Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The story of the beautiful Snow White, the seven dwarfs, and the evil Queen.

This is a classic fairy tale and may contain violence. We encourage parents to read ahead if their child is sensitive to such topics.

Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, when snowflakes fell like feathers on the clouds, a Queen was sitting at a palace window with an ebony frame, sewing clothes for her husband. While she was busy and looking out at the snow, she was pricked by her finger, and three drops of blood fell into the snow. Now, the red looked so good with the white that she thought, “Oh, if only I had a child as white as snow, as red as this blood, and as black as the wood of this frame!” Not long after, a little daughter came to her, white as snow, cheeks red as blood, hair black as ebony, so she was named “Snow White.” At the same time, her mother passed away.

About a year later, the king married another wife, lovely but so arrogant and arrogant that she could not accept anyone more beautiful than him. She owned an excellent mirror, and when she stepped in front of it and said:

“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?”

it replied:

“The Queen is the fairest of the day.”

At that moment, she was satisfied because she knew the mirror was telling the truth.

However, little Snow White grew up to be more and more beautiful, and when she was seven years old, she was as beautiful as Noonday and more beautiful than the Queen. When the Queen asked her mirror:

“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?”

it replied:

“The Queen was fairest yesterday;

Snow-White is the fairest, now, they say.”

This answer made the Queen so angry that she became quite jealous. From that moment on, whenever she saw Snow White, her heart hardened, and she hated her. Her jealousy and envy grew so much that she could not rest day or night, and she said to a hunter: “Take the child into the forest. I will never look at her again. You must kill her and bring her heart and tongue to me as souvenirs.”

The hunter obeyed and took the girl away, but when he pulled out his knife to kill her, she began to cry and said: “Oh, dear hunter, spare my life! I will run into the wild and never return home again.”

This speech softened the hunter’s heart, and her beauty so touched him that he took pity on her and said: “Well, run away, poor girl.” But he thought to himself: “Soon, wild animals will eat me.” However, he still felt like the rock had been lifted from his heart because her death was not by his hands. At that moment, a young wild boar roared, and as soon as he saw it, the hunter caught it, killed it, took its tongue and heart, and brought it to the Queen as a token. For his career. Certificate.

But now poor Snow White is motherless, lonely, extremely sad, bewildered by the sight of so many trees, not knowing how to turn. She ran until her legs could go no further, and when it got dark, she saw a small house nearby, and she went inside to rest. In this tiny house, everything is tiny but neat and elegant. In the middle, there was a small table covered with a white cloth, on which were seven small plates, each with a spoon, a knife, and a fork, and seven small cups. Against the wall were seven small beds lined up in a row, each covered in snow-white sheets.

Snow White was both hungry and thirsty. She ate a little porridge on each plate and each cup and drank a drop or two of wine because she didn’t want to take away anyone else’s portion. After that, because she was so tired, she lay down on a bed, but it was not satisfactory; she tried another, but it was too long. The fourth part needs to be longer, and the fifth needs to be more tricky. But the seventh thing is just that, and tucking herself into it, she went to bed, first praying as usual.
When it became dark, the house’s owners, the seven dwarfs, returned home to dig for gold and silver in the mountains. First, they lit seven small lamps, and immediately they saw – for they lit up the whole room – that someone was in there, for things were not the order they had left them.

The first person asked: “Who sat in my chair?” The second sentence, “Who finished my plate?” A third person said: “Who nibbled my bread?” The fourth question, “Who ate my porridge?” The fifth question, “Who tampered with my fork?” The sixth person grumbled: “Who used my knife?” The seventh said, “Who has drunk my cup?”

Then the first person looks around and starts again: “Who was in my bed?” he asked, seeing that the bedsheets had been turned over. Hearing these words, others came, looked at their beds, and exclaimed: “Someone is lying in our bed!” But the seventh little man ran to him and saw Snow White sleeping there, so he called to his companions, who cried out in astonishment and held up their seven lamps so that the light fell upon the little girl.

“Oh my God! Oh my God!” they say; “She is so beautiful!” and they were so glad that they did not wake her but let her sleep, and the seventh Dwarf, who was lying in her bed, slept an hour with each of his friends, and so it passed the night.

As soon as it was dawn. Snow White woke up and was terrified when she saw the seven little boys, but they were very friendly and asked her what her name was.

“My name is Snow White,” was her reply.

“Why did you come into our house?” they asked.

She then told them how her stepmother would have killed her, but the Hunter spared her life, and she wandered all day until she found their house.

When her story was finished, the dwarves said, “You can look after our house—be our cook, make our beds, do our laundry, sew and knit for us, and keep all our things.” Tidy stuff? If so, we will keep you here, and you will lack nothing.”

And Snow White replied: “Yes, with all my heart and will.” So she stayed with them and kept order in their home.
In the morning, the dwarves went into the mountains looking for gold and silver, and in the evening, they returned home to find a meal ready for them. During the day, the girl was left alone, so the kind dwarves warned her and said: “Be careful of your stepmother, who will soon know you are here. So no one can enter the house.”

Meanwhile, the Queen believes that she has eaten her stepdaughter’s heart and tongue, so she believes that she is now the most beautiful woman in the world. One day, she walked up to the mirror and said:

“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?”

and it replied:

“The Queen was fairest yesterday;
Snow-White is fairest now, they say.

The Dwarfs protect her from thy sway
Amid the forest, far away.”

This answer surprised her, but she knew the mirror told the truth. So she knew that the Huntsman had tricked her and that Snow White was still alive. So she dyed her face and dressed like a peddler so that no one could recognize her, and in this outfit, she went over seven hills to the house of the seven dwarfs. She knocked on the hut door and called out: “Nice sale! Nice stuff for sale!”

Snow White looked out the window and said: “Hello, my good woman. What do you have to sell?

“Beautiful products, beautiful products!” she answered. “There are still enough colors.” And she held up a briefcase made of multicolored silk.

Snow White thought: “I can let this honest woman in.” Then she opened the door latch and bargained for a pair of pillows.

“You cannot think, my dear, how they became you!” cried the old woman. “Come here, let me tie them for you.”

Snow White did not suspect anything and let her do whatever she wanted, but the older woman tied her so quickly and tightly that she stopped breathing and fell as if dead. “Now,” the old woman thought and hastily left, “I am the most beautiful person!”

In the evening, not long after she left, the seven dwarfs returned home and were terrified to see their beloved maid lying on the ground, neither moving nor breathing, as if she had died. Die. They lifted her, and when they saw that she was tied too tightly, they cut the laces into pieces. Soon, she began to breathe again; gradually, she regained consciousness. When the dwarves heard what had happened, they said, “The old peddler is none other than your wicked stepmother. Take care of yourself, and don’t let anyone in when we’re not with you.”

Meanwhile, the Queen had arrived home and, standing before the mirror, she repeated her usual words:

“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?”

and it replied as before:

“The Queen was fairest yesterday;
Snow-White is fairest now, they say.
The Dwarfs protect her from thy sway
Amid the forest, far away.”

As soon as she finished speaking, blood rushed to her heart because she was furious when she learned Snow White was still alive. “But now,” she thought, “will I make something that will eradicate her?” Having said this, she made a poisoned comb using an art she understood well and disguised herself as an old widow. She went over the seven hills to the house of the seven dwarfs, knocked on the door, and called out: “Good sales today!”

Snow White looked out and said: “You have to go further because I don’t dare let you in.”

“But you can still look,” said the old woman, pulling out her poisoned comb and holding it up. This sight pleased the girl so much that she let herself be persuaded and opened the door. Having just finished buying something, the old woman said, “Now let me comb your hair properly for once,” Snow White agreed. But before the comb could comb through her hair, the poison began to take effect, and the girl fell unconscious.

“O thy beauty,” cried the wicked Queen, “it is now over with thee.” And saying so, she left.

Fortunately, the evening soon came, and the seven dwarfs returned. When they saw Snow White lying dead on the ground, they became suspicious of the Queen and discovered the poisoned comb; they immediately pulled it out. Then, the girl soon regained consciousness and told them all that had happened. So they warned her about her cruel stepmother and forbade her to open the door to anyone.

Meanwhile, the Queen, when she got home, looked in the mirror again and received the same answer as the previous two times. This left her trembling, foaming at the mouth with anger and jealousy, and she swore that Snow White would die if it cost her her own life. Then she went into a secret room inside, where no one could enter, and created an apple with the most profound and most sophisticated poison. On the outside, it looks quite pretty and has rosy cheeks that make anyone who looks at it drool. But whoever eats the minor piece will surely die. As soon as the apple was ready, the Queen dyed her face and dressed like a farmer’s wife, then crossed the seven mountains to the house of the seven dwarfs.

She knocked on the door, and Snow White stuck her head out and said: “I don’t dare let anyone in; The seven dwarfs have forbidden me.”
“It was tough for me,” said the old woman, “because I had to get my apples back, But there is one I will give you.”

“No,” Snow White answered; “No, I don’t dare accept it.”

“What! Are you afraid of it? Cried the older woman. “Here, look—I’ll cut the apple in half; you eat the red cheek, I’ll eat the core.” (The apple was so artistically made that the red cheeks alone were poisoned.) Snow White desperately wanted the beautiful apple, and when she saw the woman eating the core, she couldn’t resist. She reached out her hand to take the poisoned part. As soon as she put a piece in her mouth, she fell to the ground dead. Then, the Queen looked at her with sparkling eyes and smiled bitterly, exclaiming: “White.” as snow, as red as blood, as black as ebony! This time, the Dwarves cannot wake you.”

When she got home and looked in the mirror-

“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?”

it answered:

“The Queen is fairest of the day.”

Then, her jealous heart rested as peacefully as a jealous heart can rest.

When the dwarfs return home in the evening, they find Snow White lying on the ground, seemingly without life in her body; she seems completely dead. They lifted her and tried to find out if there was anything toxic. They untied her, even took off her hair, and washed her hair with water and wine. But it was no use: the beloved child was genuinely dead.

Then they placed her in a coffin, and all seven of them stood around it and cried for three days without ceasing. They then prepared to bury her. But she still looked as fresh as life; even her red cheeks did not leave her, so they said to each other: “We cannot bury her in black soil.” Then, they ordered a box made of glass. In it, they could see the body from all sides, and the Dwarves wrote her name in golden letters on the glass, saying that she was the daughter of a King. Now, they placed the glass case on the ledge, and one of them was always watching by the side. Even the birds mourned the loss of Snow White; first, the owl, then the crow, and finally, the pigeon.

Snow White lay still for a long time in the cage, unchanged but looking as if she were sleeping, for she was still white as snow, red as blood, and her hair black as ebony. By chance, a king’s son traveled in the forest and came to the Dwarf’s house to spend the night. He quickly saw the glass case on the rock and the beautiful young woman lying inside, and he also read the golden writing.

When he had examined it, he said to the dwarves: “Let me take this box, and I will pay as much as I like for it.”

But the dwarves replied: “We will not sell it for all the gold in the world.”

“Then give it to me,” said the Prince, “because I can’t live without Snow White. I will honor and protect her as long as I live.”

When the dwarves saw that he was earnest, they took pity on him and finally gave him the box, and the Prince ordered it to be carried on the shoulders of his attendants. Soon, they stumbled onto a trail, and, shocked, the piece of poison apple in Snow White’s mouth fell out. Very quickly, she opened her eyes, lifted the lid of the glass cabinet, stood up, and asked: “Where am I?”

Filled with joy, the Prince replied: “You are safe with me.” He told her what she had endured and that he wanted her more than anyone else to be his wife, and he asked her to go with him to the king’s castle, his father’s castle. Snow White agreed, and when they arrived, they were married with great pomp and splendor.

Snow White’s stepmother was also invited to the wedding. When she was dressed luxuriously enough to go, she first walked in front of the mirror and asked:

“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?”

and it replied:

“The Queen was fairest yesterday;
The Prince’s bride is now, they say.”

Hearing these words, the Queen was so angry and ashamed that she did not know what to do with herself. At first, she decided not to go to the wedding, but she couldn’t resist the desire to meet the Princess. So she went, but as soon as she saw the bride, she recognized Snow White and was so angry and astonished that she rushed out of the castle and was never heard from again.

FAIRY TALES WRITTEN BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM

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