Snow White - Chinese Version
In a faraway land there lived a king and queen who longed for a child. So very sincerely they prayed to the heavens.
"God! We are both good kings and queens, please give us a child!"
Soon after, the queen gave birth to a lovely little princess, whose skin was as white as snow, whose cheeks were as red as apples, and whose hair was black and silky, so the king and queen named her Snow White.
All the people of the country blessed Snow White y.
Snow White grew up under the favor of the king and queen, and finally became a beautiful girl who was loved by everyone. Snow White was very kind and loving, and she often played with the animals. The animals in the forest, such as deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds, all like Snow White, because Snow White will give them food, but also tell them stories. Snow White was as kind as an angel and lived a happy life.
But the good times didn't last long when Snow White's mother became ill and died.
The king married a new queen for Snow White's sake, but the new queen was a witch who was skilled in magic. Although she was very beautiful, she was very proud and irritable. In particular, she hated people who were more beautiful than her.
"This is your new mother!"
When the king introduced the new queen to Snow White, she was still grieving for her dead mother.
The new queen had a very strange mirror from which you could get all the answers you wanted to know.
So the queen often looked into the mirror and asked, "Magic mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
"The most beautiful woman in the world is you, Queen."
But one day, when the Queen asked the Magic Mirror the same question again, the Magic Mirror replied,
"Now Snow White is more beautiful than you."
The new queen was very angry when she heard this.
"Damn it, how can anyone be more beautiful than me, I must remove her."
So she ordered the court's warrior, saying,
"I don't want to see Snow White anymore, so find an excuse to take her to the forest and kill her secretly. After you kill her, bring back her heart and tongue as proof that you killed her. Do you hear me? No mistakes ......"
"Yes, Queen ......"
After hearing this, the samurai really did take Snow White to the forest.
When the samurai drew his sword to kill the princess, he saw the princess, who was picking flowers, pure, kind, like an angel, the samurai couldn't bear to kill her, so he said to Snow White:
"The queen ordered me to kill you, Princess, but I can't be cruel enough to do so, so you'd better run away towards the forest!"
After saying this the samurai saw a pig and ran over to it and slaughtered it and took off the heart and tongue as proof.
After that, the samurai went back to the palace.
Snow White, who had heard the owl hooting, found the forest more and more frightening as she walked.
Suddenly, there was a cabin in front of her, and she cried out in surprise and delight:
"Ah, a cabin!" Snow White rushed forward and knocked on the door, but no one in the house came to open it. She then took it upon herself to open the door. When she entered the cabin, there were seven tiny beds neatly arranged inside. Snow White was very tired after running in the forest all day, so she lay down on the seven tiny beds and fell asleep without realizing it.
When the seven dwarfs came back in the evening, carrying their hoes, they found that someone was in their house and was sleeping in their own beds, and they all asked strangely:
"Who is this beautiful girl?"
"She's sleeping so well!"
"This little girl is so beautiful looking."
The sound of the dwarfs talking about it woke Snow White.
The dwarfs were angry and said, "Why did you break into our house?"
"Gentlemen, I'm so sorry, because I was lost in the forest, and after walking all day, I was really hungry and tired, and when I saw this cottage, I walked in to rest."
And Snow White told the dwarfs what had happened, one by one. The dwarfs listened and sympathized with Snow White so much that they left her behind.
"You can stay here!"
Snow White was happy to hear that the dwarves were willing to keep her and said,
"Thank you so much, I'm willing to cook, make the beds, do the laundry, clean, I'll do anything for you here." "You are welcome, and this will be your home from now on."
Snow White cleaned the cottage very well every day. When the seven dwarfs came back from the forest, there was a delicious dinner waiting for them. And so day after day, Snow White and the dwarfs lived a happy life.
The new queen thought that Snow White was dead, and one day she asked the magic mirror again, saying:
"Magic mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful person in the world?" The magic mirror answered the queen and said:
"Queen, you are very beautiful, but Snow White is even more beautiful than you are, and she is now living a happy, happy life in the forest with the seven dwarfs."
When the queen heard this answer, she realized that Snow White was not dead, and she felt angry.
"What an abomination, Snow White must be made to disappear from the world"
The bad hearted queen thought of a way to get rid of Snow White, she coated the outside of the bright red apple with a poison she had concocted and prepared to go and poison Snow White.
"Hey! Hey! Snow White will surely die as soon as she takes a bite of this poisoned apple. At that time, I will be the most beautiful woman in the world." Then the queen dressed up as an old woman and went out into the forest with a basket of apples. The Bad Queen came to the Dwarf's cabin with her basket of apples.
"Lovely little girl, would you like to buy a red and fragrant apple? I'll give you one to eat, I'm sure you'll like it." Snow White, who was already a big fan of apples, saw the red and big apple and said happily:
"Wow! What a lovely red apple! It must be delicious."
So Snow White reached out and took that apple.
Turns out, Snow White only took one bite, and immediately fell to the ground and fainted.
The bad-hearted queen saw her fall to the ground and laughed, saying, "Ha! Ha! Snow White has disappeared from this world ever since."
When the dwarfs came home in the evening, they saw Snow White lying on the ground as if she were dead, and they immediately carried her to her bed and tried their best to save her, but Snow White still did not wake up.
The dwarfs put Snow White in a glass coffin filled with flowers and prepared to hold a grand funeral. The prince of a neighboring country was passing through the forest, and saw the beautiful princess in the glass coffin, as well as the dwarfs and animals mourning.
The prince knew what had happened, and with tears in his eyes, he looked at Snow White and said: "Poor Princess, if you can be resurrected, how wonderful it would be!" The prince offered Snow White a bouquet of flowers and gazed at her with affection, saying, "Her skin was white and her cheeks were rosy, as if she were asleep, and she did not look like a dead person at all."
Finally, the prince could not help but lean in and kiss her.
Suddenly, Snow White spat out the apple she had eaten from her mouth. It turned out that the prince's love for the princess made the poisoned apple lose its effect, and the princess gradually regained her body temperature and opened her bright eyes.
Snow White woke up, as if from a long sleep, her cheeks and lips still so rosy.
"Wow! You guys saw it! Snow White came to life! Snow White came back to life!"
The dwarfs all leapt for joy and shouted with excitement. The prince was even more joyful, saying:
"This is wonderful! Snow White has been reborn, God really won't let me down!" Even the animals on the sidelines squealed and talked about it. After the prince explained to Snow White where he came from, he held her hands and said tenderly, "Princess, would you like to come back to the palace with me and be my princess?"
The Snow White Princess shyly nodded her head in agreement.
The dwarfs and the animals of the forest, some dancing and singing, sang and celebrated the prince and Snow White. "May the prince and the princess, be happy and happy forever!"
The prince took Snow White and rode his white horse to say goodbye to the dwarves and the animals in the forest, and they kept turning back to the dwarves and waving goodbye: "Dwarves, thank you for taking care of me, I will always remember you."
"I wish you all happiness, goodbye!"
After they left the forest and returned to their neighboring country, they were immediately welcomed by all the people of the country. In the hearts of the people, they were truly made for each other.
The bad-hearted queen was very happy because she thought that Snow White would surely die since she poisoned her.
One day, she asked the Magic Mirror with confidence:
"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, now the most beautiful person in the world should be me!"
The Magic Mirror replied: "You are the most beautiful person except Snow White, but Snow White who lives in the neighboring country is millions of times more beautiful than you."
The Queen felt strange when she heard this, and thought to herself that Snow White had not been killed by her. But then she thought about how Snow White has always been lucky, "It's just madness, I can't believe I can't kill Snow White!"
The Queen was originally a witch, so she flew to a neighboring country on her magic broom with her magic sword, ready to get rid of the thorn in her side. As she flew over the neighboring country, a sudden bolt of lightning struck at the bad queen.
"Chop! Baa!"
A loud noise knocked the Witch Queen off her broom.
The Witch Queen was finally punished by God and ended her life of evil.
At this time, the prince's country was in great joy, for the beautiful Snow White had agreed to the prince's proposal of marriage and was having a grand wedding.
The dwarfs and the animals of the forest are also invited to the wedding, and with the blessing of the whole country, the prince and Snow White will live happily ever after.