Snow-White
Suddenly she has hurt her finger, and three drops of blood falls down on the snow. She looks at the red drops and says: «I wish my little daughter would be as white as that snow. I wish her cheeks would be as red as that blood. And I wish her hair would be as black as this window-frame, as dark as a night!» Unfortunately the kind queen has been ill and she dies. Sometime later the King marries another wife, who becomes a new queen. She is beautiful too but she is too proud of her beauty. She can’t bear to think that anyone is more beautiful than she is.
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She has a magic mirror which tells her only the truth. She looks into it every day and asks it:
But Snow-White is growing up. She becomes more and more beautiful. When she is seventeen years old she becomes as bright as a day, and more beautiful than the wicked Queen. One day the mirror answers the Queen, that she is not the most beautiful lady in the world anymore: |
The poor Snow-White is walking among woods. She is very scared. She sees and hears wild animals but they don’t hurt her. In the evening she comes to a strange house. She comes in and sees that all things inside are small. There is a small table with small seven little plates on it, and also seven little spoons, and seven little knives and forks, and seven little glasses of milk. And there are seven little beds near the wall. It is very strange! As she is very hungry, she eats all the food from the plates and drinks all the milk from the glasses. After that she moves the seven beds together, lies down on them and falls asleep.
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1. The first says: «Who has been sitting on my stool?» 2. The second: «Who has been eating off my plate?» 3. The third: «Who has been picking my bread?» 4. The fourth: «Who has been touching my spoon?» 5. The fifth: «Who has been handling my fork?» 6. The sixth: «Who has been cutting with my knife?» 7. The seventh: «Who has been drinking my milk?» Then the first dwarf looks around and says: «Who is that?!», pointing to the girl. They all see Snow-White and everyone cries out: «Who is that?!» Then they look at her very carefully and notice her beauty. They say: «Good heavens! What a lovely child she is! How nice she is!» They are very glad to see her and decide not to awake her. In the morning Snow-White wakes up and sees seven little dwarfs. She is very wondering! She tells them her story; and they are very pity of her. They invite her to live with them, but only if she would keep all things in order and cook for them. She agrees and stays there. They start to live very happily. The dwarfs work all day long, seeking for gold and silver in the |
Meanwhile the wicked Queen believes that Snow-White is dead. She thinks that now she is the most beautiful lady in the world. She looks at the magic mirror and asks:
And the mirror answers: «You, my Queen, are fine, it’s true. At this moment the Queen understands that the servants deceit her and betray her. They didn’t kill Snow-White as she had ordered. The Queen gets very afraid and very angry. The Queen cannot bear to think that anyone is more beautiful than she is. So she wants to make an evil, to commit a crime. She wants to kill Snow-White herself. She puts the old dress on and goes to the forest. She comes to the house where the seven little dwarfs and Snow-White live. The dwarfs are at work and Snow-White is at home alone.
| The Queen knocks at the door, and cries: «Fine things to sell!» Snow-White looks out of the window, and says, «Good day, good woman! What do you sell?». The Queen says: «Good things! Fine things! Strings and ribbons of all colors, sharp needles! All you want!». With no care Snow-White thinks: «I will let this old lady come in because she seems to be a good person.», and she opens the door. Oh, no! «Good day!», says the old woman (the wicked Queen). «How old your ribbons are! Let me replace them with my nice new ribbons!» Snow-White doesn’t suspect any wrong and so she stands calm in front of her. Suddenly the Queen is putting the ribbon on her neck around and pulling it so strong, that Snow-White's falls down dead because of no breath. «That is the end of all your beauty!», says the wicked Queen and runs away quickly.
She tells them what’s happened. The seven dwarfs quickly understand everything and explain to her: «That old woman was the queen herself. She wants to kill you because of your beauty. Take care another time! Don’t let anyone come in when we are at work. No one!»
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«Tell me, mirror, tell me true! But to her great wonder it says: «You, my Queen, are fine, it’s true.
Then the Queen says: «Only look at my beautiful combs!» and she gives her the poisoned one. And it looks so pretty, that Snow-White takes it up and puts it into her hair to try it. Oh, no! The poison is so powerful that she falls down senseless in a moment. The Queen says: «That is it!» and runs away quickly.
| By good luck the dwarfs come home very early that evening. And when they see Snow-White lying on the ground, they understand everything. Soon they have found the poisoned comb and take it away. In a little time Snow-White feels better. She is very lucky again! She tells them all what’s happened. They warn her once more not to open the door to anyone, not to speak to anyone, and not to take anything from strangers. Meantime the Queen goes home and asks her magic mirror: «Tell me, mirror, tell me true! But she hears the same answer: 'You, my Queen, are fine, it’s true. The Queen cries: «Snow-White will die even if it cost me my life!» So she takes a poisoned apple and goes outside. The apple looks very rosy
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And the wicked Queen answers: «No, little silly! It isn’t poisoned. Come on! Eat one half of it, and I will eat another. It is safely!» But that apple is made up very deceitful. One half of it is poisoned, but another is normal. The Queen tastes the good half and gives the poisoned half to Snow-White. The girl believes her and tastes it and falls down in a moment. Poor Snow-White! She has been deceived again. «This time nothing will save you!», says the Queen and hurries up to «Tell me, mirror, tell me true! At last, the mirror says: «You, my Queen, are the finest and the most beautiful lady in the world.» And then her wicked heart is glad and happy. And it is cold as before.
| When the dwarfs come home, they have found Snow-White lying on the ground. She has no breath. There are no ribbons around her neck and no combs in her hair, so that they cannot understand what to do. They are afraid that she is really dead. Day by day Snow-White has been laying there for a very long time. She looks like she is sleeping. Her face is white as snow, and her cheeks are red as blood, and her hair is black as a night. At last, a prince comes into a cave and Then he tells her all that has happened and says: «I love you much more than the entire world! So come with me to my palace, and be my wife!» Snow-White agrees and follows him. They have a merry wedding with a great pomp. |
Meanwhile the wicked Queen puts her fine rich clothes on and as usual asks the mirror:
Suddenly the mirror answers: «You, my Queen, are fine, it’s true. When the Queen has heard this she becomes so angry that her heart is broken and she falls down dead.
| The mirror always says the truth. Snow-White and the prince live happily for many-many years. And sometimes they visit the seven little dwarfs, who were so kind to Snow-White in her time of need. |
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It is the middle of the winter. Snowflakes are falling down on the ground all around. A queen of a large country is working at her window. She is making clothes with strings, ribbons and needle. The snow is white and the frame of the window is black as a night.
Look! The masters of the house are seven little dwarfs! They are very little! They live in that house and work in the mountain, searching for gold and silver. They light up their seven lamps and see that something is wrong in the house.
mountains. And Snow-White is at home, doing things about the house.
«Tell me, mirror, tell me true! 
In the evening the seven dwarfs come home and see the Snow-White on the floor. They are shocked! They lift her up and see a ribbon around her neck. They cut the ribbon and in a little time she begins to breathe. Very soon she returns to life. She is very lucky!
Meantime when the Queen gets home, she goes straight to her magic mirror and speaks to it as before:
She becomes pale and her blood becomes cold. She doesn’t believe that Snow-White is still alive. She dresses herself up again, but in another dress. Now she takes a poisoned comb. She goes to the dwarfs’ house again. She knocks at the door and cries: «Fine things to sell!» But Snow-White says: «I don’t let anyone in.» Good girl!
and tasty but everyone who bites it will die in a moment. She puts on the poor dress and goes to the dwarfs’ house again.
She knocks at the door and says «Hello!». Snow-White puts her head out of the window and says: «I do not let you in because the dwarfs have told me not.» Snow-White has forgotten not to speak to anyone! So the Queen answers: «Do as you please, but just take this pretty apple. It’s my present for you!». «No!», says Snow-White, «I don’t take it because it might be poisoned.» Good girl!
They lift her up and wash her face with water; but all is useless and the little girl seems to be dead. But her cheeks are still rosy and it is very strange! Maybe is she still alive? So they put her into a glass box and just watch at her with hope of a miracle.
sees Snow-White in the glass box. He reads her name written in golden letters by the seven dwarfs. And he notices a piece of apple between her lips. He takes it out and Snow-White wakes up. She says: «Where am I?» And the prince says: «You are in safety with me! I’ll protect you!»