from "The Snow Queen" in The Snow Queenand Other stories--an oversize Golden Book
with illustrations by Adrienne Segur


I pored over my copy of The Snow Queen and Other Stories when I was a small child as blonde and blue-eyed as an Adrienne Segur character. Later little gold crowns ringed my pupils and my eyes turned green. My hair would darken. Back then I had a deep love for Segur's