- Regina Doman
- The Shadow of the Bear: A Fairy Tale Retold
- The_Shadow_of_the_Bear__A_Fairy__split_026.html
Table of Contents
Title Page
1.
One winter night, while they were sitting together, a bear came to
their door.
2.
The two girls were quite close and always held each other’s hand
when they went out into the world together.
3.
Their mother reassured the girls, 'Have no fear of this bear. He
will do you no harm.'
4.
From that time onward, the bear came by every evening to play with
the girls. He let them amuse themselves with him as much as they
liked.
5.
And the bear cried out, 'Snow White, Rose Red, would you beat your
wooer dead?'
6.
The girls so accepted their strange friend that they never locked
the door until he had appeared.
7.
No harm came to Snow White or Rose Red when they wandered in the
woods alone. The creatures of the forest befriended
them.
8.
One day as they walked in the woods, the girls came upon an old
dwarf with a withered face and a scowling
eye.
9.
Snow White was the meeker of the two sisters, and would remain at
home, engaged in quiet pursuits.
10.
Snow White caught a glimpse of gold shining beneath the bear’s
hairy coat.
11.
Rose Red was the more spirited of the two, and thought nothing of
running forth alone to explore the woods and
fields.
12.
'Why must you go away, dear bear?' 'I must go into the forest and
guard my treasure from the evil dwarves, who live under the
earth.'
13.
'See what you two milksops have done to me! Ugh, how malicious and
odious you are!' the dwarf screamed at them.
14.
There were once two princes who were bewitched by one of the evil
dwarves. He sought the treasures they had hidden away in the
woods.
15.
In the winter, the dwarves are trapped beneath the earth. But when
the sun warms the world, they break through into the light to
plunder, enchant, and hoard.
16.
'So you return to laugh at me, you wicked creatures?' the dwarf
raged at them. 'Don’t just stand there, you sleek milk-faced
things!' And his ashen face became copper with
rage.
17.
'Whatever gets into the hands of one of these vile dwarves does not
easily see the light of day again.'
18.
Snow White had given herself up for lost when suddenly a black bear
came roaring out of the forest.
19.
The bear, snarling, rushed upon the dwarf and attacked
him.
20.
And the sisters stood amazed to see two young men in handsome
clothing.
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