1 |
Oh, you must be freezing, my dear. Why don’t you come to my house? I will make you some hot soup. Is fish soup fine? I hope Kyle and Grace left something over from lunch. |
2 |
Kyle is my grandchild and Grace is his best friend. They are like a brother and sister, those two. Come inside, it’s so cold today. I just went to grab some wood for the fire. |
3 |
The Ice Queen is truly busy today. All the lakes are frozen solid and the land is covered in fresh snow. It looks like the kids ate all the soup. I will start a fresh one in the iron pot. |
4 |
Kyle! Are you alright, child? The clumsy boy broke a mirror. It’s fine as long as he is not hurt. I can buy a new mirror on the market tomorrow. I don’t need anything fancy, a simple one will be fine. |
5 |
Do you know the story about the magic mirror? The kids love to hear it. There was a goblin that made a special mirror to amuse himself. The mirror would show all that is beautiful as ugly and hideous. |
6 |
The goblin had a lot of fun showing the mirror to his friends and laughing at the reflections. But clumsy as the goblins are, he broke it. The shards flew around the land tiny and shiny as snowflakes. |
7 |
Some of the shards fell into the eyes and hearts of people. And these people grew cruel and cold. For the mirror made all beautiful inside them into ugly and bad. You probably know such people too. |
8 |
Enough stories. It’s time to eat. I hope I did not spoil your appetite with such a gloomy tale. If so, forgive me. I get carried away sometimes. Children! Come, the food is on the table! |
9 |
I hope you had a good time with us, captain. Please come by again. I would love to talk to you. And the children seem to like you too. There are a few things I could use your help with too. |
10 |
Captain! Please come in, dear. I will start the fire in the fireplace. It’s getting cold when the sun sets down. A sad thing has happened. Maybe you can help. Please sit down and I will tell you everything. |
Final |
Here is a little something to help you on your way. Just please find them. |