Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Белоснежка и семь гномов. Уровень 1

It was so red!

“I wish I had a daughter with skin as white as snow, hair as black as a raven, and lips as red as this drop of blood on my gown,” thought the Queen.

The Queen’s wish came true. After a few months, a baby girl was born. The baby’s skin was really as white as snow, her curly hair as black as the raven and her lips were red as blood.

She was a lovely baby.

“I shall name this beautiful child of mine Snow White,” said the Queen to her husband.

So the Princess was named Snow White.

Sadly for Snow White, in a few years her mother died and after some time her father married again. The new Queen was a very beautiful lady and she was very proud of her beauty. She wished to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

She had a magic mirror in her chambers. She would look into it every morning and ask:

“Mirror, Mirror, on the wall,

Who is the fairest one of all?”

And the mirror would reply:

“Queen, you are the fairest one of all.

The Queen would smile widely because she knew that her magic mirror never lied. It also made her vainer. Nobody in the palace loved her; on the contrary, they were afraid of her.

Many years have passed as the Queen watched Snow White grow into a beautiful girl. She was not happy about it. As Snow White grew older, she became more and more beautiful. The Queen was very jealous, because she feared that the Princess would become prettier than her.

One day, when she asked her mirror:

“Mirror, Mirror, on the wall,

Who is the fairest one of all?”

The mirror answered:

“O Queen, you are fair,

But Snow White is the fairest one of all.”

The Queen was mad with jealousy. She had to do something to remain the most beautiful woman of all. And there was only one solution. Snow White had to die. She could not allow Snow White to become more beautiful than herself!

She decided to get rid of her.

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The Queen summoned a hunter and said to him, “I want you to take Snow White deep into the forest and kill her. Bring back her heart to prove that you really killed her. You are to tell no one about this.”

The hunter was shocked and sad to hear such cruel orders. He, like everyone in the royal household, loved the little princess.