Holly and the Ice Palace by Darcey Bussell

Author:Darcey Bussell [Bussell, Darcey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-007-43745-0
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

“He saw us! King Rat saw us!” Holly uttered shakily. “What if he follows us?”

“He doesn’t know where we’re going, remember,” the White Cat reassured Holly. “And even if he got curious and decided to find out, he’d never be able to catch up. We’re way ahead. Anyway, you can’t see a thing in this snow!”

It was true, now they were entering the Land of Snow, there were thick snowflakes swirling all around them and they could hardly see further than their noses.

Holly’s heart began to beat a little faster. “Do you … know where we are, Cat?” she asked.

“Yes, we’re flying over the forest. Look!” he replied. He was sitting up straight and seemed perfectly in control to Holly.

The sleigh brushed the feathery tops of the tall fir trees as it zoomed along. But as the snowflakes began to swirl more and more wildly, Holly glanced at the White Cat again, to check he still looked confident. How on earth will we ever find the potion in this blizzard? she thought to herself.

When the White Cat’s eyes started to flick anxiously from side to side, Holly’s heart sank.

“Are we lost?” she asked.

The White Cat didn’t reply, but she noticed that his whiskers were twitching just the tiniest bit, which usually meant that magic was afoot. And a moment later, Holly realised that something had changed. She sat up straighter and looked around her in amazement, a rush of wonder and delight swelling up inside her. The swirling snowflakes no longer swirled. In fact, they weren’t snowflakes at all. They had become dancing maidens, floating around as light as the air.

Holly caught her breath. They were the Snow Maidens!

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