The Snow Baby One snowy winter day, a kind woman named Anna was walking along the path in the forest carrying a large basket. She lived all alone in a little cottage in the woods, and was gathering wood for her wood stove to keep her home warm. It had been a long and very cold winter. If ever she collected extra kindling branches, she bound them in bundles tied with red twine to sell in the market place. As Anna walked and gathered wood, snow fell all around her. Once a most beautiful and