Classic Stories: The Snow Queen
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Classic Stories: The Snow Queen

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 20264 min
  • Fiction & stories

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Subscribe to the newsletter for free at bbclearningenglish.com famous fairy tale that you might find familiar. The story begins a long time ago. There's a wicked goblin who has a magic mirror, but

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not one you would want, for everything that is good and beautiful reflects back as bad and ugly. Then, one day the mirror breaks and the shattered pieces of glass fall onto a small village where two friends, Kay and Gerda, live. They are young and happy and always stick up for each other even when one of them is in trouble. They love playing outside

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