This is a rewritten version of The Snow Queen based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale rewrite by Ken Setterington - for original audience grade two ELL students

1. Once
upon
a
time,
there
was
an
evil
magician.
He
made
a
magical
mirror
that
made
everything
good
and
beautiful
look
bad
and
ugly.
If
a
kind
person
looked
into
the
mirror,
than
the
reflection
was
hideous.
If
a
person
had
a
kind
thought,
then
an
ugly
smile
would
appear.
The
mirror
would
laugh
meanly
at
nice
people,
and
the
magician
would
laugh
because
he
thought
he
was
so
smart.
“This
mirror
is
so
much
fun,”
he
would
say.
But
then
one
day,
the
mirror
broke
into
a
million
pieces.
Those
pieces
caused
more
unhappiness,
as
they
were
spread
around
the
world
by
the
wind.
When
a
piece
got
into
someone’s
eye,
it
made
him
see
the
world
as
bad.
If
a
piece
of
the
mirror
went
into
someone’s
heart,
their
heart
became
like
ice.
There
once
lived
a
little
boy
and
a
girl,
who
grew
up
to
be
good
friends.
They
played
in
the
rose
garden
all
the
time.
The
little
boy
was
called
Kay
and
the
girl’s
name
was
Gerda.
Kay
lived
with
his
grandmother.
One
day
the
snow
was
coming
down
hard,
and
Kay
asked
“Is
there
a
queen
of
the
snow?”
His
grandmother
said
“Oh
yes,
The
Snow
Queen.
On
winter
nights
she
flies
through
the
streets
and
looks
through
the
windows.”
“Could
The
Snow
Queen
come
in
here?”
asked
Gerda.
“Let
her
try,”
said
the
boy,
Kay.
“I
will
push
her
into
the
stove,
and
she
will
melt
because
she
is
made
of
snow.”
That
night
when
Kay
was
getting
ready
for
bed,
he
looked
out
the
window.
He
saw
a
snowflake
that
was
small
at
first,
and
then
it
gradually
got
bigger
until
it
was
the
size
of
a
woman.
She
was
made
of
ice
and
had
bright
eyes.
Kay
was
frightened
and
jumped
back
from
the
window.
The
next
day
there
was
more
snow,
and
then
spring
came.
The
birds
came
back
and
the
windows
were
open
again.
When
it
was
summer,
Kay
and
Gerda
sat
reading
a
book.
Then
Kay
cried
out,
“ouch,
something
has
hurt
my
heart.”
Then
he
said
“ouch,
something
has
hurt
my
eye.”
Gerda
looked
into
his
eyes,
but
didn’t
see
anything.
“I
think
it’s
gone”
Kay
said,
but
it
was
not.
It
was
a
piece
from
the
mirror.
The
pain
was
gone,
but
the
piece
of
the
mirror
remained.
It
made
everything
good
look
bad.
Kay
also
had
a
piece
in
his
heart,
and
his
heart
grew
cold
and
would
soon
become
like
a
piece
of
ice.
From
then
on,
when
he
saw
flowers
he
said
they
were
ugly.
Whenever
his
grandma
tried
to
tell
him
lovely
stories,
he
would
argue
with
her.
Whenever
anyone
came
to
the
house
he
would
make
fun
of
his
grandma.
Because
of
the
pieces
of
the
mirror
in
his
eye,
he
hurt
everyone,
including
his
best
friend
Gerda.
He
stopped
playing
with
Gerda.
Stopped
thinking
the
flowers
were
pretty
and
started
thinking
that
snow
was
more
beautiful
than
flowers
ever
could
be.

2. One
day
he
shouted
to
Gerda
that
he
was
going
to
play
in
the
snow
on
his
sled
and
Gerda
could
not
come.
It
was
there
that
a
woman
on
a
big
white
sleigh
came
and
kidnapped
him,
taking
him
away
to
a
big
ice
castle.
When
they
stopped,
she
invited
him
to
get
under
her
blanket,
and
touched
his
forehead.
“You
feel
cold”
he
said.
He
thought
he
would
die,
but
he
was
only
cold
for
a
minute,
and
then
he
felt
warm.
He
forgot
about
Gerda,
his
grandmother
and
home.
Kay
looked
at
the
Snow
Queen.
She
was
so
beautiful
and
perfect.
He
was
no
longer
afraid.
The
Snow
Queen
smiled
at
him,
and
Kay
fell
asleep
under
his
warm
blanket
beside
the
Snow
Queen.
Gerda
didn’t
know
where
Kay
was.
Where
did
he
go?
No
one
knew.
But
some
of
the
boys
Kay
was
sledding
with
when
he
was
kidnapped,
said
they
saw
a
white
woman
on
a
white
sleigh.
Others
said
that
he
may
have
drowned
in
the
river
because
the
water
was
so
cold
and
Kay
could
not
swim.
Gerda
cried.
It
was
a
long,
cold
winter.
Finally
spring
came.
Gerda
said
“Kay
is
dead
and
gone”
“We
don’t
believe
that”
said
the
sun.
“Neither
do
we”
said
the
birds.
Gerda
wondered
what
she
could
do
or
who
she
could
ask.
She
decided
to
put
on
her
shoes
and
go
to
the
river
to
ask
about
her
friend,
Kay.
“Is
it
true
you
have
taken
my
friend?”
she
asked
the
river.
“I
will
give
you
my
beautiful
shoes
if
you
give
him
back
to
me.”
She
threw
her
shoes
in
the
river,
but
the
river
would
not
take
them.
Then
she
got
into
a
boat,
and
it
started
to
float
away.
Gerda
was
scared
as
the
boat
went
faster
and
faster
down
the
river,
but
she
was
wondering
if
the
river
was
taking
her
to
Kay.
She
watched
the
beautiful
landscape.
She
saw
a
house,
and
an
old
woman
pulled
the
boat
ashore
with
her
stick.
“Poor
child.
What
a
long
way
the
river
has
carried
you.”
Said
the
old
woman.
“Tell
me
who
you
are
and
how
you
got
here.”
Gerda
told
her
everything,
and
asked
her
if
she
had
seen
little
Kay.
The
old
woman
said
“no”
but
that
he
would
come
soon,
and
in
the
meantime
Gerda
should
eat
some
cherries
and
come
into
her
house.
The
old
woman
combed
her
hair,
“Oh,
I
have
wanted
a
little
girl
like
you
for
a
long
time.
What
good
friends
we
shall
be.”
Gerda
thought
less
and
less
about
Kay
while
her
hair
was
being
combed.
The
old
woman
was
a
witch,
but
she
wasn’t
a
bad
witch.
She
just
wanted
to
keep
Gerda.
She
took
Gerda
out
into
the
garden
where
she
played.
Gerda
thought
there
was
something
missing,
but
could
not
sense
what
it
was.
One
day
she
saw
the
old
woman’s
hat
had
a
rose
on
it,
and
she
remembered
Kay.
She
cried.
“I
have
stayed
here
for
too
long”
she
cried.
“I
left
home
to
search
for
Kay.
Do
you
know
where
he
is?
Is
he
dead?”
The
old
woman
used
her
magic
powers.
“He
is
not
dead”
she
said.
“Oh
thank
you!”
She
said.

3. The
old
woman
was
sad
to
see
Gerda
go,
but
knew
she
missed
her
best
friend.
“I
need
to
go
find
Kay”
said
Gerda.
It
was
winter
now,
and
Gerda
needed
to
stop
and
rest.
While
she
was
resting
a
bird
came
down
from
the
sky.
“Caw,
Caw,
good
day,
good
day.”
Gerda
told
the
bird
her
story
and
asked
if
he
had
seen
Kay.
The
raven
sad
“I
may
have,
it
is
possible.”
“Oh,
he
is
alive!”
said
Gerda.
She
hugged
the
bird
tight.
“Gently,
gently.”
Said
the
Raven.
“I
have
seen
Kay,
but
I
think
he
has
forgotten
you
because
of
a
princess.”
“A
princess?
Does
he
live
with
a
princess?”
The
bird
told
her
everything.
“I
remember
a
boy,
he
was
wearing
boots
and
he
thought
the
princess
was
so
beautiful.
He
went
to
her
castle
to
try
and
live
there.
I
think
he
lives
there
now.”
“Can
you
take
me
to
him?”
she
asked.
“I’ll
see
what
I
can
do.”
And
so
the
bird
flew
off,
and
then
came
back
later
that
day.
Gerda
snuck
into
the
palace.
She
saw
a
boy
sleeping
on
a
bed,
but
then
when
she
saw
the
boy’s
face
she
said
“oh,
I’m
so
sad,
that
is
not
my
friend.”
Just
then
the
princess,
woke
up.
At
first
she
was
afraid
because
there
was
a
stranger
in
her
castle.
But
Gerda
explained
“I’m
sorry.
My
friend
has
been
taken
and
I
have
been
trying
to
find
him
for
more
than
one
year.
I
am
tired
and
hungry
and
I
have
no
shoes”
“Please
sleep
here,”
said
the
princess.
“Tomorrow
you
can
go,
and
I
will
give
you
things
that
might
help
you.”
So
Gerda
left
on
the
next
day
with
new
clothes
and
a
carriage
with
a
horse.
But
soon
after
she
left,
a
robber
family
saw
her.
They
stopped
to
carriage,
and
stole
some
of
her
pretty
new
clothes.
“I
like
this
scarf,”
said
one
of
the
robbers.
“I
think
it
will
keep
it,
but
I
also
like
you
so
come
with
me
and
you
will
live
with
me.”
Gerda
came
because
she
was
scared.
When
she
got
to
the
robber’s
house,
the
girl
said,
“don’t
you
dare
run
away,
or
else
I
will
have
one
of
my
dogs
hurt
you
badly.”
When
the
girl
left
the
room,
Gerda
started
talking
with
a
pigeon.
The
pigeon
said,
“I
have
seen
your
friend
Kay,
he
was
riding
north
on
a
sleigh.”

4. “But
how
do
I
get
there?”
asked
Gerda.
“I
would
ask
the
reindeer.
He
knows
about
the
north.”
She
walked
over
to
the
reindeer.
“Reindeer,
do
you
know
what
is
north
of
here?”
“Yes,
it
is
Lapland.
I
grew
up
there!
Lapland
is
beautiful!”
“Could
you
take
me
there?
Would
you
let
me
ride
you?”
“Well
my
master
would
have
to
let
me
go.”
The
robber
came
back
in,
and
Gerda
explained,
“I
have
to
get
to
my
friend
Kay.
He
was
taken
away
and
is
now
up
north.
He
is
my
best
friend
and
I’m
worried
that
he
might
be
in
danger!”
“Ok”
she
said.
“I
can
see
that
you
like
your
friend
a
lot,
I
will
let
you
go
and
you
can
even
use
my
reindeer,
but
you
have
to
let
me
keep
your
hat
and
scarf.”
“That’s
fine,”
she
agreed.
So
she
and
the
reindeer
were
off
to
the
north,
to
go
to
the
Lapland
and
find
Kay.
They
travelled
for
many
miles
together,
until
a
magical
old
woman
invited
them
inside
her
house.
“Please
come
in,
and
have
some
fish.”
She
said.
Gerda
and
the
reindeer
did.
“What
brings
you
so
far
up
north?”
said
the
woman.
Gerda
explained
that
she
was
trying
to
find
her
friend
Kay.
“Oh
you
poor
dear,”
said
the
old
woman.
“Please”
said
the
reindeer.
“Can
you
give
Gerda
a
potion,
some
kind
of
magic
soup
that
will
make
her
as
strong
as
twelve
men?”
“It
will
be
no
use,”
said
the
old
woman.
“That
boy,
Kay,
has
a
magic
piece
of
evil
mirror
in
his
heart.
He
thinks
he
is
happy
with
the
queen,
and
you
can’t
change
his
mind.
Even
if
you
try
to
make
the
boy
leave,
he
will
want
to
stay
with
The
Ice
Queen,
in
her
castle.”
“Can’t
you
give
Gerda
something
else
to
take
out
the
glass?”
asked
the
reindeer.
“That
girl
already
has
great
power.
Why
else
would
the
river,
the
sun
and
animals
help
her?
She
has
a
pure
and
loving
heart
and
with
that
power
she
can
free
Kay.”
The
Reindeer
took
her
to
the
castle,
and
left
her
there.
She
saw
two
snowflakes,
that
were
getting
larger
and
larger.
They
became
the
queen’s
giant
ice
monster
body
guards.
She
touched
them
and
they
broke
into
pieces.

5. The
walls
of
the
castle
were
made
of
snow.
There
were
hundreds
of
rooms
but
most
were
empty
and
cold.
In
the
middle
of
the
palace
was
a
large
frozen
lake.
When
the
snow
queen
was
home
her
throne
was
in
the
middle
of
the
lake.
She
thought
the
lake
was
the
best
mirror
in
the
world.
Kay
was
black
and
blue
with
cold,
but
couldn’t
feel
it.
He
felt
warm,
even
though
his
body
was
cold.
His
heart
was
already
ice.
The
queen
had
left
to
visit
warmer
countries,
since
she
liked
to
put
snow
on
the
top
of
mountains
in
warm
countries.
She
left
Kay
sitting
all
alone
on
the
frozen
lake.
The
winds
blew
terribly
as
Gerda
entered
the
castle.
She
entered
the
front
and
say
Kay.
“Kay,
Kay,
at
last
I
have
found
you!”
She
hugged
him,
but
Kay
sat
cold
and
stiff.
Gerda
cried,
and
her
warm
tears
fell
onto
Kay’s
chest
and
warmed
his
heart.
Gerda
looked
at
him,
hoping
he
would
remember
how
they
were
friends.
Then
Kay
looked
at
her
and
cried
so
much
that
the
piece
of
mirror
in
his
eye
was
washed
out.
“Gerda,
my
good
friend.
Where
have
you
been?”
He
looked
around
and
asked
“Where
have
I
been?
It’s
so
cold
in
here.”
Gerda
was
laughing
and
crying
at
the
same
time.
They
left
the
Snow
Queen’s
palace.
The
sun
came
out
and
the
wind
returned
to
normal.
The
reindeer
was
waiting
for
them.
He
brought
another
reindeer
that
had
warm
milk.
They
drank
and
then
rode
off
to
the
magic
old
woman’s
house.
She
gave
them
a
meal
of
warm
fish.
Then
they
left
her
house
and
rode
her
sled.
They
rode
the
sled
all
the
way
home,
and
lived
happily
ever
after
in
their
home,
playing
together
and
enjoying
the
roses
in
the
summer.