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visits every winter and bring presents. A kind girl as she was,
she brought presents not only to her parents but also to every
child in the village. There was a rumour of Christmas presents
and children in other villages were waiting for them, too. Snow
Maiden couldn’t disappoint their expectations, so she talked
her grandfather Frost into coming on New Year’s Eve with pre-
sents for every child waiting. With the time being, the world
population was growing, huge cities were built up and the ma-
gicians, even like Father Frost and Snow Maiden, didn’t manage
to come everywhere at the right moment. Then they put into
people’s hearts an idea of helping them, acting on behalf of the
magicians. Snow Maiden sent the precious flakes born by her
breath to sure find the girls destined to act the part of Snow
Maiden in a New Year performance. Their words and wishes
had the same magic sense and power, as if they were uttered by
Snow Maiden herself. As for Father Frost, he used the spell for
huge mufflers put on by the men playing Frost; the touch of the
mufflers gave people health and happiness.
That is what has been on for hundreds of years and is going
to be on until children stop believing in magic’.
I rolled over in bed, sighed and muttered drowsily, ‘Father
Frost smoothed my hair once, that’s the point I could meet you.
I’m lucky with friends.’
‘Sleep well, my friend, this is the end of the fairy tale. It’s
time to go to sleep.’
‘Thank you, Snezhik’. I smiled. ‘Fly back.’
The snow elf’s reply fell on dead ears – I was fast asleep.

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