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Snowflakes are little crystalline jewels, tiny flowering stars, fit to be worn by a queen.
Hans Christian Andersen was inspired by the little star shaped snowflakes to write his story, "The Snow Queen."
...The flake of snow grew larger and larger; and at last it was like a young lady, dressed in the finest white gauze, made of a million little flakes like stars. She was so beautiful and delicate, but she was of ice, of dazzling, sparkling ice; yet she lived; her eyes gazed fixedly, like two stars;
Hans Christian Andersen
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Artist Adrienne Segur
The Snow Queen