The Snow Queen (14)

The Snow Queen (14)

Then she tied onto the reindeer's back two loaves of bread and a ham, and said, " Away you go to Lapland, and take care of the little girl. "


Away the cvreindeer ran, through the forest, over the moor, north to lapland.

Gerda ate the bread and all the ham, and then they were in Lapland.

The reindeer took her to a wise woman who lived in a little hut, and asked her to help with some magic against the Snow Queen.

But the wise woman informed the reindeer that Gerda was stronger than any magic she could offer,  for she was good and innocent, so rthat human beings and animals would all help her.

All that the reindeer could do now, she said, was to take Gerda to the Snow Queen's garden, as close to her palace as he could go.

Then she lifted Gerda onto the reindeer's back again and away he ran.

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