- A young girl meets the Spirits of the Twelve Months when she is sent out during a winter snowstorm to collect galanthus, a flower that blooms in April.
- Anya, an orphaned girl, lives with a cruel old woman and her daughter in their small house by the woods. On New Year's Eve, the queen announces that she wants galanthus brought to her on New Year's Day; she will reward him or her who can bring her the flowers with a basketful of gold coins. The old woman and her daughter hear this news and send Anya during a terrible snowstorm into the woods to collect the flowers. Anya has no option but to obey and is sure that she will die in her attempt to find the flowers, a mission that seems impossible; In the woods, Anya meets the Spirits of the Twelve Months and in reward for her kindness and good nature, the Spirit of April proposes helping the girl by presenting her with one hour of spring during which she can pick the flowers and return home safely. When this is done, the Spirit of January makes the girl promise that she will never tell anyone about this encounter, and the Spirit of April gives her one more gift, a magic ring that will summon the spirits' help should she ever be in trouble. Upon returning home, Anya is thanked by the queen for bringing her the flowers, but the young queen, who is no more than another orphaned girl of Anya's age, insists on knowing where the flowers came from. Anya then struggles between keeping her promise to the spirits or holding on to her own life.—Frederick Irizarry
- Fascinated by the fragrant and sparkling flowers of the milky-white Galanthus--or Snowdrop--plant, a spoiled young princess assigns the innocent and orphaned, Anya, an impossible task: to provide her with a rich bouquet of the spring wildflower on New Year's Eve. Devastated by the ruler's impregnable obstinacy, and her merciless guardian's hungry greed, Anya sets off all alone in the dangerous and snow-capped forest amid a howling blizzard, only to stumble upon the benevolent spirits of the wise Twelve Months. Only they have the power to grant the senseless Queen's wish; nevertheless, is she worthy of such a generous and magical gift?—Nick Riganas
- A Queen wants a flower called Galanthus for her New Year's Eve party. But the flower only blossoms in April. Anya, a poor orphaned girl, finds the Spirits of the Twelve Months and asks them for an hour of spring, so she can find the flower. But her stepmother and her evil daughter get envious of the girl's success.—lukejoplin@infolink.com.br
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