Meanwhile Snow White was growing up, and the older she grew the prettier she became, so that by the time she was seven years old, she was far more beautiful than the Queen.

One day the Queen, as always, asked her magic mirror,"Mirror, mirror on the wall,who is the fairest of them all?"

This time the mirror gave a different answer. It said, "You were the fairest, lady Queen. Snow White is fairest now, I ween.

The Queen began hating Snow White. As Snow White grew prettier with every passing day, the Queen's jealousy and anger grew. At last unable to bear Snow White's beauty any longer, she called her Huntsman and said to him, 'Take the child into the forest, and kill her, and bring back her heart and her tongue as proof that she is dead.'

The Huntsman did as the Queen asked - he took the little girl into the forest and prepared to kill her. 'Please don't kill me,' cried Snow White, looking in terror at his big sharp knife. 'I will run away into the forest and never come back again.' The Huntsman relented, and let her go. The child ran off through the trees deep into the forest. 'The wild beasts will kill you, you poor child,' thought the Huntsman to himself. But somehow he was glad he had not killed the little princess. Just then a wild boar came blundering through the bushes. The Huntsman killed the animal, and cutting out his heart and tongue took it to the Queen, as proof that Snow White was dead. The Queen rejoiced and was happy that she was once again the fairest of them all.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cont'd... 
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