Olle's Ski Trip Quotes

“Six-year-old Ollie is given his first pair of real skis. As soon as the snow begins to fall he heads off into the woods and meets sparkling Jack Frost, who shoos away damp Mrs Thaw.”

“Finally, Mrs. Thaw gets her way, and the lovely snow starts to disappear. Ollie is very upset and wishes it could be winter forever—until Spring arrives one lovely day when in her carriage, pulled by butterflies.”

“When Olle was six years old he received a pair of new skis from father. He had no real skis before, only a pair of small ones that the farmer’s son John has made for him out a couple of boards, and so you can imagine how much he longed to try his new skis.”

“Jack Frost takes him on an adventure to the palace of King Winter. Olle has a wonderful time in a huge snowball fight! But will Mrs Thaw return too soon for Ollie to enjoy the snow?”

“And Olle swallowed his oatmeal and milk, and Mother put on his thick double-breasted jacket and the long mittens and stuffed a sandwich in each pocket, and then said he might stay out until dinnertime.”

“Along the way, he meets Jack Frost, who makes everything sparkle, and Mrs. Thaw, who makes everything melt.”

“A couple of weeks before Christmas the snow began to fall in great flakes, and it snowed for two whole days and nights at a stretch, so that everything was wrapped in a thick blanket of snow. And when Olle woke up on the third morning, the sky was bright blue, and the snows glittered like millions of stars.”

“At the palace, Ollie meets children helping to make Christmas presents—that is, until break time, when they rush outside for a big snowball fight.”

“All of a sudden Olle began to sneeze. He felt that his feet were wet, and noticed that the hoarfrost in his coat had melted away, and at the same time he saw a strange little old woman trudging through the woods.”

“Olle had just opened his mouth to ask, when Uncle Hoarfrost rushed toward the old woman and screamed: ‘Are you here again? Off with you at once, and don’t you dare stick your nose here again until Spring comes!”

“After a while they came to a mighty snow castle, guarded by two polar bears, who sniffed familiarly at Uncle Hoarfrost as he and Olle went past them and in through the gateway.”