Brothers Grimm - from Lucy and Walter Crane's Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
Snow-White
The queen pricked her finger while she was embroidering. The blood hit the white snow. She said to herself, "Oh that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the embroidery frame!"
Soon after, the Queen had a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. The daughter was named Snow-white. When Snow-white was born, the Queen died.
After a year, the King took another wife. His new wife was remarkably gorgeous and refused to be surpassed in beauty by anyone else. She was very proud and overbearing regarding her beauty. She even had a magic looking-glass (mirror) that she would stand in front of and say,
"Looking-glass upon the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?"
The mirror responded, "You are the fairest of them all."
She was content with hearing this because the looking-glass only spoke the truth.
When Snow-white was seven years old, she became the most beautiful in the land, so the mirror would say that the Queen was no longer the fairest, but rather, it was Snow-white.
This made the queen very angry and jealous. The queen hired a huntsman to take Snow-white into the woods and kill her. He had to bring the Queen Snow-white's heart as a token. Snow-white begged the huntsman to let her live, and she would run away and never be seen again. He felt pity for her and let her go. He instead killed a wild boar and brought its heart back for the queen. The queen ate the heart.
Snow-white found a small cottage and ate some of the food and drank some of the wine. She was so tired that she fell asleep in the seventh bed.
Snow-White
The queen pricked her finger while she was embroidering. The blood hit the white snow. She said to herself, "Oh that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the embroidery frame!"
Soon after, the Queen had a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. The daughter was named Snow-white. When Snow-white was born, the Queen died.
After a year, the King took another wife. His new wife was remarkably gorgeous and refused to be surpassed in beauty by anyone else. She was very proud and overbearing regarding her beauty. She even had a magic looking-glass (mirror) that she would stand in front of and say,
"Looking-glass upon the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?"
The mirror responded, "You are the fairest of them all."
She was content with hearing this because the looking-glass only spoke the truth.
When Snow-white was seven years old, she became the most beautiful in the land, so the mirror would say that the Queen was no longer the fairest, but rather, it was Snow-white.
This made the queen very angry and jealous. The queen hired a huntsman to take Snow-white into the woods and kill her. He had to bring the Queen Snow-white's heart as a token. Snow-white begged the huntsman to let her live, and she would run away and never be seen again. He felt pity for her and let her go. He instead killed a wild boar and brought its heart back for the queen. The queen ate the heart.
Snow-white found a small cottage and ate some of the food and drank some of the wine. She was so tired that she fell asleep in the seventh bed.
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