Contents chapter one The Mirror and its Fragments 4 chapter two A Little Boy and a Little Girl 8 chapter three The Enchanted Flower Garden 16
chapter four The Prince and Princess 26 chapter five The Outlaw Girl 36 chapter six The Wise Woman of the North 44 chapter seven The Snow Queen’s Palace 50
Chapter One The Mirror and its Fragments Listen The story begins Perhaps by the end we shall know more than we do now There was once a magician magician who delighted in the dark side of his magical arts One day he invented a remarkable mirror This mirror made ugly things look huge and shrank beautiful ones almost to nothing The beauty of this world disappeared altogether in the mirror’s glass and plain things appeared ten times drearier than before Lush green fields looked like boiled spinach and people who were usually quite attractive and pleasant became so ugly and hateful that even their friends couldn’t recognize them A girl with just one pimple looked as though it had spread all over her face and if she had a good or a happy thought a wrinkle immediately appeared in the mirror 4
