When morning came, Snow White awoke, and seeing the Seven Dwarfs, jumped out of bed in a fright. But the dwarfs smiled at her and were very kind. So she told them her sad story - how she was the princess Snow White, how her stepmother had tried to kill her, and how the Huntsman had let her go, to run into the forest and to never go back home again. The dwarfs felt sorry for the pretty little princess. 'Will you look after our house, wash, clean, sew and cook for us? If you do we shall keep you safe here with us and look after you.'

Snow White agreed, and so she began living with the Seven Dwarfs in their cottage in the forest. Every morning the dwarfs would leave for their work in the mountains, bidding Snow White good-bye and telling her to be careful. She would wash and clean and tidy the cottage all day, and have their dinner ready hot and steaming for them when they returned in the evening. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were happy and content.

One day Snow White's stepmother the Queen pulled out her magic mirror and asked again, "Mirror, mirror on the wall,who is the fairest of them all?"

The mirror replied:

You were the fairest, lady Queen
Snow White is fairest now, I ween.
In a cottage with the Seven Dwarfs
She lives amid the forest green.

When the Queen heard this she realised that the Huntsman had deceived her, for she knew that the mirror always spoke the truth. She decided she would have to kill Snow White herself - for this vain and jealous Queen could not bear the thought of someone being more beautiful than her.

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