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Now a Formula
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As soon as the wicked Queen got home she went straight to her mirror, and said:
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?"
and the mirror answered:
"My Lady Queen, you are fair, tis true,
But Snow White is fairer far than you,
Over the hills, where the seven dwarfs dwell,
Snow White is still alive and well"
When the Queen heard this, she became as pale as death, because she saw at once that Snow White must be alive again.
"This time," she said to herself, "I will think of something that will make an end of her once and for all."
And by the witchcraft which she understood so well, she made a poisonous
comb; then she disguised herself as another old woman.
So she went over the seven hills till she reached the cottage of the seven Dwarfs, and knocking at the door she called out:
"Fine wares for sale."
Snow White looked out of the window and said:
"You must go away, for I dare not let anyone in."
"But surely you are not forbidden to look?"
said the old woman, and she held up the poisonous comb for her to see.
And it looked so pretty, that Snow White took it up and put it into her hair to try it; but the moment it touched her head, the poison was so powerful that she fell down senseless.
"Now, my fine lady, you're really done for this time,"
said the wicked woman, and she made her way home as fast as she could.
Fortunately it was now near evening, and the seven Dwarfs returned home. When they saw Snow White lying on the ground, they at once suspected that her wicked step-mother had been at work again; so they searched till they found the poisonous comb, and the moment they pulled it off her head, Snow White came to herself again, and told them what had happened.
Then they warned her once more to be on her guard, and to open the door to no one.
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