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Quotes from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
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1 They were the outposts of the Snow Queen.
2 "I am going now to warm lands," said the Snow Queen.
3 What Took Place in the Palace of the Snow Queen, and what Happened Afterward.
4 She fell asleep, and had as pleasant dreams as ever a queen on her wedding-day.
5 Now the queen once travelled through the land, and she had her little daughter with her.
6 Two miles hence the garden of the Snow Queen begins; thither you may carry the little girl.
7 Never a little tea-party of white young lady foxes; vast, cold, and empty were the halls of the Snow Queen.
8 The Snow Queen might come back as soon as she liked; there stood his discharge written in resplendent masses of ice.
9 The Snow Queen kissed Kay once more, and then he forgot little Gerda, grandmother, and all whom he had left at his home.
10 The angels patted her hands and feet; and then she felt the cold less, and went on quickly towards the palace of the Snow Queen.
11 But you must make good use of your legs; and take this little girl for me to the palace of the Snow Queen, where her playfellow is.
12 You have more than a hundred miles to go before you get to Finland; there the Snow Queen has her country-house, and burns blue lights every evening.
13 And up the slope into the old church went all the kings and queens of Denmark, hand in hand, all with their golden crowns; and the organ played and the fountains rustled.
14 So there they both sat, like a king and a queen, under the fragrant tree, that looked exactly like an elder: the old man told his wife the story of "Old Nanny," as it had been told him when a boy.
15 In the middle of this lake sat the Snow Queen when she was at home; and then she said she was sitting in the Mirror of Understanding, and that this was the only one and the best thing in the world.
16 'Tis true little Kay is at the Snow Queen's, and finds everything there quite to his taste; and he thinks it the very best place in the world; but the reason of that is, he has a splinter of glass in his eye, and in his heart.
17 The fact was, he had been just brought out of the fields, and put in a pasteboard house, three stories high, all made of court-cards, with the colored side inwards; and doors and windows cut out of the body of the Queen of Hearts.
18 The roses on the leads hung blooming in at the open window; there stood the little children's chairs, and Kay and Gerda sat down on them, holding each other by the hand; they both had forgotten the cold empty splendor of the Snow Queen, as though it had been a dream.
19 It was so beautiful, that even the blocks of ice danced about for joy; and when they were tired and laid themselves down, they formed exactly the letters which the Snow Queen had told him to find out; so now he was his own master, and he would have the whole world and a pair of new skates into the bargain.
20 On they flew over woods and lakes, over seas, and many lands; and beneath them the chilling storm rushed fast, the wolves howled, the snow crackled; above them flew large screaming crows, but higher up appeared the moon, quite large and bright; and it was on it that Kay gazed during the long long winter's night; while by day he slept at the feet of the Snow Queen.
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