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THE SNOW QUEEN sympathy, and she drew the reindeer into a corner, and putting a fresh piece of ice upon his head, whispered thus:

'But canst thou not give something to little Gerda whereby she may overcome all these evil influences?'

'I can give her no power so great as that which she already possesses. Seest thou not how strong she is? Seest thou not that both men and animals must serve her—a poor little girl wandering bare-foot through the world? Her power is greater than ours; it proceeds from her heart, from 109