--- title: The Snow Queen, part 3 — Andersen's Fairy Tales · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Snow Queen, part 3, «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: “Dear me, how long I have staid!” said Gerda. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / The Snow Queen, part 3 # The Snow Queen, part 3 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/101/) — They now entered the first saloon, which was of rose-colored satin, with artificial flowers on the wall. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/102/) — Here the dreams were rushing past, but they hastened by so quickly that Gerda could not see the high personages. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/103/) — One hall was more magnificent than the other; one might indeed well be abashed; and at last they came into the bedchamber. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/104/) — 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 which resembled a lily. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/105/) — One was white, and in this lay the Princess; the other was red, and it was here that Gerda was to look for little Kay. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/106/) — She bent back one of the red leaves, and saw a brown neck. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/107/) — Oh! that was Kay! - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/108/) — She called him quite loud by name, held the lamp towards him--the dreams rushed back again into the chamber--he awoke, turned his head, and--it was not little Kay! - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/109/) — The Prince was only like him about the neck; but he was young and handsome. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/110/) — And out of the white lily leaves the Princess peeped, too, and asked what was the matter. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/111/) — Then little Gerda cried, and told her her whole history, and all that the Ravens had done for her. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/112/) — “Poor little thing!” said the Prince and the Princess. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/113/) — They praised the Ravens very much, and told them they were not at all angry with them, but they were not to do so again. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/114/) — However, they should have a reward. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/115/) — “Will you fly about here at liberty,” asked the Princess; “or would you like to have a fixed appointment as court ravens, with all the broken bits from the kitchen?” - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/116/) — And both the Ravens nodded, and begged for a fixed appointment; for they thought of their old age, and said, “It is a good thing to have a provision for our old days.” - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/117/) — And the Prince got up and let Gerda sleep in his bed, and more than this he could not do. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/118/) — She folded her little hands and thought, “How good men and animals are!” and she then fell asleep and slept soundly. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/119/) — All the dreams flew in again, and they now looked like the angels; they drew a little sledge, in which little Kay sat and nodded his head; but the whole was only a dream, and therefore it all vanished as soon as she awoke. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/120/) — The next day she was dressed from head to foot in silk and velvet. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/121/) — They offered to let her stay at the palace, and lead a happy life; but she begged to have a little carriage with a horse in front, and for a small pair of shoes; then, she said, she would again go forth in the wide world and look for Kay. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/122/) — Shoes and a muff were given her; she was, too, dressed very nicely; and when she was about to set off, a new carriage stopped before the door. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/123/) — It was of pure gold, and the arms of the Prince and Princess shone like a star upon it; the coachman, the footmen, and the outriders, for outriders were there, too, all wore golden crowns. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/124/) — The Prince and the Princess assisted her into the carriage themselves, and wished her all success. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/125/) — The Raven of the woods, who was now married, accompanied her for the first three miles. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/126/) — He sat beside Gerda, for he could not bear riding backwards; the other Raven stood in the doorway, and flapped her wings; she could not accompany Gerda, because she suffered from headache since she had had a fixed appointment and ate so much. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/127/) — The carriage was lined inside with sugar-plums, and in the seats were fruits and gingerbread. - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/128/) — “Farewell! - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/129/) — Farewell!” cried Prince and Princess; and Gerda wept, and the Raven wept. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/130/) — Thus passed the first miles; and then the Raven bade her farewell, and this was the most painful separation of all. - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/131/) — He flew into a tree, and beat his black wings as long as he could see the carriage, that shone from afar like a sunbeam. - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/132/) — FIFTH STORY. - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/133/) — The Little Robber Maiden - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/134/) — They drove through the dark wood; but the carriage shone like a torch, and it dazzled the eyes of the robbers, so that they could not bear to look at it. - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/135/) — “'Tis gold! ' - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/136/) — Tis gold!” they cried; and they rushed forward, seized the horses, knocked down the little postilion, the coachman, and the servants, and pulled little Gerda out of the carriage. [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/) **2** - ← previous: [The Snow Queen, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/) - next →: [The Snow Queen, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/) - ↑ back to [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/)