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 mountains
With 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 she was not the most beautiful woman in the
entire land her jealousy would give her no rest.
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.