"
"I suppose you can look," said the old woman, and pulled the comb out
and held it up. It pleased the girl so well that she let herself be
coaxed and opened the door. When they had made a bargain the old woman
said, "Now I will comb you properly for once." Poor little Snow-white
had no fear, and let the old woman do as she pleased, but hardly had
she put the comb in her hair than the poison worked, and the girl fell
down senseless.
"You piece of beauty," said the wicked woman, "you are done for now,"
and she went away.
But as good luck would have it, it was almost evening, and the seven
dwarfs soon came home. When they saw Snow-white lying as if dead upon
the ground, they knew at once the Queen had been there, and they
looked and found the comb. Scarcely had they taken it out when
Snow-white came to herself, and told them what had happened. Then
they warned her once more to be upon her guard and to open the door
to no one.
The Queen, at home, went in front of the Glass, and said:
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
Then it answered as before:
"O Queen, thou art fairest of all I see,
But over the hills, where the seven dwarfs dwell,
Snow-white is still alive and well,
And no one else is so fair as she.
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