Protecting Marie by Kevin Henkes

Author:Kevin Henkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

On Christmas night, Fanny dreamed.

She was waiting at the dining room table. “What’s for dinner?” she asked.

“Wind sauce and air pudding!” Henry bellowed.

“I’d rather skate,” said Ellen.

It was snowing inside the house. Flakes as big as milkweed fluff fell gently. Through the whiteness, Dinner emerged. She was standing up on her hind legs, humanlike, carrying a tray. As she came closer, Fanny noticed that she was skating and that the tray held three glasses of milk, each with a red licorice straw. The floor had turned to ice.

Although they were in the dining room, Fanny saw that there were brilliant orange embers in the fireplace and that all four burners of the stove were turned on. Four flaming blue crowns.

“Elm trees without their leaves look like wineglasses,” said Henry.

“Don’t lick the snow off the porch railing,” said Ellen. “Your tongue will stick.”

And then Fanny was standing by the front window, rubbing the steam away with her hand. “I’m waiting for someone,” she said.

“Mary?” said Ellen.

“Nellie?” said Henry. “A boy?”

“The Snow Queen,” said Fanny.

“Why do you like her so?” asked Ellen. “She’s evil.”

“I like her, too,” said Henry.

A shadow passed over the house. Dinner came running. And Fanny woke up.

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