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Tonight, we'll read the third part of a fairy tale called The Snow Queen

by Hans Christian Anderson.

The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by

Gerta and her friend Kaye. The first part aired on January 4th, 2021.

This story is one of Anderson's longest

and most highly acclaimed tales.

It was also the inspiration for the Disney movie frozen.

In the second part, we follow Little Gerda on her journey to find her friend Kay.

She is bewitched and talks with flowers. A raven tries to help her and leads her to

a castle where he thinks he has seen her k.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now take a few deep breaths.

a few deep breaths. At last, Gerta and the tame raven, who was the sweetheart to the helpful wild raven, came

into the royal bedchamber.

The ceiling of the room resembled a large palm tree

with leaves of glass, of costly glass, And in the middle from a thick golden stem hung two beds, each of

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