Story – Snow White. This story was first recorded by the German Brothers Grimm. They collected a lot of stories that were passed down in folklore, which later became the classic fairy tale that we are familiar with today. This story is about the conflict between beauty, kindness and jealousy. Through it, we can learn a lot of lessons, such as what true kindness is and what happens when you treat others badly.
A long time ago, in a faraway country, there was a beautiful queen. She gave birth to a little girl who was very beautiful. Her skin was as white as snow in winter, her face was red like an apple, and her hair was black and shiny and as smooth as ebony. Because she was so beautiful, people called her “Snow White”.
Unfortunately, Snow White’s mother died when she was very young. The king was very sad, but he wanted his daughter to have a whole family, so he married a new queen.
This new queen was also beautiful, but she was not as gentle and kind as Snow White’s mother. She had a magic mirror, and every day she would ask, “Magic mirror, magic mirror, please tell me, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?”
The mirror always answered, “You, of course.”
Every time she heard this, the queen was very happy.
But as time went by, Snow White slowly grew up and she became more and more beautiful. One day, the queen asked the mirror as usual, “Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?”
This time the mirror said, “Queen, you are beautiful too, but Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you.”
The queen was very angry when she heard this. She couldn’t accept that someone was more beautiful than her, so she decided to get rid of Snow White.
She got a hunter and ordered him to say, “You take Snow White to the forest, kill her, and bring her lungs and liver back to me.”
The hunter took Snow White into the forest. But when he saw this lovely little girl, he couldn’t lay his hands on her. Finally, he let Snow White go and said to her, “Run away, as far away as you can, and don’t come back.”
In order to answer to the queen, the hunter killed a small boar and took out its entrails to bring back to the palace, pretending that they were Snow White’s body parts.
Poor Snow White was left alone in the forest, and she was so frightened that she ran on until it was dark. Just as she was about to collapse from exhaustion, she found a little house.
She gathered her courage and knocked on the door, but no one answered. So she gently pushed the door open and walked inside.
The house was small, but it was cleaned up inside. The table was covered with a white tablecloth, and there were seven plates, each containing bread and other food; seven glasses of wine and seven pairs of knives and forks stood beside it. There were seven cribs lined up on the wall.
Snow White was so hungry and tired that she ate something, drank a little wine, and then lay down on one of the beds and fell asleep.
At night the owners of the house came back. They were seven miners who had been digging for gold in the mountains during the day and came home at night. As soon as they entered they were surprised to find a strange little girl in the house. But when they saw Snow White, they were all mesmerized by her beauty.
“Wow, what a pretty little girl!” They said softly, not wanting to wake her up.
The next morning, Snow White woke up and told the dwarfs why she was here. When they heard this they all sympathized with her and said, “If you are willing to help us clean the house and cook, then you can live here.”
Snow White was so happy that she stayed and became friends with the seven kind dwarfs.
At this time, the queen thought Snow White was dead, so she went back to the magic mirror and asked, “Magic mirror magic mirror, who is the most beautiful woman now?”
The mirror said, “Queen, although you are very beautiful, Snow White is still alive, and she now lives in the house of the seven dwarfs, and she is even more beautiful than you.”
When the queen heard this, she jumped up and down in anger. She knew she had been tricked and decided to take matters into her own hands.
She changed into a grandmother’s dress, disguised herself as an old woman selling something, and went to the door of the dwarfs’ house.
“Little friend, I have beautiful ribbons here, would you like to buy one?” She shouted.
Snow White heard the voice, opened the door and bought some colorful ribbons. The grandmother said, “Let me help you tie it.” But she took the opportunity to tie the ribbons so tightly that Snow White couldn’t breathe and fainted on the floor.
At night, the dwarfs came home and found Snow White on the ground, motionless, and hurriedly cut the ribbon to save her. They warned her, “Don’t ever open the door to strangers again, it’s too dangerous.”
The queen did not stop there. When she returned to the palace, she made another poisoned comb and came to Snow White again dressed as another grandmother.
She took out the comb and said, “My little friend, look how beautiful this comb is, let me comb your hair.”
Snow White, as naive as ever, agreed. But when the comb touched her hair, she immediately fainted.
When the dwarfs came home and found her on the floor, they immediately pulled out the comb and woke her up. They warned her again to beware of strangers.
The queen was still undeterred. She returned to her palace and made a poisoned apple. She coated one half of the apple with a strong poison and left the other half as it was. Then she dressed up as a peasant and took the apple to the dwarf’s house.
“Little friend, here’s an apple for you.” She said.
Snow White remembered the dwarfs’ warning and said, “No, they won’t let anyone give me anything.”
The Queen smiled and said, “Then I’ll cut the apple in half, you can have the red half and I’ll have the white, is that all right?”
Seeing that she was fine with eating the white half, Snow White took a reassuring bite of the red part. As a result, the poison immediately kicked in, and she fell to the ground on the spot, as if she were dead.
When the dwarfs returned home, they saw Snow White lying motionless on the ground and could not wake her up. They were so sad that they put her in a transparent glass coffin and kept her by their side.
One day, a handsome prince passed by the forest and saw Snow White lying in the coffin. Fascinated by her beauty, he asked the dwarfs to let him take the coffin.
While carrying the coffin, the prince accidentally bumped into a stone and pieces of the poisoned apple stuck in Snow White’s throat fell out. She slowly opened her eyes!
The prince was so excited that he immediately confessed his feelings to her. And Snow White was touched by his kindness, so the two of them returned to the prince’s castle together and began a happy life.
As for the evil queen, she was punished for her jealousy and wickedness. It is said that she felt ashamed and regretful at a banquet and finally died in pain.
I hope you like this story. You may have heard it many times, but each time you read it, you will feel differently. Remember, no matter what difficulties you encounter, as long as you insist on being a kind and brave person, you will surely be able to welcome your own happiness.
Just like Snow White, as long as there is light in your heart, the darkness will always pass.
