SNOW QUEEN SAGA. the journey of two children, Gerda and Kay, and the malevolent Snow Queen.

**The Snow Queen** by Hans Christian Andersen is a classic fairy tale that unfolds in seven parts, detailing the journey of two children, Gerda and Kay, and the malevolent Snow Queen.

**Part 1: The Mirror and Its Pieces**
An evil troll, or devil, creates a magical mirror that distorts the appearance of everything it reflects, making good things look bad and bad things look worse. The mirror shatters, and its splinters scatter across the world. When they enter people's eyes and hearts, they cause them to see only the worst in things.

**Part 2: A Little Boy and a Little Girl**
Kay and Gerda are best friends who live next to each other. They love each other dearly and spend their days playing together. One winter, Kay is struck by a shard of the troll's mirror, which lodges in his heart and eye, changing his demeanor and causing him to become cold and cruel.

**Part 3: The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Knew Magic**
Kay is abducted by the Snow Queen, who takes him to her icy palace in the far north. Gerda sets out to find him, encountering various characters along the way. She first arrives at a sorceress's garden, where she is almost trapped in a state of forgetfulness but manages to escape.

**Part 4: The Prince and the Princess**
Gerda continues her journey and meets a crow who tells her about a prince who might be Kay. She visits the royal palace but realizes the prince is not her friend. The prince and princess help Gerda by giving her warm clothes and a golden carriage for her journey.

**Part 5: The Little Robber Girl**
Gerda is captured by robbers but befriends a little robber girl, who helps her continue her quest by providing her with a reindeer to travel to Lapland.

**Part 6: The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman**
Gerda and the reindeer meet a Lapland woman and a Finland woman who provide guidance and magical advice for finding Kay. They inform Gerda that her love and innocence are her greatest weapons against the Snow Queen's power.

**Part 7: What Happened at the Snow Queen’s Palace and What Happened Afterwards**
Gerda finally reaches the Snow Queen’s palace. She finds Kay nearly frozen and devoid of emotions due to the mirror splinter in his heart. Gerda's warm tears melt the ice in Kay's heart, and her love and innocence break the spell of the mirror shard. They escape the Snow Queen's palace and return home, where they find that everything has changed, yet their bond remains strong.