struggle between good and evil. It's a famous fairy tale that you might find familiar.

The story begins a long time ago. There's a wicked goblin who has a magic mirror - but

not one you would want for everything that is good and beautiful reflects back as bad

and ugly. Then one day the mirror breaks and the shattered pieces of glass fall onto a

small village where two friends Kay and Gerda live.

They are young and happy and always stick up for each other even when one of them is

in trouble. They love playing outside but unfortunately that means Kay gets hit by some

of the falling pieces of mirror - one bit sticks in his eye and another bit sticks in

his heart - and from then on Kay becomes horrible and nasty and no longer thinks of Gerda as

his friend. But she can't understand his strange behaviour.

Then one day, Kay is offered a ride on a huge sledge. He is a bit nervous, but the driver

says stick with me and you'll be fine. Foolishly he agrees to ride on the sledge across the

snowy landscape. The driver of the sledge transforms himself into a woman wearing a

white flowing gown and a crown made of ice - she is the Snow Queen - and she takes him

off to a distant land.

Gerda is back in the village waiting for Kay, despite his bad behaviour she still wants

to stick by him. When he doesn't return, she decides to look for him and takes a boat ride down

a long river - hoping it will lead to Kay. Unfortunately, it doesn't. She gets caught

by a robber girl with a reindeer. Gerda pours out her heart with her sad story and the robber

girl takes pity on her and admits that she has seen the Snow Queen heading off to Lapland

with a boy.

Could this boy be Kay? - and if so, how will Gerda find him? Stick with me and find out

in the next part of my story soon. Bye for now.