The Story of Snow White

and the Seven Dwarves

Grimm's Fairy Tale version - translated by Margaret Hunt language modernized a bit by Leanne Guenther
Once upon a time, long, long ago a king and queen
ruled over a distant land. The queen was kind
and lovely and all the people of the realm adored
her. The only sadness in the queen's life was
that she wished for a child but did not have
one.
One winter day, the queen was doing needle work
while gazing out her ebony window at the new
fallen snow. A bird flew by the window startling
the queen and she pricked her finger. A single
drop of blood fell on the snow outside her
window. As she looked at the blood on the snow
she said to herself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a
daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as
red as blood, and hair as black as ebony."
Soon after that, the kind queen got her wish when
she gave birth to a baby girl who had skin white
as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as
ebony. They named the baby princess Snow White,
but sadly, the queen died after giving birth to
Snow White.
Soon after, the king married a new woman who was
beautiful, but as well proud and cruel. She had
studied dark magic and owned a magic mirror, of
which she would daily ask,
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of
them all?.
Each time this question was asked, the mirror

would give the same answer, "Thou, O Queen, art

the fairest of all." This pleased the queen
greatly as she knew that her magical mirror could
speak nothing but the truth.
One morning when the queen asked, "Mirror, mirror
on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" she
was shocked when it answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But Snow White is even fairer than you.
The Queen flew into a jealous rage and ordered
her huntsman to take Snow White into the woods to
be killed. She demanded that the huntsman return
with Snow White's heart as proof.
The poor huntsman took Snow White into the
forest, but found himself unable to kill the
girl. Instead, he let her go, and brought the
queen the heart of a wild boar.
Snow White was now all alone in the great forest,
and she did not know what to do. The trees
seemed to whisper to each other, scaring Snow
White who began to run. She ran over sharp
stones and through thorns. She ran as far as her
feet could carry her, and just as evening was
about to fall she saw a little house and went
inside in order to rest.
Inside the house everything was small but
tidy. There was a little table with a tidy,
white tablecloth and seven little
plates. Against the wall there were seven little
beds, all in a row and covered with quilts.
Because she was so hungry Snow White ate a few
vegetables and a little bread from each little
plate and from each cup she drank a bit of milk.
Afterward, because she was so tired, she lay down
on one of the little beds and fell fast asleep.
After dark, the owners of the house returned

home. They were the seven dwarves who mined for

gold in the mountains. As soon as they arrived
home, they saw that someone had been there -- for
not everything was in the same order as they had
left it.
The first one said, "Who has been sitting in my
chair?"
The second one, "Who has been eating from my
plate?"
The third one, "Who has been eating my bread?"
The fourth one, "Who has been eating my
vegetables?"
The fifth one, "Who has been eating with my
fork?"
The sixth one, "Who has been drinking from my
cup?"
But the seventh one, looking at his bed, found
Snow White lying there asleep. The seven dwarves
all came running up, and they cried out with
amazement. They fetched their seven candles and
shone the light on Snow White.
"Oh good heaven! " they cried. "This child is
beautiful!"
They were so happy that they did not wake her up,
but let her continue to sleep in the bed. The
next morning Snow White woke up, and when she saw
the seven dwarves she was frightened. But they
were friendly and asked, "What is your name?"
"My name is Snow White," she answered.
"How did you find your way to our house?" the
dwarves asked further.

Then she told them that her stepmother had tried

to kill her, that the huntsman had spared her
life, and that she had run the entire day through
the forest, finally stumbling upon their house.
The dwarves spoke with each other for awhile and
then said, "If you will keep house for us, and
cook, make beds, wash, sew, and knit, and keep
everything clean and orderly, then you can stay
with us, and you shall have everything that you
want."
"Yes," said Snow White, "with all my heart." For
Snow White greatly enjoyed keeping a tidy home.
So Snow White lived happily with the
dwarves. Every morning they went into the
mountains looking for gold, and in the evening
when they came back home Snow White had their
meal ready and their house tidy. During the day
the girl was alone, except for the small animals
of the forest that she often played with.
Now the queen, believing that she had eaten Snow
White's heart, could only think that she was
again the first and the most beautiful woman of
all. She stepped before her mirror and said:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,Who in this land is
fairest of all?
It answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.But Snow
White, beyond the mountainsWith the seven
dwarves,Is still a thousand times fairer than
you.
This startled the queen, for she knew that the
mirror did not lie, and she realized that the
huntsman had deceived her and that Snow White was
still alive. Then she thought, and thought

again, how she could rid herself of Snow White -for as long as long as she was not the most
beautiful woman in the entire land her jealousy
would give her no rest.
At last she thought of something. She went into
her most secret room -- no one else was allowed
inside -- and she made a poisoned apple. From
the outside it was beautiful, and anyone who saw
it would want it. But anyone who might eat a
little piece of it would died. Coloring her
face, she disguised herself as an old peddler
woman, so that no one would recognize her,
traveled to the dwarves house and knocked on the
door.
Snow White put her head out of the window, and
said, "I must not let anyone in; the seven
dwarves have forbidden me to do so."
"That is all right with me," answered the peddler
woman. "I'll easily get rid of my apples. Here,
I'll give you one of them."
"No," said Snow White, "I cannot accept anything
from strangers."
"Are you afraid of poison?" asked the old woman.
"Look, I'll cut the apple in two. You eat half
and I shall eat half."
Now the apple had been so artfully made that only
the one half was poisoned. Snow White longed for
the beautiful apple, and when she saw that the
peddler woman was eating part of it she could no
longer resist, and she stuck her hand out and
took the poisoned half. She barely had a bite in
her mouth when she fell to the ground dead.
The queen looked at her with an evil stare,
laughed loudly, and said, "White as snow, red as
blood, black as ebony wood! The dwarves shall
never awaken you."

Back at home she asked her mirror:

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,Who in this land is
fairest of all?
It finally answered:
You, my queen, are fairest of all.
Then her cruel and jealous heart was at rest, as
well as a cruel and jealous heart can be at rest.
When the dwarves came home that evening they
found Snow White lying on the ground. She was
not breathing at all. She was dead. They lifted
her up and looked at her longingly. They talked
to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing
helped. The dear child was dead, and she
remained dead. They laid her on a bed of straw,
and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her
and cried for three days. They were going to
bury her, but she still looked as fresh as a
living person, and still had her beautiful red
cheeks.
They said, "We cannot bury her in the black
earth," and they had a transparent glass coffin
made, so she could be seen from all sides. They
laid her inside, and with golden letters wrote on
it her name, and that she was a princess. Then
they put the coffin outside on a mountain, and
one of them always stayed with it and watched
over her. The animals too came and mourned for
Snow White, first an owl, then a raven, and
finally a dove.
Now it came to pass that a prince entered these
woods and happened onto the dwarves' house, where
he sought shelter for the night . He saw the
coffin on the mountain with beautiful Snow White
in it, and he read what was written on it with
golden letters.

Then he said to the dwarves, "Let me have the

coffin. I will give you anything you want for
it."
But the dwarves answered, "We will not sell it
for all the gold in the world."
Then he said, "Then give it to me, for I cannot
live without being able to see Snow White. I will
honor her and respect her as my most cherished
one."
As he thus spoke, the good dwarves felt pity for
him and gave him the coffin. The prince had his
servants carry it away on their shoulders. But
then it happened that one of them stumbled on
some brush, and this dislodged from Snow White's
throat the piece of poisoned apple that she had
bitten off. Not long afterward she opened her
eyes, lifted the lid from her coffin, sat up, and
was alive again.
"Good heavens, where am I?" she cried out.
The prince said joyfully, "You are with me." He
told her what had happened, and then said, "I
love you more than anything else in the
world. Come with me to my father's castle. You
shall become my wife." Snow White loved him, and
she went with him. Their wedding was planned
with great splendor and majesty.
Snow White's wicked step-mother was invited to
the feast, and when she had arrayed herself in
her most beautiful garments, she stood before her
mirror, and said:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,Who in this land is
fairest of all?
The mirror answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.But the

young queen is a thousand times fairer than you.

Not knowing that this new queen was indeed her
stepdaughter, she arrived at the wedding, and her
heart filled with the deepest of dread when she
realized the truth - the evil queen was banished
from the land forever and the prince and Snow
White lived happily ever after.

Do I Make You Proud

[Verse One:]
I've never been
The one to raise my hand
That was not me
And now that's who I am
Because of you
I am standing tall
My heart is full
Of endless gratitude
You were the one
The one to guide me through
Now I can see
And I believe
It's only just beginning

[Chorus:]
This is what we dream about

But the only question with me

now
Is do I make you proud
Stronger than I've ever been now
Never been afraid of standing out
Do I make you proud

[Verse Two:]
I guess Ive learned
To question is to grow,
That you still have faith,
Is all I need to know,
Ive learned to love,
Myself in spite of me,
And Ive learned to
Walk on the road I believe.
Everybody needs to rise up
Everybody needs to be loved

To be loved
Everybody need to rise on
Everybody needs to be loved, to
be loved
This is what we dream about
But the only question with me
now
Is do I make you, do I make you
proud
This is what we dream about
Never been afraid of standing out
Do I make you proud
Stronger than I've ever been
Never been afraid of standing out
Do I make you proud
Do I make you proud

GLOWING INSIDE
Happy, to let you know
You make me glow
I feel so good, it's true
So glad that I have you
You love me so
Now all is bright
I'll always thank you for the glow
And thank you for the joy
Thank you for the love you give
to me
I'm glowing, glowing inside
With your love shining through
Thank you for everything you do
I'm glowing inside because of
you
Remember, my growing years
They're filled with joy
Because you're there for me
You cast my fears away
You wipe those tears
You gave me strength each day
[ Lyrics from:
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/n/nikki_gi
l/glowing_inside.html ]

I thank you for the glow

And thank you for the joy
Thank you for the love you give
to me
I'm glowing, glowing inside
With your love shining through
Thank you for everything you do
I'm glowing inside because of
you

Who knows of what tomorrow

brings
My glowing wings can make me
fly
I'll reach and now I touch the sky
Because of you I'll sore up high
So I must
Thank you for the glow
And thank you for the joy
Thank you for the love you give
to me
I'm glowing, glowing inside
With your love shining through
Thank you for everything you do
I'm glowing inside because of
you

Thanks To You lyrics

Thank you for teaching
me how to love
Showing me what the
world means
What I've been
dreamin' of
And now I know, there
is nothing that I
could not do
Thanks to You
For teaching me how to
feel
Showing me my emotions
Letting me know what's
real
From what is not
What I've got is more
that I'd ever hoped
for
And a lot of what I
hope for is
Thanks to you
No mountain, no valley
No time, no space
No heartache, no
heartbreak
No fall from grace
Can't stop me from
believing

That my love will pull

me through
Thanks to You
(Adlib)
There's no mountain,
no valley
No time, no space
No heartache, no
heartbreak
No fall from grace
Can't stop me from
believing
That my love will see
me through
Thanks to You
Thanks to You
For teaching me how to
live
Putting things in
perspective
Teaching me how to
give
And how to take
No mistake
We were put here
together
And if I breakdown
Forgive me but it's
true
That I'm aching with
the love I feel inside
Thanks to You
Thanks to you