The largest was several miles long ; the bright Northern lights lit them up , and very large and empty and cold and glittering they were ! In the middle of the great hall was a frozen lake which had cracked in a thousand pieces ; each piece was exactly like the other . Here the Snow-queen used to sit when she was at home . Little Kay was almost blue and black with cold , but he did not feel it , for she had kissed away his feelings and his heart was a lump of ice . He was pulling about some sharp , flat pieces of ice , and trying to fit one into the other . He thought each was most beautiful , but that was because of the splinter of glass in his eye . He fitted them into a great many shapes , but he wanted to make them spell the word ` Love . ' The Snow-queen had said , ` If you can spell out that word you shalt be your own master . I will give you the whole world and a new pair of skates . ' But he could not do it . ` Now I must fly to warmer countries , ' said the Snow-queen . ' I must go and powder my black kettles ! ' -LRB- This was what she called Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius . -RRB- ` It does the lemons and grapes good . ' And off she flew , and Kay sat alone in the great hall trying to do his puzzle . He sat so still that you would have thought he was frozen . Then it happened that little Gerda stepped into the hall . The biting cold winds became quiet as if they had fallen asleep when she appeared in the great , empty , freezing hall . She caught sight of Kay ; she recognised him , and ran and put her arms round his neck , crying , ` Kay ! dear little Kay !
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