Welcome to my "Little folks" page ~ As a child I always loved to read"Grimes Fairy Tales"(and still do) so this page is for all us who will never be to too old to be young and to my "little Menehune's"( my grandchildren).

Edited by Katharine Lee Bates

Inside the covers of this book are a few of my favorite fairy tales I read as a child.

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• The Frog Prince

• Briar Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

• Little Red Riding Hood

• Beauty and the Beast

• Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper

• Rumpel-stilt-skin

Are all my little kiddies ready to hear a fairy tale before you go to dreamland?....if you are then jump in bed and I'll be there shortly!!!

adapted by Jane Jerrard,Bette Killion & Carolyn Quattrocki

The story I've chosen to tell from this book is:

Long ago in a far-off land, a princess was born with hair as black as night, skin as white as snow, and lips the color of rubies.  She was called Snow White.

As the baby grew into a little girl, she became more beautiful every year.  Her stepmother, the queen, was also very beautiful.  The queen was so vain she had a magical mirror made. Every day she looked in the mirror and asked,

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

Who is the fairest of us all?

The mirror would answer,

You, my queen, are fairest in the land.

And the queen was very pleased, because she knew tht it was true.

But one day, when Snow White had grown to be a young maiden, the vain queen asked,

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

who is fairest of us all?

And the mirror replied,

You my queen, may be,

But Snow White is fairer still than thee.

The queen was very angry, because she could not stand to have someone be prettier than she.   From that time on , the queen hated Snow White.  When she could no longer bear to look at the beautiful princess, she called a woodsman and ordered him to take Snow White away and kill her.  The man, fearing for his own life, took the girl deep into the forest but could not bring himself to kill her.  Instead he left Snow White there alone.

Snow White found herself all alone in the dark woods.  Around her were mysterious noises and frightening shadows.  She was so scared she began to run.  Tree branches caught at her black hair as she ran through the forest.  Wild beasts watched her, but they did not harm the beautiful girl.  She ran as fast and as far as she could, until she saw a little cottage with a red roof.  When no one answered her knocks,Snow White went inside.

There she found a little table set with seven plates, and seven little beds were lined up against the wall.  The hungry princess nibbled a bit of food from each plate then threw herself on the seventh bed and fell asleep.

Seven dwarfs shared this little cottage.  Soon they came back from the gold and copper mines where they worked.  How surprised they were to find Snow White sleeping in their home! They let the lovely girl sleep until morning then asked her how she had found her way to their cottage deep in the woods.  When they heard Snow White's story, they felt sorry for her and asked her to stay.  She took care of the cottage, and the dwarfs gave her food, friendship, and shelter in return.

Snow white was happy living with the dwarfs.  but one day back at the castle, the evil queen again asked,

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

who is fairest of us all?

The mirror replied,

You,my queen, may lovely be,

But Snow White is fairer still than thee.

Then the queeen knew that Snow White was still alive.  She decided to kill the girl herself.  The queen disguised herself as an ugly old woman and then appeared at the dwarf's cottage.  She called out, "Belts for sale! Buy my pretty belts!"

Snow White saw no danger in opening the door to let in the disguised queen.  Snow white tried on one of the lovely silk belts.  The queen pulled the belt so tight around the girl's waist that she fell down as if dead. When the dwarfs returned, they found Snow White lying on the floor.  Right away they saw that the girl's belt was too tight and cut it off with a knife.  She began to breathe again and told them what happened.  The dwarfs realized that the old woman must have been the evil queen, and they warned Snow White to be careful.  Above all she must not open the door to let in anyone.

Meanwhile, at the castle, the queen asked once more,

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

Who is fairest of us all?

When the mirror answered that Snow White was still the fairest, the queen shook with rage and vowed that Snow White must die.The evil queen set out for the cottage in a new disguise.   This time she offered to sell Snow White a lovely comb.  Snow White took the comb--through the window this time --and put it in her hair.  She fell right where she stood because the comb was poisoned.  The dwarfs came home.  They realized at once that the comb was poisoned and quickly removed it from her hair before it killed her.  Back at the castle the queen asked yet again,

Mirror, miror on the wall,

Who is the fairest of us all?

When she learned that the princess still lived, the queen used all her magic to make a single perfect, poisoned apple. Then the queen dressed herself as a poor woman and went once more to see Snow White.  She offered the girl the apple and Snow White could not resist it. Part of the apple's magic was that eveyone who saw it must taste it.  Snow White bit into the fruit, and instantly fell down as if dead.

When the queen returned to the castle, her mirror told her at last, "Queen, thou art fairest of us all!"

The dwarfs could not wake Snow White, but she looked as healthy and pretty as if she were comfortably sleeping.  They laid her in a glass case so they could watch over her.

One day a prince was hunting in the woods.  He came upon Snow White lying in the glass case and thought she was the most beautiful princess he had ever seen.

He fell in love with her right away.  He believed the glass box must be part of some evil enchantment, so he opened the case and lifted Snow White in his arms.

As the prince picked up Snow White, the piece of poisoned apple fell out of her mouth, and she awoke from her sleep.  Snow White slowly opened her eyes to find herself in the arms of the prince! 

When the dwarfs learned that Snow White was alive, they danced with joy and agreed happily that she should marry the prince.

As for the queen, her hatred made her so ugly that she could no longer bear to look in her mirror,  she finally smashed it in a fit of rage, so she never found out about Snow White's happiness.

Now sweet dreams to all!

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