Gerda placed the tray of the Queen's breakfast on the counter to smooth out her dark skirts. After fussing over her attire, Gerda halfheartedly proceeded to grab the tray until Kai stopped her and offered to carry it himself; he wore a black overcoat left unbuttoned over his round belly. Gerda nodded her head, grabbed the tea instead, and left the kitchen to bring the Queen her breakfast.
They smiled and bowed before her, placing the morning meal on the table. Elsa smiled in return while thanking them and like the two servants, Elsa adorned a darker navy gown today, much like the one she wore as a child, instead of her bright sapphire dress.
“Kai, if you may,” Elsa began. “Would you be kind enough to go wake Anna?”
A look of surprise came across the servant's face.
“You Majesty, Anna has already awakened and left the castle.” He explained.
“Oh, how long ago was this?”
“About two hours previous.”
Elsa could not fight her own surprise for even though she typically awoke the earliest, Anna had beaten her to it today. “Thank you for informing me, Kai.”
“My pleasure, your Majesty. Would you like for me to send someone for Anna?”
“No, that's quite alright. I know where I can find my sister, however, I would like to pardon you two for the day and the rest of the staff. Please inform the others that they may take leisure from their labors.”
Neither Kai or Gerda could muster words of thanks, but the look on their faces was enough for the Queen. They bowed and departed, leaving Elsa alone at the dining table. She placed her hands in her lap and looked at her breakfast. Her appetite did not come to her this morning, nor did she really expect it to. She cast her eyes out the window, wondering if Anna had missed breakfast too.
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.... Anna felt her heart dancing in her chest from the rush of joy this brought her. The princess then looked at the ground, but instead of stomping her foot against the earth like Elsa would, Anna thrust out her palms toward the cobbled turf and it began to to freeze. She then brought her hands together, swirling and cradling the air like she had seen her sister do so many times. A white light began to glow between her palms with swirls of blue dust gathering around it. She carried the ball toward the sky before it burst, covering everything in a fresh layer of snow.
Anna turned around to face her sister, smiling wider than she ever thought possible. Elsa's face only mirrored her sister as they held hands in the snowy courtyard.
“I love you.” Anna squeezed her sister's hands.
“I love you too.
“Do you wanna build a snow man?”
“I thought you would never ask.”
Gliding over to the kitchen, Minnie continued with her everyday tasks. She began by clearing the table, a task that should have been completed the night before but was left untouched. She put things away one by one and in a quiet manner. She lightly opened and shut the cupboards, placing pots and pans where they belonged, one by one, straight from the table to under the sink. It was cold in that kitchen. Minnie looked out the window to her neighbor’s house. Perhaps today she would go visit; perhaps today she would not.
The sound of ice swerving in the crystal clear glass echoed through my ear. I was at the Old Susy’s place regretting the decision I took for Lennie. I drank until noon and went back to the ranch. As I entered, I noticed everyone was looking at me with deep concern in their eyes. I wasn't in the mood to talk so I went straight to my bed. I heard Candy’s footsteps inch closer to me.
her wedding dress. When she gets up to make tea, she places her things down
Disney’s new movie “Frozen” has caught the eyes of viewers and has surprised us all, reaching No. 1 in the box Office and have pass over $300 million of tickets sold, this movie has no sign of slowing down any time soon. “Frozen’ is one of the few recent Disney films to capture the classic Disney script, like “Cinderella” or “Snow White”, it’s a heart warming and loving story, guaranteed to thaw a frozen heart. Unlike the usual Disney princess story line where the girl has a poor life or things just don’t turn out like there suppose to, they wish upon a star, fall in love, then bibbidi-bobbdi-boo they have a happily ever after. Frozen strayed off from tradition and decided to go for more of a different approach. True love has always been a key concept for Disney films. Sleeping Beauty, true loves kiss broke the spell, Beauty and the Beast, true love broke the curse, Snow White, again true love broke the spell, its the same concept, but in Frozen instead added a twist and showed love between sisters Elsa and Anna. It adds a twist in tradition, so that a reason why older viewers and even critics can enjoy, its something new and different. The movie “Frozen” is based off of “The Snow Queen”, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about an evil troll, also known as “the devil”, makes a mirror that when looked into distorts the beauty and good of people and things to the complete opposite, ugly and bad. One day the troll and his friends try to take the mirror to Heaven the make angels and God look like fools, but when they were almost there the mirror falls and shatters into little pieces almost dust. This “dust” travels around the world and gets into peoples eyes and into their hearts freezing them. Years later a girl n...
Frozen is the tale of Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) embarking on a journey to find her sister, Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), after she goes into hiding when her powers cast an everlasting winter in their town, Arendelle. Frozen was inspired by the 1844 fairy tale by Hans Chris...
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...ulture' Disney was forced to try and make a change with one movie. This movie is "Frozen". 'Frozen' is the first Disney moving offering not one but two big-eyed princesses for this generation of young girls to become enamored with. Although this can be looked at as just smart marketing, it also allows the film’s story to explore dynamics and move into a story lines previously unavailable prior Disney movies. Rather than tell another textbook Disney movie about that one special girl who has animal sidekicks and follows a linear progression towards a male counterpart, Frozen is about two sisters and their relationship. The central question in the film is not whether Anna or Elsa will find men to marry, but whether they can save their own strained relationship. It’s not just bucking tradition by featuring strong females, but by focusing on strong female relationships.
yesterday was Wednesday January 20, 2016. Yesterday was a great day. Carter, Cameron, and I decided to hang out at cameron’s house. After we got there we came to the conclusion that we should go and walk on the ice. We figured the ice would be thick enough for us to walk on and boy were we wrong.
“No reason,” Elsa said with a smirk. Elsa quickly ran up to the room where Shirley was staying. She then went into Gretel’s room to grab her, and then came downstairs, with her left hand behind her back.
Frozen is a masterpiece about two sisters who suffer a broken relationship. Frozen premiered on 27 November 2013, and melted the hearts of its audience. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen displays a relationship between two sisters which is strained due to a secret that should not be revealed. The eldest sister Elsa (Idina Menzel), discovers her powers to freeze anything that is touched. Anna (Kristen Bell) is trying to remain in the public eye, while Elsa wants to shield her powers from everyone, including her own sister. Elsa then flees from Arendelle, after causing a scene at a ball after being coronated. Anna then goes on a quest to find Elsa and bring her back to Arendelle to unfreeze the land. Frozen is a spectacular film due to its incredible storyline, popular music, and the amount of humor.
She continued her duty of braiding in complete silence, too embarrassed to lift her eyes. When the hair styling was finished, Emma, still embarrassed, copied Tirzah’s quick bow and followed her out of the chambers. As the doors opened, Emma saw what she knew was for her. Two large guards, each with silver chest plates and shields, who looked strong enough to break the doors down if they wanted to. Emma started to panic, she took a step back, and as soon as she did, one of the guards grabbed her arm and pulled her out into the hallway.
Looking up he could see another hill in the distance which for some reason was moving, however upon taking a closer look at the situation Hans could finally see that it was Anna.
It is often difficult to determine exactly what aspect of a movie pushes it the extra steps that take it from a well-received film to becoming a timeless classic. People base their idea of a film’s success on a wide variety of factors, from box office success and critical reception to how many awards it won, if any. One company that is no stranger to success on any level is Disney, and the people at Disney are especially well-versed in putting out animated features that do well not only in the box offices and eyes of critics, but in the hearts and minds of kids and parents alike who return time after time to experience the magic that comes alongside a Disney production. Therefore, it came as no surprise that Disney’s newest full-length animated film quickly rose to the highest position on the box office charts and remained there for quite some time, becoming the highest grossing animated film ever released in theatres. This movie, Frozen, quickly became a favorite among viewers, many returning time and time again to see the film before it was released from theatres, and is now hailed as the next great Disney classic, putting the movie alongside greats like The Little Mermaid and Cinderella. While Frozen does of course take a modern spin on the style of these well-known classics, it still has all of the elements that hoist such Disney greats to their position among the rest while still packing some new surprises that I believe make the movie Frozen one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Disney animated feature to date. Disney’s Frozen takes the classic framework, structure, and imagery of the original classics, adds some modern and even progressive twists, and ties it all together with a phenomenal and successful soundtrack to m...
The sun had begun to fall over the Hollow when Maeve, finally, entered the throne room. She carried herself with purpose. Each step displaying an undeniable sense of pride. She paused to gather her silver skirts, revealing her bare feet for an instant, before sweeping into a respectful bow before her King.
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