snow white story

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Long ago, in a faraway place, there lived a lovely princess named 
Snow White. Her hair was black as coal, her lips red as rose, and 
her skin as white as snow. Snow White's stepmother, the Queen, was 
very cruel.

She hated anyone who was more beautiful than she. The Queen 
treated Snow White like a servant. Snow White never complained. 
She was obedient and hard-working, but she dreamed of a handsome 
prince who would take her away to his castle. One day, while 
drawing water from the well, a handsome stranger did appear, 
charmed by Snow White's singing.

But Snow White was too shy to speak to him. Inside the castle, the 
Queen asked her magic mirror, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is 
the fairest one of all?" Every day the mirror had the same reply. 
"You are the fairest," he told her. And the Queen was content for 
another day.

But as Snow White grew older, she also grew more beautiful. And the 
Queen became very jealous. One day the magic mirror told the Queen 
that someone else was the fairest in the land. It was the princess, 
Snow White! In a jealous rage, the Queen called her royal huntsman 
into the throne room. "Take Snow White far into the forest and kill 
her," she commanded. "And as proof of your deed, bring me back her 
heart in this."

She handed the stunned huntsman a beautiful carved box. "Poor Snow 
White," said the hunter to the innocent princess. "I cannot kill 
you. You must run away and hide from the Queen!" Snow White was 
so frightened that she ran off through the dark woods. At last she 
came to a cottage. "Who lives here?" Snow White wondered.

Then she heard voices singing in the distance. The seven dwarfs who 
lived in the cottage were coming home from a hard day at work in 
the diamond mine.

The dwarfs introduced themselves. Their names were Sleepy, Grumpy, 
Happy, Doc, Dopey, Sneezy, and Bashful. They invited Snow White to 
share their supper. Snow White felt so safe with the dwarfs that 
she decided to stay with them. But the evil Queen soon found out 
that Snow White was still alive. She would have to take matters 
into her own wicked hands.

She fled to the dungeon beneath the castle. There the Queen mixed 
a potion that would change her into an old hag. Then she took an 
apple and slowly dipped it into another potion. "One bite of this 
poisoned apple and Snow White will close her eyes forever!" she 
cackled.

The old woman appeared at Snow White's window. "Hello, dearie," 
she said. "Taste one of my delicious apples. It's apple pies 
that make menfolk's mouths water. Pies made from apples like 
these." Then she held the poisoned apple out to Snow White.

The birds tried to warn Snow White away from the poisoned fruit. 
They fluttered and flew around the hag, trying to make her drop 
the apple. "Stop it! Stop it!" cried Snow White. The birds flew 
away sadly. Then the animals of the forest ran to the dwarfs to 
warn them that something was very wrong and they needed to come 
right home!

The seven dwarfs raced to the cottage and found the old woman 
trying to sneak away and Snow White lying lifeless on the floor. 
The dwarfs chased the hag into the forest. A storm began to blow 
as the evil woman ran away. Suddenly she came to the edge of a 
steep and rocky cliff.

First she tried to move a huge rock so it would roll down on top 
of the poor dwarfs and crush them. "Look out!" cried Grumpy to 
the others. At that moment, lightning struck. The Queen lost her 
balance and fell to her doom! The sad little dwarfs built a bed 
of gold and glass for their beloved Snow White. They kept watch 
over her, day and night.

Then one day a handsome prince rode into the forest. How beautiful 
the young woman was! The Prince knelt down and kissed Snow White 
tenderly. His kiss awakened her. Snow White and the Prince rode 
off to his kingdom, where they lived happily ever after.

The end.