snow white

TheSnowWhite

UNTTONE

Onceuponatime,orkedshethought,"Ifonly

Ihadalittledaughter,howhappyIwouldbe."

Dreaming,ropsofbloodfellonthesnow-white

linen['linin].

"Howlovelymylittlegirlwouldbeifshehadlipsasredasblood,skinaswhiteassnowandhair

asblackabony['ebəni]."thoughttheQueen.

UNITTWO

Sometimelater,alittledaughterwasborntotheQueen,andshewasjustasbeautifulasthe

Queenhadhopedshemightbe.

ThehappymotherdecidedtocallherbabySnowWhite.

ButtheQueenwasveryill,andwhenSnowWhitewasstillalittlegirl,

White'sfather,theKing,ast

thelonelyKingmarriedagain,andtherewasgreatrejoicing[ri'dʒɔisiŋ]intheland.

UNITTHREE

HisnewQueenwasverybeautifultolookupon,butalas[ə'læs],herheartwascoldandcruel.

TheQueenwasvain,ldspendhoursdressingherlfinfineclothes,andbrushingher

ewouldstandbythemirrorandadmireherlf.

Shewassovainthatshewantedtobethemostbeautifulwomaninthekingdom.

UNITFOUR

NowtheQueen'aysheaskedit:

Mirror,mirroronthewall,

Whoisthefairestofusall?

Ifthemirrorrepliedthatshewasthefairestintheland,theQueenwashappy,andallwaswell.

eQueenwouldflyintosuchaterriblerage[reidʒ]

wickedQueenwouldorderthepoorladytobe

killed.

UNITFIVE

Meanwhile,ellbeingpretty,

shewassosweetnaturedthateveryonelovedher-everyonebuttheQueen.

TheQueenlookedatSnowWhitejealously['dʒeləsli].Atlastshecouldstandthesightofthe

ishedSnowWhitetothervants'quarters.

SnowWhite'sfineclothesweretakenawayfromher,andshehadtodressinragsliketheother

rvants.

Andliketheotherrvants,vedfromearlymorning

untillateatnight,scrubbingandcleaningthepalacefloors,washingthedishes,wing['səuiŋ]

andmendingtheQueen'sclothes.

UNITSIX

Assheworked,shewouldsingsosweetlythatbirdswouldcometolistentohervoice.

"shewillsoonloherhappy,"thoughtthewickedQueen,"Forwhocancallherlovelyinherold

rags,andwithherhandsroughenedbywork?"

Nevertheless,theQueenwenttohermirroranddayafterdayaskedthesamequestion:

Mirror,mirroronthewall,

Whoisthefairestofusall?

Thewicked,vainQueenwasstillafraidthatonedaySnowWhitewouldgrowuptobemore

beautifulthananyoneelintheland.

UNITSEVEN

Whilesheworked,y,

sheknew,hewouldcomeandcarryherofftohiscastleintheclouds.

ItemedtothejealousQueenasshewatchedSnowWhite,thatthePrincessgrewinlovelinessas

eachdaypasd.

Andindeed,thoughSnowWhiteworeraggedclothes,herbeautywasplaintoe.

AtlastcamethedaytheQueenhadbeendreading.

Mirror,mirroronthewall,

Whoisthefairestofusall?

mirrorreplied:

Herlipsbloodred,herhairlikenight,

Herskinlikesnow,hername-SnowWhite!

UNITEIGHT

TheangryQueencalledherhuntsmantoher.

"TakethePrincessintotheforestandbringmebackherheartinthisjeweled['dʒu:əld]box."she

said.

ochoicebuttoobeytheQueen'scommand.

ncess,notknowingwhat

wasinstoreforher,skippedalongbesidethehuntsman,nowstoppingtopickviolets,nowsinging

ahappytime.

Atlastthehuntsman,heartbroken,felltohiskneesbesidethePrincess.

"Icannotkillyou,Princess,"hesaid,"eventhoughitistheQueen'otheforest

andhideandneverreturntothecastle."

UNITNINE

Aloneintheforest,wasnotreallyalone,shefoundallthe

,chirping[tʃə:p]andchatteringhappily,theyledher

toanewhome.

Itwasasweetlittle,ne

washome,andwhenshelookedinthewindow,my,whatanuntidysightmethereyes!Thesink

waspiledwithunwasheddishes,andeverythingwasthicklyblanketedwithdust.

"Maybethechildrenwholivehereneedsomeonetokeephouforthem,"saidSnowWhite.

"Let'scleantheirhou."

hthehelpofhernewforestfriends,SnowWhitesoonhadthatlittle

houspickandspan.

UNITTEN

Thenshewentupstairsandfellasleepacrossthevenlittlebeds.

Assheslept,homefromworkcamethevenlittlemenwholivedinthathouinthewoods.

Hi-ho,hi-ho

It'shomefromworkwego!

Sangthevenlittlemen-theSevenDwarfs[dwɔ:f].

Thentheysawtheirlittlehou,yknewatoncethat

somethingwaschanged!Itwasclean!

retheyfoundSnowWhitejustwakingup."Oh!"

criedSnowWhite."Iknowwhoyouare."Shehadreadtheirnamesontheirbeds."You're

Dopey['dəupi]andSneezy['sni:zi]andHappyandGrumpy['ɡrʌmpi]andDocandBashful['bæʃ

ful]andSleepy!"

UNITELEVEN

SnowWhitetoldtheDwarfsaboutthewickedQueen'splot,andtheyinsistedthatshemuststay

withthem.

"Supperisnotquitereadyyet,"saidSnowWhite,whowasverypleadtobeaskedtostay.

"You'lljusthavetimetowash."

"Wash?"ywere

soonscrubbed['skrʌbid]clean,enDwarfs[dwɔ:f]soon

grewtoloveSnowWhiteandhermerryways.

UNITTWELVE

Thenextmorning,insteadofgoingtoworkintheirmine,theSevenDwarfsdecidedtomakea

beautifulnewbedforSnowWhite.

Thevenlittlemenwouldnothaveworkedsohappilyiftheycouldhaveenbeyondtheforest.

,disguid[dis'gaiz]asan

oldwoman,shewasmakingherwaytotheirveryownhou,withapoisoned['pɔiznd]applefor

SnowWhite!

UNITTHIRTEEN

WhentheDwarfshadleftSnowWhitethatmorningtheyhadwarnedhertostayinthehou.

"Becarefulofstrangers!"Grumpyhadsaid,asSnowWhitekisdhimgood-bye.

AndSnowWhitehadpromidthatshewouldbecareful.

Laterthatdaytheoldwomanknockedatherdoor.

Alas!konebite,andsanklifelesstothefloor.

UNITFOURTEEN

Hurryingaway,thewickedQueenfellintoadeepchasm['kæzəm],

thatdidnotbringSnowWhitebacktolife.

ThesorrowingDwarfslaidheronabedofgoldandcrystal['kristəl],andkeptwatchoverhernight

andday.

d[tʃɑ:md]withher

beauty,SnowWhiteawoke!TheSevenDwarfsdancedwithjoy,andthe

Princecarriedherofftohiscastleintheclouds.