll have to travel more than a hundred miles until you get to Finland, where the Snow Queen lives in her country house and lights blue sparklers every evening.
Well, it was hot in her home! The Finnish woman herself, a short, fat woman, walked around half naked. She quickly pulled off Gerda's dress, mittens and boots, otherwise the girl would have been hot, put a piece of ice on the deer's head and then began to read what was written on the dried cod.
She read everything from word to word three times until she had it memorized, and then she put the cod into the cauldron - after all, the fish was good for food, and the Finnish woman did not waste anything.
Here the deer first told his story, and then the story of Gerda. The Finnish woman blinked her intelligent eyes, but did not say a word.
“You are such a wise woman...” said the deer. “Will you make a drink for the girl that would give her the strength of twelve heroes?” Then she would have defeated the Snow Queen!
- The strength of twelve heroes! - said the Finnish woman. - But what good is that?
With these words, she took a large leather scroll from the shelf and unfolded it: it was covered with some amazing writing.
The deer again began to ask for Gerda, and Gerda herself looked at the Finn with such pleading eyes, full of tears, that she blinked again, took the deer aside and, changing the ice on his head, whispered:
“Kai is actually with the Snow Queen, but he is quite happy and thinks that he couldn’t be better anywhere.” The reason for everything is the fragments of the mirror that sit in his heart and in his eye. They must be removed, otherwise the Snow Queen will retain her power over him.
“Can’t you give Gerda something that will make her stronger than everyone else?”
But the deer did not dare to stop until it reached a bush with red berries. Then he lowered the girl, kissed her on the lips, and large shiny tears rolled down his cheeks. Then he shot back like an arrow.
The poor girl was left alone in the bitter cold, without shoes, without mittens.
Gerda remembered the big beautiful flakes under the magnifying glass, but these were much bigger, scarier, and all alive.
These were the advance patrol troops of the Snow Queen.
Some resembled large ugly hedgehogs, others - hundred-headed snakes, others - fat bear cubs with tousled fur. But they all sparkled equally with whiteness, they were all living snow flakes.
However, Gerda boldly walked forward and forward and finally reached the palace of the Snow Queen.
Let's see what happened to Kai at that time. He didn’t even think about Gerda, and least of all about the fact that she was so close to him.
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Story six
Lapland and Finnish
The deer stopped at a miserable hut; the roof went down to the ground, and the door was so low that people had to crawl through it on all fours. There was an old Laplander woman at home, frying fish by the light of a fat lamp. The reindeer told the Laplander the whole story of Gerda, but first he told his own - it seemed much more important to him. Gerda was so numb from the cold that she could not speak.
- Oh, you poor things! - said the Laplander. – You still have a long way to go! You'll have to walk more than a hundred miles until you get to Finnmark, where the Snow Queen lives in her country house and lights blue sparklers every evening. I will write a few words on dried cod - I don’t have paper - and you will take it to the Finnish woman who lives in those places and will be able to teach you better than me what to do.
When Gerda had warmed up, eaten and drunk, the Laplander wrote a few words on the dried cod, told Gerda to take good care of it, then tied the girl to the back of the deer, and it rushed off again. The sky exploded again and threw out pillars of wonderful blue flame. So the deer and Gerda ran to Finnmark and knocked on the Finnish woman’s chimney - she didn’t even have a door.
Well, it was hot in her home! The Finnish woman herself, a short, dirty woman, walked around half naked. She quickly pulled off Gerda's entire dress, mittens and boots - otherwise the girl would have been too hot - put a piece of ice on the deer's head and then began to read what was written on the dried cod. She read everything from word to word three times until she had it memorized, and then she put the cod into the cauldron - after all, the fish was good for food, and the Finnish woman did not waste anything.
Here the deer first told his story, and then the story of Gerda. The Finnish girl blinked her smart eyes, but didn’t say a word.
– You are such a wise woman! - said the deer. “I know that you can tie all four winds with one thread; when the skipper unties one knot, a fair wind blows, unties another, the weather gets worse, and unties the third and fourth, such a storm arises that it breaks the trees into splinters. Would you make a drink for the girl that would give her the strength of twelve heroes? Then she would defeat the Snow Queen!
- The strength of twelve heroes! - said the Finnish woman. - Yes, there is a lot of sense in this!
With these words, she took a large leather scroll from the shelf and unfolded it: there were some amazing writings on it; The Finnish woman began to read them and read them until she broke out in a sweat.
The deer again began to ask for Gerda, and Gerda herself looked at the Finn with such pleading eyes, full of tears, that she blinked again, took the deer aside and, changing the ice on his head, whispered:
“Kai is actually with the Snow Queen, but he is quite happy and thinks that he couldn’t be better anywhere.” The reason for everything is the fragments of the mirror that sit in his heart and in his eye. They must be removed, otherwise he will never be human and the Snow Queen will retain her power over him.
– But won’t you help Gerda somehow destroy this power?
“I can’t make her stronger than she is.” Don't you see how great her power is? Don't you see that both people and animals serve her? After all, she walked around half the world barefoot! It’s not up to us to borrow her power! The strength is in her sweet, innocent childish heart. If she herself cannot penetrate the palace of the Snow Queen and remove the fragments from Kai’s heart, then we will certainly not help her! Two miles from here the Snow Queen's garden begins. Take the girl there, drop her off near a large bush covered with red berries, and come back without hesitation!
With these words, the Finnish woman lifted Gerda onto the back of the deer, and he began to run as fast as he could.
- Oh, I’m without warm boots! Hey, I'm not wearing gloves! – Gerda shouted, finding herself in the cold.
But the deer did not dare to stop until it reached a bush with red berries; Then he lowered the girl, kissed her right on the lips, and large shiny tears rolled from his eyes. Then he shot back like an arrow. The poor girl was left alone, in the bitter cold, without shoes, without mittens.
She ran forward as fast as she could; a whole regiment of snow flakes was rushing towards her, but they did not fall from the sky - the sky was completely clear, and the northern lights were glowing on it - no, they ran along the ground straight towards Gerda and, as they approached, they became larger and larger. Gerda remembered the large beautiful flakes under the burning glass, but these were much larger, more terrible, of the most amazing types and shapes, and all of them were alive. These were the vanguard of the Snow Queen's army. Some resembled large ugly hedgehogs, others - hundred-headed snakes, others - fat bear cubs with tousled fur. But they all sparkled equally with whiteness, they were all living snow flakes.
Gerda began to read the “Our Father”; it was so cold that the girl’s breath immediately turned into a thick fog. This fog thickened and thickened, but small, bright angels began to stand out from it, who, having stepped on the ground, grew into large, formidable angels with helmets on their heads and spears and shields in their hands. Their number kept growing, and when Gerda finished her prayer, a whole legion had already formed around her. The angels took the snow monsters onto their spears, and they crumbled into thousands of snowflakes. Gerda could now boldly move forward; the angels stroked her arms and legs, and she no longer felt so cold. Finally, the girl reached the palace of the Snow Queen.
Let's see what Kai was doing at this time. He didn’t even think about Gerda, and least of all about the fact that she was standing in front of the castle.
downloadHans Christian Andersen's magical audio fairy tale "The Snow Queen", Story Six "The Laplander and the Finnish Woman". “The deer stopped at a miserable shack. The roof went down to the ground, and the door was so low that people had to crawl through it on all fours... When Gerda warmed up, ate and drank, the Laplander wrote a few words on dried cod for her Finnish friend. .." Accompanied by the northern lights, "the deer and Gerda rushed to Finland and knocked on the Finnish woman's chimney - she didn't even have a door..." The Finnish woman read the message and put the cod into the cauldron to boil. Then she took a large leather scroll from the shelf and unfolded it: it was covered with some amazing writing. From the scroll, the Finnish woman learned that Kai is indeed with the Snow Queen and he is very happy there. The reason for this was the fragments of the mirror that sit in his heart and eye. They must be removed, otherwise the Snow Queen will retain power over Kai. The Finn added that Gerda’s strength is in her heart, in the fact that she is an innocent child...” After two miles, the Snow Queen’s garden began, the deer took Gerda to the border of the garden, then Gerda walked alone forward and forward.
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The deer stopped at a miserable shack. The roof went down to the ground, and the door was so low that people had to crawl through it on all fours. There was an old Laplander woman at home, frying fish by the light of a fat lamp. The reindeer told the Laplander the whole story of Gerda, but first he told his own - it seemed much more important to him. Gerda was so numb from the cold that she could not speak.
- Oh, you poor things! - said the Laplander. – You still have a long way to go! You'll have to travel more than a hundred miles until you get to Finland, where the Snow Queen lives in her country house and lights blue sparklers every evening. I will write a few words on dried cod - I don’t have paper - and you will take a message to the Finnish woman who lives in those places and will be able to teach you better than me what to do.
When Gerda had warmed up, eaten and drunk, the Laplander wrote a few words on the dried cod, told Gerda to take good care of it, then tied the girl to the back of the deer, and it rushed off again.
Ugh! Ugh! - it was heard again from the sky, and it began to throw out columns of wonderful blue flame. So the deer and Gerda ran to Finland and knocked on the Finnish woman’s chimney - she didn’t even have a door.
Well, it was hot in her home! The Finnish woman herself, a short, fat woman, walked around half naked. She quickly pulled off Gerda's dress, mittens and boots, otherwise the girl would have been hot, put a piece of ice on the deer's head and then began to read what was written on the dried cod.
She read everything from word to word three times until she had it memorized, and then she put the cod in the cauldron - after all, the fish was good for food, and the Finnish woman did not waste anything.
Here the deer first told his story, and then the story of Gerda. The Finnish woman blinked her intelligent eyes, but did not say a word.
“You are such a wise woman...” said the deer. “Will you make a drink for the girl that would give her the strength of twelve heroes?” Then she would defeat the Snow Queen!
- The strength of twelve heroes! - said the Finnish woman. - But what good is that?
With these words, she took a large leather scroll from the shelf and unfolded it: it was covered with some amazing writing.
The deer again began to ask for Gerda, and Gerda herself looked at the Finn with such pleading eyes, full of tears, that she blinked again, took the deer aside and, changing the ice on his head, whispered:
“Kai is actually with the Snow Queen, but he is quite happy and thinks that he couldn’t be better anywhere.” The reason for everything is the fragments of the mirror that sit in his heart and in his eye. They must be removed, otherwise the Snow Queen will retain her power over him.
“Can’t you give Gerda something that will make her stronger than everyone else?”
“I can’t make her stronger than she is.” Don't you see how great her power is? Don't you see that both people and animals serve her? After all, she walked around half the world barefoot! It’s not us who should take her strength, her strength is in her heart, in the fact that she is an innocent, sweet child. If she herself cannot penetrate the palace of the Snow Queen and remove the fragment from Kai’s heart, then we will certainly not help her! Two miles from here the Snow Queen's garden begins. Take the girl there, drop her off near a large bush sprinkled with red berries, and without hesitation, come back.
With these words, the Finnish woman put Gerda on the back of the deer, and he began to run as fast as he could.
- Hey, I’m without warm boots! Hey, I'm not wearing gloves! – Gerda shouted, finding herself in the cold.
But the deer did not dare to stop until it reached a bush with red berries. Then he lowered the girl, kissed her on the lips, and large, shiny tears rolled down his cheeks. Then he shot back like an arrow.
The poor girl was left alone in the bitter cold, without shoes, without mittens.
She ran forward as fast as she could. A whole regiment of snow flakes was rushing towards her, but they did not fall from the sky - the sky was completely clear, and the northern lights were blazing in it - no, they ran along the ground straight towards Gerda and became larger and larger.
Gerda remembered the big beautiful flakes under the magnifying glass, but these were much bigger, scarier, and all alive.
These were the advance patrol troops of the Snow Queen.
Some resembled large ugly hedgehogs, others - hundred-headed snakes, others - fat bear cubs with tousled fur. But they all sparkled equally with whiteness, they were all living snow flakes.
However, Gerda boldly walked forward and forward and finally reached the palace of the Snow Queen.
Let's see what happened to Kai at that time. He didn’t even think about Gerda, and least of all about the fact that she was so close to him.
