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at the window,
with an ebony frame.
But as Snow White grew, she became more and more beautiful,
and by the time she was seven years old she was as beautiful as
the day and more beautiful than the queen herself. One day
A year later the king took a second wife. when the queen said to her mirror:
She was beautiful “Mirror, Mirror, here I stand.
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv, but she was Who is the fairest in the land?”
proud and
overbearing and she couldn’t bear the
the mirror replied:
“ You, O Queen, are fairest here,
But Snow White
thought that anyone might be more beau-
tiful than she. She had a magic mirror,
is a thousand times
more fair.”
all in a row,
covered with spot-
less white sheets.
When it was quite dark, the owners of the
little house came home. They were seven
dwarfs who went off to the mountains
every day with their picks and shovels, to
mine silver.
o h a s been d r in king
“Who has has be
en eating
“Wh
some of my veget out of my cup?”
ables?”
Then the first looked around, and saw a “Heavens above!” they cried. “Heavens
little hollow in his bed and said: “Who above! What a beautiful child!”
has been lying in my bed?” The others
came running, and cried out: “Somebody They were so delighted they didn’t wake
has been lying in my bed too.” her but let her go on sleeping in the little
bed. The seventh dwarf slept with his
But when the seventh looked at his bed, comrades, an hour with each one, and
he saw Snow White lying there asleep. He then the night was over.
called the others, who came running.
They cried out in amazement, went to get
their seven little candles, and held them
over Snow White:
Next morning Snow White woke up, and all day until at last she found their little
when she saw the seven dwarfs she was house. The dwarfs said: “If you keep
frightened. But they were friendly and house for us, and do the cooking and
asked: “What’s your name?” “My name is make the beds and wash and sew and knit,
Snow White,” she said. “How did you get and keep everything neat and clean, you
to our house?” the dwarfs asked. And she can stay with us and you’ll want for noth-
told them how her stepmother had ing,” “Oh, yes,” said Snow White. “I’d
wanted to kill her, how the huntsman had love to.”
and in the morning they went off to the
spared her life, and how she had walked
mountains to look for silver and gold,
and in the evening they came home again
and dinner had to be ready. But all day
stayed and k
dwarfs warned her, saying: “Watch out
for your stepmother. She’ll soon find out
r
you’re here. Don’t let anyone in.”
or d e
the house i n
After eating Snow White’s lungs and liver,
the queen felt sure that she was again the
most beautiful of all. She went to her
mirror and said:
And the mirror replied: The queen gasped. She knew the mirror
told no lies and she realized that the
“You, O Queen, are fairest here, huntsman had deceived her and that
But Snow White, who has gone Snow White was still alive. She racked
her brains for a way to kill her, because
to stay with the seven dwarfs she simply had to be the fairest in the
land, or envy would leave her no peace.
far, far away,
is a thousand times At last she thought up a plan. She stained
her face and dressed like an old peddler
rs ,
colo
and said: “Good day, old woman,
what have you got to sell?”
all
“Nice things, nice things!” she replied.
“This woman looks so honest,” thought Suspecting nothing, Snow White stepped
Snow White.“It must be all right to let her up and let the old woman put in the new
in.” So she unbolted the door and bought lace. But she did it so quickly and pulled
the pretty lace. “Child!” said the old the lace so tight that Snow White’s breath
woman, “you look fright. Come, let me was cut off and she fell down as though
lace you up properly.” dead. “Well, well,” said the queen, “you’re
not the fairest in the land now.” And she
hurried away.
A little while later, at nightfall,
the seven dwarfs came home.
How horrified they were to see their
beloved Snow White lying on the floor!
She lay so still they thought she
was dead.
They
li fte
dh
he e
sh
er
y
u p, s a w t
a nd when t hey t ly,
wa s l a ce d to o t i g h She breathed just a little, and then little
by little she came to life. When the dwarfs
heard what had happened, they said:
“That old peddler woman was the wicked
queen and no one else. You’ve got to be
careful and never let anyone in when
we’re away.”
Then she disguised herself and took the
form of another old woman. And again
she made her way over the seven moun-
tains to the house of the seven dwarfs,
knocked at the door and said:
The child liked it so well that she forgot But luckily it wasn’t long till nightfall.
everything else and opened the door. When the seven dwarfs came home and
said the old woman, taking out the When they had agreed on the price, the found Snow White lying on the floor as
poisoned comb and holding it up. old woman said: “Now I’ll give your hair though dead, they immediately suspected
a proper combing.” the stepmother. They examined Snow
White and found the poisoned comb, and
Suspecting nothing, poor Snow White no sooner had they pulled it out than she
stood still for the old woman, but no woke up and told them what had
sooner had the comb touched her hair happened. Again they warned her to be
than the poison took effect and she fell on her guard and not to open the door
into a dead faint. “There, my beauty,” to anyone.
said the wicked woman. “It’s all up with
you now.” And she went away.
When the wicked woman got home, she
went to her mirror and asked:
“You, O Queen, are fairest here, When she heard the mirror say that, she
trembled and shook with rage.
But Snow White, who has gone “Snow White must die!” she cried out.
to stay with the seven dwarfs “Even if it costs me my own life.” Then she
went to a secret room that no one else
far, far away, knew about and made a
than she
fel
l
to the floor dead.
The queen gave her a cruel look, laughed
a terrible laugh, and said: “White as snow,
red as blood, black as ebony. The dwarfs
won’t revive you this time.” And
when she got home and
questioned the mirror:
“You, O Queen
are the in the land.”
Then her envious heart was at peace,
insofar as an envious heart can be at peace.
When the dwarfs came home at nightfall,
they found Snow White lying on the floor.
No breath came out of her mouth and she
was really dead.
e y stu
th
of her throat
b
and soon she opened her eyes, lifted the
over a
coffin lid, sat up, and was alive again.
“Oh!” she cried. “Where am I?” “With
me!” the prince answered joyfully. Then
he told her what had happened and said:
“I love you more than anything in the
world; come with me to my father’s castle
and be my wife.” Snow White loved him
and went with him, and arrangements
were made for a splendid wedding feast.
Snow White’s wicked stepmother was
among those invited to the wedding.
When she had put on her fine clothes,
she went to her mirror
and said: