Snow White
Once upon a time, there was a queen with an ugly heart. The queen asked the mirror, "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful in the world?" The mirror answered, "It is the queen." The queen loved her own beauty and looked at the mirror every day, enchanted. One day, the queen asked as usual, "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful in the world?" As she waited for the mirror to say, "It is the queen," the mirror answered, "It is Snow White." The queen was Snow White's second mother. The queen was angry that she was not number one, so she asked the hunter to kill Snow White. However, the kind-hearted hunter hid Snow White deep in the forest and lied to the queen that he had killed her. Snow White ended up living with the dwarves deep in the forest. When the dwarves were at work, she cleaned and cooked meals, and they lived happily and harmoniously every day. The dwarves said, "While we are at work, no one can enter the house. The scary queen will come." The queen asked the mirror again. "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful in the world?" The mirror answered, "It is Snow White who lives deep in the forest." "What?! The hunter lied to me! I will do it!" The queen disguised herself as an old woman who sells things, and took the poisoned apple and went to the depths of the mountain, far, far away. When she arrived at Snow White and the dwarves' house, the queen knocked on the door and said, "Beautiful lady, would you like a delicious apple?" Snow White opened the door and said, "Oh, what a delicious apple! I'll have one!" and ate the poisoned apple. Snow White collapsed as soon as she bit into the poisoned apple, and never woke up. The dwarfs were very sad, so they put the beautiful Snow White in a coffin, surrounded her with flowers, and let her lie in the forest so that they could at least see her whenever they wanted. After a while, the prince, walking through the forest, found Snow White. The prince said, "How beautiful she is. She looks as if she is asleep," and kissed the sleeping Snow White. Then, the poisonous apple flew out of Snow White's mouth, and Snow White woke up. Snow White asked, "Where am I?" and the prince replied, "I will always be by your side." Thus, Snow White married the prince and lived happily ever after.
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