A TREASURY OF STORIES, JINGLES AND RHYMES.

woman in the world. Then she was happy. But when
Snow White grew up, she became more beautiful
than the Queen, and the mirror said so. This made
the Queen very jealous, and she tried in every way
to get rid of Snow White, but failed. The huntsman
could not kill her, nor the wild beasts devour her. She
made her home with Seven Dwarfs, who charged her to let
no one into the house when they were away. But the
Queen came in disguise, and Snow White was deceived:
first with a pair of stays, next with a poisoned comb, and
lastly with a poisoned apple, which killed her. The Dwarfs
could not bury her, but kept her in a glass case, and with
tears bewailed her loss. By and by a King’s son passed
through the forest, and stopped at the Dwarfs’ house over
night.

He fell in love with Snow White, and offered a large
sum for the case containing her. But the Dwarfs would not
sell it at any price. The Prince begged so hard that they
took pity on him and gave him the case, and as his attend-
ants bore it away they stumbled, and the piece of poisoned
apple fell out of Snow White’s mouth. .

Opening her eyes and raising the lid of the glass case,
she exclaimed, ‘Where am1?” Full of joy the Prince
answered, ‘‘ Safe with me !” and told her all that had taken
place. She consented to go with him to his castle, and
there was a grand wedding ; and the old Queen was there
and danced till she fell down dead.

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