“Who is this maiden?” the prince asked the dwarfs.

The dwarfs told the prince all about Snow White—that she was the daughter of a king, and how she had been poisoned by her jealous stepmother.

“Please may I have this coffin?” the prince said. “We’ll take very good care of her at my palace. Now that I’ve seen her beauty, I never want to be without it.”

The dwarfs took pity on the young prince and let him take the coffin back to his kingdom. As his traveling party continued back home, however, the wagon carrying Snow White’s coffin hit a large tree root growing in the path. The motion caused a small piece of poisoned apple to come out of Snow White’s mouth, and the princess awoke. The apple had not killed the princess after all, but had been lodged in her throat, causing her to fall into a deep sleep.

“Where am I?” Snow White asked.

The prince was amazed to see she was alive. He told her how he had found her in the woods and the dwarfs had let him take her so that he never had to live without her again. It was love at first sight for Snow White too, and she agreed to marry the prince.

With the help of the prince’s army, Snow White returned to her castle and reclaimed her father’s throne from her cruel stepmother. The Evil Queen was locked away in the dungeon without a mirror of any kind, forced to grow old without the comfort of a reflection.

The dwarfs were knighted and invited to live in the castle. Snow White became the queen of her family’s kingdom, she and the prince were married, and they lived happily ever after.

The End