Once
upon a time there lived a lovely princess with fair skin and blue eyes. She was
so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother died when Snow White was a
baby and her father married again. This queen was very pretty but she was also very
cruel. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the most beautiful lady in the
kingdom and she would often ask her magic mirror, “Mirror! Mirror on the wall!
Who is the fairest of them all?” And the magic mirror would say, “You are, Your
Majesty!” But one day, the mirror replied, “Snow White is the fairest of them
all!” The wicked queen was very angry and jealous of Snow White. She ordered
her huntsman to take Snow White to the forest and kill her. “I want you to
bring back her heart,” she ordered. But when the huntsman reached the forest
with Snow White, he took pity on her and set her free. He killed a deer and
took its heart to the wicked queen and told her that he had killed Snow White.
Snow White wandered in the forest all night, crying.
When
it was daylight, she came to a tiny cottage and went inside. There was nobody
there, but she found seven plates on the table and seven tiny beds in the
bedroom. She cooked a wonderful meal and cleaned the house and tired, finally
slept on one of the tiny beds. At night, the seven dwarfs who lived in the
cottage came home and found Snow White sleeping. When she woke up and told them
her story, the seven dwarfs asked her to stay with them. When the dwarfs were
away, Snow White would make delicious meals for them. The dwarfs loved her and
cared for her. Every morning, when they left the house, they instructed her
never to open the door to strangers.
Meanwhile,
in the palace, the wicked queen asked, “Mirror! Mirror on the Who is the
fairest of them. The
mirror replied, White is the fairest of them all! She lives with the seven
dwarfs in the woods!” The wicked stepmother was furious. She was actually a
witch knew how to make magic potions. She now made a poisonous potion and
dipped a shiny red apple into it. Then she disguised herself as an old peasant
woman and went to the woods with the apple. She knocked on the cottage door and
said “Pretty little child! Let me in! Look what I have for you!” White said, “I
am so sorry, old lady, I cannot let you in! The seven dwarfs have told me not
to talk to strangers!” But then, Snow White saw the shiny red apple, and opened
the door. The wicked witch offered her the apple and when she took a bite poor
Snow White fell into a deep sleep. The wicked stepmother went back to the
palace and asked the mirror, “Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest of
them all?” The mirror replied, “You are, Your Majesty!” and she was very happy.
When
the seven dwarfs came home to find Snow White lying on the floor, they were
very upset. They cried all night and then built a glass coffin for Snow White.
They kept the coffin in front of the cottage. One day, Prince Charming was
going past the cottage and he saw Snow White lying in the coffin. He said to
the dwarfs, “My! My! She is so beautiful! I would like to kiss her!” And he
did. Immediately, Snow White opened her eyes. She was alive again! The Prince
and the seven dwarfs were very happy. Prince Charming married Snow White and
took her to his palace and lived happily ever after.
