Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Once upon a time, there was a princess named

Snow White. She lived in a castle with her father,
the King, and her stepmother, the Queen. The
Queen was beautiful, but cruel. She had a magic
mirror, which she would often ask, “Mirror, mirror
on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” And
the mirror would always reply, “You, my Queen,
are the fairest of all.”

One morning, however, the Queen’s mirror said to

her, “You, my Queen, are fair, it’s true. But Snow
White is much fairer than you!” The Queen
became green with envy. She called a hunter and
told him, “Take Snow White into the forest and
kill her.“

The hunter was a good man and he didn’t want to

hurt Snow White. “Run away, child,” he said.
“Don’t ever come back, or the Queen will kill
.
you.” Snow White was very frightened. She ran
into the woods as fast as she could. She got lost.

Then Snow White saw a little cottage. She went

inside. There were seven little chairs. There were
seven little bowls. Upstairs there were seven
little beds. Snow White was very tired. She lay
down on a bed and fell fast asleep

When Snow White woke up, she saw seven

dwarfs. “Who are you?” they asked. Snow White
told them her sad story. “You can stay with us,”
they said.
Meanwhile, the Queen was back at her
magic mirror. She said, “Mirror, mirror on
the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
“Snow White,” said the magic mirror. The
queen was very angry. “What? Snow White
is alive?”, shouted the Queen. “I will kill her
myself!”

The Queen, who was really a wicked witch,

put poison in an apple. She dressed up as an
old woman and set out to fnd Snow White.

When she reached the dwarfs’ cottage, the

wicked Queen knocked on the door and said,
“Apples for sale! Try my lovely red apples!”
And she handed the poisoned apple to Snow
White. The girl took a big bite and fell down
to the foor. The Queen was delighted.
“Snow White is dead!” she said. “Now I am
the fairest!”

When the dwarfs came home from work,

they saw Snow White. They tried to wake
her up but it was no good. “She is dead,”
they said. So they put Snow White in a glass
cofin and watched over her, day and night.
They were very sad.

One day, a prince came riding through the

forest. When he saw the beautiful girl in the
glass cofin, he fell in love with her. The
prince kissed Snow White and she woke up.
Soon, Snow White and the prince were
married. And they lived happily ever after.