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Snow White

Once upon a time as a King riding a horse in a snow, he fell from the horse and injured on his knee, three drops of blood fall on the snow. As he looks at the blood on the snow, he says to himself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a son that had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony". Soon after that, the Queen gives birth to a baby boy who has skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. They name him Prince Snow White. As soon as the child is born, the King dies. Soon after, the Queen takes a new husband, who is very charming but also vain. The King possesses a magical mirror, an animate object that answers any question, to which he often asks: "Mirror, mirror on the wall / who in the land is charming of all?" to which the mirror always replies "You, my King, are the most charming of all." But when Snow White reaches the age of seven, he becomes as charm as knight, and when the King asks his mirror, it responds: "King, you are charming, 'tis true, but Snow
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First, disguised as a suit marker, the King offers an expensive suit of armor and wore it on Snow White up so tight that he faints, causing the King to leave him dead on the floor. However, Snow White is revived by the dwarves when they loosen the suit. Next, the King dresses as a different old man and brushes Snow White's hair with a poisoned comb. Snow White again collapses, but again is saved by the dwarves. Finally, the King makes a poisoned wine, and in the disguise of a farmer's wife, offers it to Snow White. When he is hesitant to accept it, the King pretend to sip his wine and offers Snow White a glass of it. He sips the wine eagerly and immediately falls into a deep stupor. When the dwarves find him, they cannot revive him, and they place him in a glass coffin, assuming that he is

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