Mount Arlington Public Library [Tales of the Seum of Mu]

Sun..Egg of Mu

The Snow Queen

Mountain The Snow Queen was the first to awaken from the cold. She saw the clouds; she saw the bare mountains.
Her name was Betty and she had a mote in her eye which caused her to blink rapidly.
Every time she opened her eyes little fingers of mist would extend from them, turning into hands, wavering, then clutching a piece, and then pieces of reality. These hands would then slip back to her eyes as the eyes changed to mouths and swallowed. Every bit of vision was consumed thusly.
Soon, Betty had a headache. She was stuffed full of reality.
"Enough of this!" she muttered, spewing it all out at once onto the barren landscape, forming a glistening egg, containing everything.
[The story of Betty's daughter, Miranda, and her duck.]
Written and illustrated by James Garland. © Copyright 1996