白雪公主的故事

One winter day, snow was falling. A queen sat by a window with a black frame. She pricked her finger, and three red drops fell on the snow. "I wish I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood and as black as this frame," she said. Soon she had a baby girl. Everyone called her Snow White. But the queen died.

The king married a new queen. She was beautiful, but she was proud. She had a magic mirror. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all?" she asked. "You are, my queen," said the mirror.

Snow White grew up. One day the mirror said, "Snow White is more beautiful than you." The queen was very angry. She told a hunter to take Snow White into the forest and get rid of her. But the hunter felt sorry for her. "Run away, poor child!" he said.

Snow White ran and ran. At night she found a little house. Inside were seven little plates, seven little cups and seven little beds. She ate a little, drank a little and fell asleep.

Seven dwarfs lived there. They worked in the mountains. "What a pretty girl!" they said. "You can stay with us. But don't open the door to anyone."

The mirror told the queen, "Snow White lives with the seven dwarfs." So the queen dressed up as an old woman. Twice she came to the little house, and twice the dwarfs saved Snow White. The third time, she brought an apple. One side was white, and one side was red. Only the red side was bad. Snow White took one bite and fell down. She did not wake up.

The dwarfs were very sad. She looked like she was sleeping, so they put her in a glass box on the hill.

One day, a prince came by. He loved Snow White at once. As his men carried the glass box, they tripped. The piece of apple fell out of her mouth, and Snow White opened her eyes. "Where am I?" she asked. "You are with me," said the prince. "Will you marry me?"

The queen came to the wedding. When she saw Snow White, she was so afraid that she ran away. Nobody ever saw her again. And Snow White and the prince lived happily ever after.