Winter arrived. A white cover of snow shrouded the entire landscape. A fresh blanket of snow appeared on the trees. The temperature dipped below zero on thermometers and frost covered the windows. Winter was exactly how it should be. All the children in the village met on a nearby hill to test out their sleds and bobsleds. Boris was heading that way too.
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It was already the end of February and winter was slowly coming to an end. Still, frost would appear on grass in the morning and puddles on the sidewalk froze over.
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Far from here, in a land called Alaska, there lived a pack of dogs. It wasn’t an ordinary pack of dogs. These dogs had strong bonds among them; they worked together and had saved one another’s lives many times. These dogs have an extraordinary job. Each of them wears a special harness. Not just a simple leash; it’s a harness which connects all the dogs in the pack. Together, they pull a sleigh behind them, and on that sleigh stands their master and his cargo.
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In the middle of a big city there was a large airport. Both small and big airplanes were parked there. The smaller ones flew on scenic and sightseeing trips, and the larger ones carried a lot of people on vacations and flew to faraway countries. But among the big planes, one was feeling unhappy. It wanted to just fly around the country, as fast as it felt like. It didn’t want to transport a lot of people and have each route planned in advance. That’s why it decided that it would start flying just for itself. At least until it almost caused an accident.
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It takes time for winter to transform into spring. The sun is still a little shaky and doesn’t give enough warmth to keep everyone warm. Grass isn’t green yet; it’s still covered by the remnants of snow.
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In the yard of one farm, there stood a large pigsty. In that pigsty lived Frankie the Piggie. He was a very cute and pretty pig. Most pigs liked to roll around in mud.
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In a faraway land, deep in the woods, there stood a wooden cottage. And inside it, a story happened which I will tell you about right now.
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A lot of animals lived at the nearby zoo. Even though each animal had its own run, all the animals knew one another very well. Each night, once the visitors were gone, they talked to one another. They told each other stories about what they’d experienced that day and visited each other. Their human caretakers took good care of them, and the animals were happy and had good lives.
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School break was over. The winter vacation had flown by fast and children had to go back to school. But they were still looking forward to afternoon fun in the snow. They were restless at their school desks; that’s how much they were looking forward to being on the hill. But they had no idea what awaited them.
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Beyond nine mountains and nine rivers, there was a winter kingdom. The king and queen who lived there were wise and just. They had a son – a very wise prince. He was all grown up and it was time for him to get married. But the prince didn’t really want to. He didn’t know any princesses that he liked.
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