英語白雪公主全文閱讀
⑴ 白雪公主英語童話故事
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⑵ 白雪公主英語版故事書
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Little Snow-White)
Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow, she pricked her finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow, and she thought to herself, would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the window-frame.
Soon after that she had a little daughter, who was as white as snow, and as red as blood, and her hair was as black as ebony, and she was therefore called little snow-white. And when the child was born, the queen died.
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⑶ 白雪公主英語全文，適合五年級的！急急急！
Snow-white
Once there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden--snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the huts and on the trees: all things were white with snow.
She had some cloth in her hand and a needle. The cloth in her hand was as white as the snow.
The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She said, "I want my child to be white as this cloth, white as the snow. And I shall call her Snow-white."
Some days after that the Queen had a child. The child was white as snow. The Queen called her Snow-white.
But the Queen was very ill, and after some days she died. Snow-white lived, and was a very happy and beautiful child.
One year after that, the King married another Queen. The new Queen was very beautiful; but she was not a good woman.
A wizard had given this Queen a glass. The glass could speak. It was on the wall in the Queen's room. Every day the Queen looked in the glass to see how beautiful she was. As she looked in the glass, she asked:
" Tell me, glass upon the wall,
Who is most beautiful of all?"
And the glass spoke and said:
"The Queen is most beautiful of all."
Years went by. Snow-white grew up and became a little girl. Every day the Queen looked in the glass and said,
"Tell me, glass upon the wall,
Who is most beautiful of all?"
And every day the glass spoke and said,
"The Queen is most beautiful of all."
Years went by, and Snow-white grew up and became a woman. Every year she became more and more beautiful.
Then one day, when Snow-white was a woman, the Queen looked in the glass and said,
"Tell me, glass upon the wall,
Who is most beautiful of all?"
And the glass said,
"Snow-white is most beautiful of all."
When the Queen heard this, she was very angry. She said, "Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am."
Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried.
After one hour the Queen went out of her room. She called one of the servants, and said, " Take Snow-white into the forest and kill her."
The servant took Snow-white to the forest, but he did not kill her, because she was so beautiful and so good.
The man took Snow-white into the forest, but he did not kill her. He said, "I shall not kill you; but do not go to the King's house, because the Queen is angry and she will see you. If the Queen sees you, she will make some other man kill you. Wait here in the forest; some friends will help you."
Then he went away.
Poor Snow-white sat at the foot of a tree and cried. Then she saw that night was coming. She said, " I will not cry. I will find some house where I can sleep tonight. I cannot wait here: the bears will eat me."
She went far into the forest. Then she saw a little hut. She opened the door of the hut, and went in.
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In the hut she saw seven little beds. There was a table and on the table there were seven little loaves and seven little glasses. She ate one of the loaves. Then she said, "I want some water to drink." So she drank some water out of one of the glasses. Then she fell asleep on one of the seven little beds.
The hut was the home of seven Little Men.
When it was night, the seven Little Men came to the hut. Each Little Man had a big beard, and a little blue coat. Each Little Man came into the hut, and took his little lamp. Then each Little Man sat down, and ate his little loaf, and drank his little glass of water.
But one Little Man said,
"Someone has eaten my little loaf."
And another Little Man said,
"Someone has drunk my little glass of water."
Then the seven Little Men went to bed, but one Little Man said,
"Someone is sleeping on my little bed."
All the seven Little Men came to look at Snow-white as she slept on the Little Man's bed. They said,
"She is very beautiful."
"She is very beautiful."
"She is very beautiful."
"She is very beautiful."
"She is very beautiful."
"She is very beautiful."
"She is very beautiful."
Snow-white awoke, and saw the seven Little Men with their big beards standing near her bed. She was afraid .
The Little Men said, "Do not be afraid. We are your friends. Tell us how you came here."
Snow-white said, "I will tell you." Then she told them her story.
They said, "Do not be afraid. Live here with us. But see that the door is shut when we are not in the house with you. Do not go out. If you go out, the bad Queen will find you. Then she will know that you are not dead, and will tell someone to kill you."
So Snow-white lived in 'the hut with the seven Little Men.
After some days Snow-white went into the garden. One of the Queen's servants was going through the forest, and he saw her. He went and told the Queen, "Snow-white is in a hut in the forest." The Queen was very angry when she heard that snow-white was not dead.
The Queen took an apple. She made a hole in the red side of the apple, and put some powder into the hole. Then she put on old clothes and went to the hut. She called, "Is any one there?"
Snow-white opened the door, and came out to her. The Queen said, "I have some pretty apples. Eat one of my pretty apples." Snow-white took the apple and said, "Is it good?" The Queen said, "See, I will eat this white side of the apple; you eat the red side. Then you will know that it is good."
Snow-white ate the red side of the apple. When the powder was in her mouth she fell down dead.
The Queen went back to her house. She went into her room. She looked into the glass and said,
"Tell me, glass upon the wall,
Who is most beautiful of all?"
The glass said,
"The Queen is most beautiful of all."
Then the Queen knew that Snow-white was dead.
The Little Men came back to the hut. When they saw that Snow-white was dead, the poor Little Men cried. Then they put Snow-white in a box made of glass. They took the glass box to a hill and put it there, and said, "Everyone who goes by will see how beautiful she was."
Then each Little Man put one white flower on the box, and they went away.
Just as they were going away, a Prince came by. He saw the glass box and said, "What is that?" Then he saw Snow-white in the box. He said, ." She was very beautiful: but do not put her there. There is a hall in the garden of my father's house. It is all made of white stone. We will take the glass box and put it in the hall of beautiful white stone."
The Little Men said, "Take her."
Then the Prince told his servants to take up the box. They took up the box. Just then one of the servants fell down. The box fell, and Snow-white fell with the box. The bit of apple fell out of her mouth: she awoke, and sat up, and said, "Where am I?"
The Prince said "You are with me. I never saw anyone as beautiful as you. Come with me and be my Queen."
The Prince married Snow-white, and she became his Queen.
A man went and told this to the bad Queen. When she heard it she was so angry that she fell down dead.
Snow-white lived and was very happy ever after. And the Little Men came to see her every year.
⑷ 英語版白雪公主
The story of Snow White
Narrator: It is a cold winter day. A baby! Her name is Snow White. She is very beautiful. Everybody loves her. The animals love her, too. The Queen loves her. But the Queen dies. A new Queen comes. She is beautiful, but bad. She has a magic mirror.
第一幕：
白雪公主出場，在花園唱歌跳舞，十分快樂，然後離場
第二幕：皇後和獵人的對話
Children: Snow White is beautiful.
Queen: No，I am beautiful.
This is a magic mirror.
Queen: Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful in the world?
Mirror: Not you. Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world!.
Queen: No! No! No! I will kill Snow White so that I will be the most beautiful! Ha ha…. Hunter! Hunter! Come to meet me!
Hunter: yes? My dear queen!
Queen: Get Snow white out of my sight. Bring her to the forest and kill her! Then give me her heart. Remember to put her heart in the box.
Hunter: yes.
第三幕：獵人殺白雪公主
Snow White: Help me! Help me! Please! Please! Don』t kill me! Dear, hunter, let me live!
Hunter: oh, I』m so sorry, the queen asked me to kill you, because you are more beautiful than she. All right. Go, Snow White! Run to the deep forest to find a place to hide you! Never come home again.
第四幕：森林小木屋
Narrator: Snow white runs and runs. She runs over sharp stones, just before nightfall, she sees a little house and goes in. She goes inside. What dose she see?
Snow white: what little plates, knives, forks and spoons! What a dirty house！I will wash the dishes and the clothes.（邊做家務邊唱歌）
Narrator: After doing the housework, snow white goes upstairs.
Snow white: what seven little beds! They may be seven children』s beds. Oh, I feel so tired. I』d like to have a sleep.
Narrator: it is very dark; the owners of the little house come back. They are seven dwarfs who go off the mountains everyday with their picks and shovels, to mine silver.
（小矮人登場，排隊扛鋤頭唱歌回家）
Dwarf 1: Who has been sitting in my chair? （老學究）
Dwarf 2: Who has been eating off my plate? （老頑固）
Dwarf 3: Who has taken a bite of my bread? （噴嚏精）
Dwarf 4: Who has been eating some of my vegetables? （瞌睡蟲）
Dwarf 5: who has been using my fork? （開心果）
Dwarf 6: who has been cutting with my knife? （害羞鬼）
Dwarf 7: who has been drinking off my cup? （糊塗蛋）
Narrator: Then they go upstairs.
Dwarf 1: look! Who is lying in my bed?
Others: somebody has been lying in my bed too!
Dwarf 7: oh, heavens above!
Others: heavens above! What a beautiful child! Who is she?
Dwarf 1: let her sleep. Don』t wake her up!
Narrator: It is morning. Snow white wakes up.
Snow White: Hello!
Dwarfs: Why are you here? What』s your name?
Snow white: I』m snow white. The queen wanted to kill me, so I have to hide here.
.Dwarfs: What an evil Queen!
Dwarf 1: I』ll help you.
Dwarf2: Me, too.
Dwarf3: Me, too.
Dwarf 4: Stay with us!
Dwarf 5: Yes.
Dwarf 6: Yes.
Narrator: She starts with the 7 dwarfs.
第五幕：洗手記
Snow White: Let』s clean up. Bring the plates. Wash them. Wipe them. Put them away. Ok, time for dinner!
Dwarfs: Let』s have our delicious dinner!
Snow white: have you washed your hands?
Dwarfs: yes! Yes!
Snow white: really? Show me your hands, ok? Aha, when did you wash your hands?（對老學究問）
Dwarf 1: er, er, maybe last month. Oh, no, no, maybe last week!
Others: yes, yes, last week.
Snow white: go and wash your hands, or you can』t have dinner!
Narrator: all of them have to wash their hands and then they have a very nice dinner together.
第六幕：皇後發現白雪公主並沒死，打算親自出馬毒死白雪公主
Queen: Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful in the world?
Mirror: Not you. Still Snow White. Still snow white!
Queen: What! No! It』s me! I』ll kill her!
Narrator: the bad queen makes a poisoned apple and plans to let snow white eat the apple. One day, the dwarfs go out to mine silver. Snow White waits at home.
Queen: Apples! Apples! Buy some apples. Buy some apples. They are delicious.
Snow white: what a lovely apple!
Queen: my deer child. If you eat the apple, you will become more and more beautiful.
Narrator: Snow white eats the bad apple and dies
Queen: Ha! Ha! Ha! Now, I am the most beautiful.
Narrator: They come home again.
Dwarfs: What happened? Wake up! Wake up!
Queen: Mirror, mirror, now, who is the most beautiful in the world?
Mirror: You are !
Queen: Ha! Ha! Ha!
第七幕：王子到了，救了白雪公主
Dwarfs: Poor Snow White. Good—bye, Snow White.
Narrator: The Prince comes.
Dwarfs: Please save Snow White. We need her. She is so kind. Don』t let her leave us.
Narrator: the prince has a very magic pill which can save dead people.
Prince: let her take the pill.
Narrator: snow white takes the pill, and opens her eyes.
Prince: She is very beautiful. I want to marry her.
Snow White: What happened? Hello!
Narrator: Everybody is happy.
Prince: Marry me, Snow White.
Queen: Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful in the world?
Mirror: Not you. Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you!
Queen: No! No! (摔碎鏡子)
Narrator: later on, snow white and her prince live happily in the world!
漢斯.克里斯汀.安徒生是一個住在丹麥窮男孩。他的父親是一個鞋匠，他的母親在他父親去世後再婚了。
比起做鞋子，安徒生的父親更喜歡讀書。晚上，他總是大聲朗讀《一千零一夜》。他的妻子對那本書懂的很少，但是假裝睡著男孩每個詞都聽進去了。
白天，漢斯.克里斯汀.安徒生會到一個有老婦人在做編織工的房子里去。在那裡，他聽著這些婦人講的故事。那些日子裡，丹麥人對講故事非常富有熱情。
在安徒生1805年出生的歐登斯市裡流傳的故事中，有一個關於一個精靈的故事，她會使每一個和她跳舞的人死亡。以這個故事為藍本，漢斯.克里斯汀後來又加上了一段來自他自己的生活中故事。
一次，他的父親還在的時候，一個年輕的女士定了一雙紅鞋。當她拒絕付款時，可憐的鞋匠家裡充滿了不快。從這個小災難和跳舞精靈的故事中，鞋匠的兒子後來寫下了人盡皆知的故事《紅色鞋子》。
作為一個小女孩，漢斯.克里斯汀的母親被迫到街上乞討。她不想乞討，所以她藏到一座市裡的大橋底下。她用手溫暖自己冰冷的雙腳，因為她沒有鞋。她不敢回家。多年以後，她的兒子出於對她的憐憫和對世界的憤怒，寫下了充滿憤怒的故事《她是一個廢物》和著名童話的《賣火柴的小女孩》。
通過他的天才，他把每一個早期的經歷，甚至包括他父親的去世都變成了童話。在一個寒冷的日子，他的父親在結的霜中指給他看一個白色的、女人模樣的圖案。「那就是白雪女王，」鞋匠說。「不久她將來找我。」幾個月後他去世了。若干年過後，安徒生把那個悲傷的經歷寫成了童話《白雪女王》。
⑹ 白雪公主英語完整版
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⑺ 白雪公主的英文故事和它的譯文
英文：
A long time ago, living in a distant country, there lived a Snow White whose parents were both dead.
Her stepmother was a venomous snake and scorpion witch. She was afraid that Snow White would outgrow herself when she grew up, so she was sent to be the bottom maid in the castle.
Meanwhile, the evil queen has a magic mirror that knows everything in the world, through which she can know who is the most beautiful woman in the world.
But one day, the magic mirror told her the fact that Snow White was more beautiful than she was. So the vicious queen sent hunters to take Snow White to the forest and kill her.
In order to prove her death, the evil queen asked the hunter to dig out Snow White's heart and bring it to her in a box.
But the sympathetic Hunter released snow white and brought the heart of a pig in a box to bring it to the queen. Snow White met seven good dwarfs in the deep forest. After hearing Snow White's misfortune, the dwarf took her in.
Knowing from the magic mirror that Snow White was not dead, the Queen used witchcraft to turn herself into an old woman and tricked Snow White into eating poisonous apples while the dwarfs were away.
After the animals guessed Snow White was in danger, the seven dwarfs hurried back, and the queen who fled panicked fell off the cliff and died in the storm.
Seven dwarfs put Snow White in a gold-encrusted crystal glass coffin. The Prince of a neighboring country came riding a white horse and made Snow White live with a loving kiss.
譯文：
很久以前，在一個遙遠國度里生活著，住著一位父母雙亡的白雪公主，她的繼母是一個狠毒的蛇蠍女巫，她怕白雪公主長大後容貌會勝過自己，於是便打發她做城堡里最底下的女傭。
同時，邪惡皇後擁有一面能夠知道世上一切事物的魔鏡，通過這面魔鏡，她能夠知道誰才是世界上最美的女人。
但在某一天，魔鏡卻告訴了她一個令她氣急敗壞的事實，那就是白雪公主比她還要美。於是，心狠手辣的邪惡皇後派獵人將白雪公主帶到森林中殺死，而為了證明白雪公主的死，邪惡皇後要求獵人把白雪公主的心臟挖出來，裝在盒子里帶給她。
但富有同情心的獵人放走了白雪公主，並拿一顆豬的心裝在盒子里帶給皇後。白雪公主在密林深處遇到了小動物七個善良的小矮人，在聽了白雪公主的不幸遭遇後，小矮人收留了她。
皇後從魔鏡那裡知道白雪公主沒有死，便用巫葯將自己變成一個老太婆，趁小矮人不在時哄騙白雪公主吃下了有毒的蘋果。
七個小矮人在動物們的猜到白雪公主有危險後，七個小矮人飛速趕回，驚惶逃走的皇後在暴風雨中摔下懸崖而死。
七個小矮人將白雪公主放在鑲金的水晶玻璃棺材中，鄰國的王子騎著白馬趕來，用深情的吻使白雪公主活了過來。
(7)英語白雪公主全文閱讀擴展閱讀：
人物介紹：
1、白雪公主
白雪公主美麗善良，她與其他窮苦的少女主要通過勤勞工作獲得「善」的認可不同，白雪公主的身份使她不會也不必去勞作，因此白雪公主的「善」主要體現在她性格上的天真和順從。
她喜歡和小動物交朋友，會唱歌跳舞，天真可愛。王後喬裝打扮給她送毒蘋果，善良的白雪公主對外界沒有絲毫防範，一口吃下毒蘋果，她本性善良天真，錯把王後當成好心人，相信了王後的欺騙。
而為了報答七個小矮人，她在他們家中為小矮人洗衣做飯，她樂於做一個快樂的家庭主婦。但是她卻又天性柔弱善欺，面對命運的不公或苦難並沒有反抗和斗爭精神。
2、繼母
《白雪公主》里的繼母王後從魔鏡的中得知白雪公主還活著後，就三番兩次地設卜陷阱加害她，先後以漂亮的絲帶、美麗的梳子和香甜的蘋果誘惑白雪公主，以達到斬盡殺絕的目的。
⑻ 白雪公主英文版得文章（原版的）
SW-白雪公主 Q-皇後 M-魔鏡 H-獵人P-白馬王子 D-小矮人 音樂起，旁白
A long time ago, In a beautiful kingdom, there lived a young king and queen, the people loved them so much; the queen died while giving birth to a girl, her name was Snow White, She was a beautiful princess. Year passed, the king got married again, The people didn』t love the new queen, because she was cruel. One day, In the king』s palace: ----白雪出場
S.w: My name is Snow white , I am a beautiful princess, I miss my mother so much, Where is my mother ? Where is my mother ?
音樂起，皇後、魔鏡出場
Q: I am a queen , I』m very beautiful , Where is Mirror ? Mirror , Mirror on the wall , who』s the most beautiful ?
M: Snow white is much more beautiful than you !
Q: Hunter, go kill Snow white .
獵 人 出 場
H: Yes, my queen
音樂起，獵人追趕白雪，公主驚慌出逃
S.w: Help me ,help me, please, please !
白雪順利脫逃後
S.w: I am tried and hungry, oh, there is a little house , I will eat a little and lie down.
音樂起，7個小矮人出場，
D: 1\Look, somebody ate my food----
2\Somebody drank my water----
3\Someone is sleeping now----
4\What a beautiful girl!----
小矮人睡覺----音樂起公主先醒了----小矮人醒了----對話
5\How do you do?
S.w: How do you do? My name is Snow white … Nice to meet you!
D:（齊說）Nice to meet you ,too----
6\ welcome to our house!----
7\Would you like to live here?
S.W: My pleasure, thank you very much!
D: Let』s go out for our work, bye-bye, Snow white.
皇後、魔鏡出場
Q: Mirror, mirror on the wall , who』s the most beautiful?
M: Snow white is much more beautiful than you!
Q: What ? Snow white is not dead ? Hahaha, I got a good idea!
音樂起，皇後扮演老太太出場，對話
Q: Apple ,apple, beautiful apple,
S.w: Hello, Good morning grandma!
Q: pretty girl ,would you like a bite?
S.w: Oh, yes ,thank you grandma!
白雪公主咬一口後倒地
Q: The girl is dead! Hahaha…
小矮人出場、圍著公主哭
Snow white wake up, wake up…
音樂起，小矮人引著王子出場
P: A beautiful girl! She shall be my queen!
王子喚醒公主，公主醒了
P：Wake up ! Wake up , my queen !
S.w: Thank you for your help !
P: My pleasure !
音樂起，小矮人、公主、王子跳起歡快的舞
⑼ 《白雪公主》的英文故事和它的譯文
The beautiful Snow White was murdered jealously many times by her stepmother, and finally reborn with the help of seven dwarfs and princes.
譯文：美麗的白雪公主多次被繼母妒忌地殺害，最後在七個小矮人和王子的幫助下重生。
The queen who loves vanity and beauty always asks the mirror, "Mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
譯文：愛慕虛榮和美麗的女王總是問鏡子：「鏡子，誰是世界上最美麗的女人？」
When the mirror says Snow White, the Queen disguises herself as a witch and tricks her into eating poisonous apples.
譯文：當鏡子上寫著白雪公主時，女王偽裝成女巫，誘騙白雪公主吃有毒的蘋果。
Snow White, who had eaten poisonous apples, was rescued by the later prince.
譯文：吃過毒蘋果的白雪公主被後來的王子救了出來。
The prince finally lived happily with the princess, and the queen was punished as she deserved.
譯文：王子終於和公主幸福地生活在一起，女王受到了應得的懲罰。
(9)英語白雪公主全文閱讀擴展閱讀：
《白雪公主》的歷史原型：
瑪麗亞成長的古堡變成了一座博物館。博物館里有一面「會說話」的鏡子，一種18世紀流行的發聲玩具，傳說是製作「魔鏡」的中心。這面鏡子除了瑪麗亞的「惡毒」繼母，即父親菲利普的第二任妻子克勞迪婭。
巴特爾斯表示：「瑪麗亞小時候的天花視力受損，現有記錄顯示她是一個善良善良的女孩。」也許人們不自覺地站在瑪麗亞身邊反對瑪麗亞的繼母，從而把瑪麗亞的繼母描繪成一個惡毒的人。
⑽ 《白雪公主》的英語原版
LITTLE SNOW WHITE
Grimm's Fairy Tales. Translated by L.L. Weedon. Illus. by Ada Dennis and E. Stuart Hardy and Others. London: Ernest Nister, [1898], pp. 9-20.
Long, long ago, in the winter-time, when the snowflakes were falling like little white feathers from the sky, a beautiful Queen sat beside her window, which was framed in black ebony, and stitched. As she worked, she looked sometimes at the falling snow, and so it happened that she pricked her finger with her needle, so that three drops of blood fell upon the snow. How pretty the red blood looked upon the dazzling white! The Queen said to herself as she saw it, "Ah me! If only I had a dear little child as white as the snow, as rosy as the blood, and with hair as black as the ebony window-frame."
Soon afterwards a little daughter came to her, who was white as snow, rosy as the blood, and whose hair was as black as ebony--so she was called "Little Snow-White."
But alas! When the little one came, the good Queen dies.
A year passed away, and the King took another wife. She was very beautiful, but so proud and haughty that she could not bear to be surpassed in beauty by anyone. She possessed a wonderful mirror which could answer her when she stood before it and said-
"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest of all?"
The mirror answered-
"Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all,"
and the Queen was contented, because she knew the mirror could speak nothing but the truth.
But as time passed on, Little Snow-White grew more and more beautiful, until when she was seven years old, she was as lovely as the bright day, and still more lovely than the Queen herself, so that when the lady one day asked her mirror-
"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"
it answered-
"O Lady Queen, though fair ye be, Snow-White is fairer far to see."
The Queen was horrified, and from that moment envy and pride grew in her heart like rank weeds, until one day she called a huntsman and said "Take the child away into the woods and kill her, for I can no longer bear the sight of her. And when you return bring with you her heart, that I may know you have obeyed my will."
The huntsman dared not disobey, so he led Snow-White out into the woods and placed an arrow in his bow to pierce her innocent heart, but the little maid begged him to spare her life, and the child's beauty touched his heart with pity, so that he bade her run away.
Then as a young wild boar came rushing by, he killed it, took out its heart, and carried it home to the Queen.
Poor little Snow-White was now all alone in the wild wood, and so frightened was she that she trembled at every leaf that rustled. So she began to run, and ran on and on until she came to a little house, where she went in to rest.
In the little house everything she saw was tiny, but more dainty and clean than words can tell.
Upon a white-covered table stood seven little plates and upon each plate lay a little spoon, besides which there were seven knives and forks and seven little goblets. Against the wall, and side by side, stood seven little beds covered with snow-white sheets.
Snow-White was so hungry and thirsty that she took a little food from each of the seven plates, and drank a few drops of wine from each goblet, for she did not wish to take everything away from one. Then, because she was so tired, she crept into one bed after the other, seeking for rest, but one was too long, another too short, and so on, until she came to the seventh, which suited her exactly; so she said her prayers and soon fell fast asleep.
When night fell the masters of the little house came home. They were seven dwarfs, who worked with a pick-axe and spade, searching for cooper and gold in the heart of the mountains.
They lit their seven candles and then saw that someone had been to visit them. The first said, "Who has been sitting on my chair?"
The second said, "Who has been eating from my plate?"
The third, "Who has taken a piece of my bread?"
The fourth, "Who has taken some of my vegetables?"
The fifth, "Who has been using my fork?"
The sixth, "Who has been cutting with my knife?"
The seventh, "Who has been drinking out of my goblet?"
The first looked round and saw that his bed was rumpled, so he said, "Who has been getting into my bed?"
Then the others looked round and each one cried, "Someone has been on my bed too?"
But the seventh saw little Snow-White lying asleep in his bed, and called the others to come and look at her; and they cried aloud with surprise, and fetched their seven little candles, so that they might see her the better, and they were so pleased with her beauty that they let her sleep on all night.
When the sun rose Snow-White awoke, and, oh! How frightened she was when she saw the seven little dwarfs. But they were very friendly, and asked what her name was. "My name is Snow-White," she answered.
"And how did you come to get into our house?" questioned the dwarfs.
Then she told them how her cruel step-mother had intended her to be killed, but how the huntsman had spared her life and she had run on until she reached the little house. And the dwarfs said, "If you will take care of our house, cook for us, and make the beds, wash, mend, and knit, and keep everything neat and clean, then you may stay with us altogether and you shall want for nothing."
"With all my heart," answered Snow-White; and so she stayed.
She kept the house neat and clean for the dwarfs, who went off early in the morning to search for copper and gold in the mountains, and who expected their meal to be standing ready for them when they returned at night.
All day long Snow-White was alone, and the good little dwarfs warned her to be careful to let no one into the house. "For," said they, "your step-mother will soon discover that you are living here."
The Queen, believing, of course, that Snow-White was dead, and that therefore she was again the most beautiful lady in the land, went to her mirror, and said-
"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"
Then the mirror answered-
"O Lady Queen, though fair ye be, Snow-White is fairer far to see. Over the hills and far away, She dwells with seven dwarfs to-day."
How angry she was, for she knew that the mirror spoke the truth, and that the huntsman must have deceived her. She thought and thought how she might kill Snow-White, for she knew she would have neither rest nor peace until she really was the most beautiful lady in the land. At length she decided what to do. She painted her face and dressed herself like an old pedlar-woman, so that no one could recognize her, and in this disguise she climbed the seven mountains that lay between her and the dwarfs' house, and knocked at their door and cried, "Good wares to sell-very cheap to-day!"
Snow-White peeped from the window and said, "Good day, good-wife, and what are your wares?"
"All sorts of pretty things, my dear," answered the woman. "Silken laces of every colour," and she held up a bright-coloured one, made of plaited silks.
"Surely I might let this honest old woman come in?" thought Snow-White, and unbolted the door and bought the pretty lace.
"Dear, dear, what a figure you are, child," said the old woman; "come, let me lace you properly for once."
Snow-White had no suspicious thoughts, so she placed herself in front of the old woman that she might fasten her dress with the new silk lace. But in less than no time the wicked creature had laced her so tightly that she could not breathe, but fell down upon the ground as though she were dead. "Now," said the Queen, "I am once more the most beautiful lady in the land," and she went away.
When the dwarfs came home they were very grieved to find their dear little Snow-White lying upon the ground as though she were dead. They lifted her gently and, seeing that she was too tightly laced, they cut the silken cord, when she drew a long breath and then graally came back to life.
When the dwarfs heard all that had happened they said, "The pedlar-woman was certainly the wicked Queen. Now, take care in future that you open the door to none when we are not with you."
The wicked Queen had no sooner reached home than she went to her mirror, and said-
"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"
And the mirror answered as before-
"O Lady Queen, though fair ye be, Snow-White is fairer far to see. Over the hills and far away, She dwells with seven dwarfs to-day."
The blood rushed to her face as she heard these words, for she knew that Snow-White must have come to life again.
"But I will manage to put an end to her yet," she said, and then, by means of her magic, she made a poisonous comb.
Again she disguised herself, climbed the seven mountains, and knocked at the door of the seven dwarfs' cottage, crying, "Good wares to sell-very cheap today!"
Snow-White looked out of the window and said, "Go away, good woman, for I dare not let you in."
Surely you can look at my goods," answered the woman, and held up the poisonous comb, which pleased Snow-White so well that she opened the door and bought it.
"Come, let me comb your hair in the newest way," said the woman, and the poor unsuspicious child let her have her way, but no sooner did the comb touch her hair than the poison began to work, and she fell fainting to the ground.
"There, you model of beauty," said the wicked woman, as she went away, "you are done for at last!"
But fortunately it was almost time for the dwarfs to come home, and as soon as they came in and found Snow-White lying upon the ground they guessed that her wicked step-mother had been there again, and set to work to find out what was wrong.
They soon saw the poisonous comb, and drew it out, and almost immediately Snow-White began to recover, and told them what had happened.
Once more they warned her to be on her guard, and to open the door to no one.
When the Queen reached home, she went straight to the mirror and said--
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"
And the mirror answered-
"O Lady Queen, though fair ye be, Snow-White is fairer far to see. Over the hills and far away, She dwells with seven dwarfs to-day."
When the Queen heard these words she shook with rage. "Snow-White shall die," she cried, "even if it costs me my own life to manage it."
She went into a secret chamber, where no one else ever entered, and there she made a poisonous apple, and then she painted her face and disguised herself as a peasant woman, and climbed the seven mountains and went to the dwarfs' house.
She knocked at the door. Snow-White put her head out of the window, and said, "I must not let anyone in; the seven dwarfs have forbidden me to do so."
"It's all the same to me," answered the peasant woman; "I shall soon get rid of these fine apples. But before I go I'll make you a present of one."
"Oh! No," said Snow-White, "for I must not take it."
"Surely you are not afraid of poison?" said the woman. "See, I will cut one in two: the rosy cheek you shall take, and the white cheek I will eat myself."
Now, the apple had been so cleverly made that only the rose-cheeked side contained the poison. Snow-White longed for the delicious-looking fruit, and when she saw that the woman ate half of it, she thought there could be no danger, and stretched out her hand and took the other part. But no sooner had she tasted it than she fell down dead.
The wicked Queen laughed aloud with joy as she gazed at her. "White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony," she said, "this time the dwarfs cannot awaken you."
And she went straight home and asked her mirror--
"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"
And at length it answered--
"Thou, O Queen, art fairest of all!"
So her envious heart had peace-at least, so much peace as an envious heart can have.
When the little dwarfs came home at night they found Snow-White lying upon the ground. No breath came from her parted lips, for she was dead. They lifted her tenderly and sought for some poisonous object which might have caused the mischief, unlaced her frock, combed her hair, and washed her with wine and water, but all in vain-dead she was and dead she remained. They laid her upon a bier, and all seven of them sat round about it, and wept as though their hearts would break, for three whole days.
When the time came that she should be laid in the ground they could not bear to part from her. Her pretty cheeks were still rosy red, and she looked just as though she were still living.
"We cannot hide her away in the dark earth," said the dwarfs, and so they made a transparent coffin of shining glass, and laid her in it, and wrote her name upon it in letters of gold; also they wrote that she was a King's daughter. Then they placed the coffin upon the mountain-top, and took it in turns to watch beside it. And all the animals came and wept for Snow-White, first an owl, then a raven, and then a little dove.
For a long, long time little Snow-White lay in the coffin, but her form did not wither; she only looked as though she slept, for she was still as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony.
It chanced that a King's son came into the wood, and went to the dwarfs' house, meaning to spend the night there. He saw the coffin upon the mountain-top, with little Snow-White lying within it, and he read the words that were written upon it in letters of gold.
And he said to the dwarfs, "If you will but let me have the coffin, you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it to you."
But the dwarfs answered, "We would not sell it for all the gold in the world."
Then said the Prince, "Let me have it as a gift, I pray you, for I cannot live without seeing little Snow-White, and I will prize your gift as the dearest of my possessions."
The good little dwarfs pitied him when they heard these words, and so gave him the coffin. The King's son then bade his servants place it upon their shoulders and carry it away, but as they went they stumbled over the stump of a tree, and the violent shaking shook the piece of poisonous apple which had lodged in Snow-White's throat out again, so that she opened her eyes, raised the lid of the coffin, and sat up, alive once more.
"Where am I?" she cried, and the happy Prince answered, "Thou art with me, dearest."
Then he told her all that had happened, and how he loved her better than the whole world, and begged her to go with him to his father's palace and be his wife. Snow-White consented, and went with him, and the wedding was celebrated with great splendour and magnificence.
Little Snow-White's wicked step-mother was bidden to the feast, and when she had arrayed herself in her most beautiful garments, she stood before her mirror, and said--
"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"
And the mirror answered--
"O Lady Queen, though fair ye be, The young Queen is fairer to see."
Oh! How angry the wicked woman was then, and so terrified, too, that she scarcely knew what to do. At first she thought she would not go to the wedding at all, but then she felt that she could not rest until she had seen the young Queen. No sooner did she enter the palace than she recognized little Snow-White, and could not move for terror.
Then a pair of red-hot iron shoes was brought into the room with tongs and set before her, and these she was forced to put on and to dance in them until she could dance no longer, but fell down dead, and that was the end of her.
THE END