0:00 Every single snowflake that ever falls has exactly six sides.0:06 And just like Stella, the newborn star we met last night, each one begins its journey all alone in the big, quiet sky.0:18 Tonight's story is about one of those snowflakes.0:23 Her name was Crystal.0:25 She had been nestled deep inside a great, gray cloud that felt like the softest pillow in the universe.0:35 But a moment came when it was time to go.0:39 She felt a gentle nudge, a quiet letting go...0:44 and suddenly, she was floating.0:47 The air was crisp and cold and utterly silent.0:52 For the first time, she stretched out her six delicate, feathery arms and felt...1:00 weightless.1:01 She was a tiny frozen star, beginning her very first journey.1:08 A soft little breeze, a puff of air no bigger than a sigh, came whispering by.1:15 "Hello, little one," it hummed.1:19 "First time down?" Crystal just shimmered in the moonlight, which the breeze took for a yes.1:28 "Let's dance, then." The breeze gently took hold of one of her sparkling points and began to guide her.1:38 They waltzed and they twirled, a slow, graceful dance through the darkness.1:46 Crystal looked down.1:48 She saw the tops of tall pine trees, their branches already heavy with snow.1:56 They looked like they were wearing white winter coats.2:01 The breeze carried her over sleeping rooftops and quiet streets, where the only lights were the tall, lonely streetlamps casting pools of gold onto the white ground.2:18 She met other snowflakes on the way.2:22 Thousands of them.2:24 Each one was a perfect, six-sided cousin, and together they formed a silent, shimmering river, flowing from the sky to the earth.2:37 The moonbeams made them all sparkle and glow.2:41 It was the most BEAUTIFUL parade she could ever imagine.2:47 Then, as she drifted over one particular house, she saw it.2:53 A soft, warm, yellow glow, shining from a small square window.2:59 It wasn't bright like the moon.3:02 It was...3:03 cozy.3:04 It felt like a quiet invitation.3:07 The light seemed to call to her, promising a place to rest after her long, wonderful dance.3:16 The breeze seemed to understand.3:20 It gave her one last, gentle spin, a little push toward the light.3:26 "Go on," it whispered.3:29 "Your journey is almost done." Crystal floated the last little bit by herself.3:36 With a final, delicate twirl, she landed.3:41 Tick.3:41 The sound was so quiet, only she could hear it.3:46 She had landed on the cold, smooth glass of the windowpane.3:52 Through the glass, she saw a little bed, and tucked inside, a child was dreaming peacefully.4:01 Crystal looked to her left and right.4:05 Her cousins, the other snowflakes, were landing all around her.4:11 Together, they began to create a beautiful, lacy picture of frost on the glass.4:19 She wasn't alone anymore.4:22 She was home.4:23 And all night long, she watched over the sleeping child, a tiny, perfect star of ice, guarding sweet dreams until the morning sun.
