Then they put the coffin out upon the hill, and
one of them always stayed by it and watched it. And birds came too,
and wept for Snow-white; first an owl, then a raven, and last a dove.
And now Snow-white lay a long, long time in the coffin, and she did
not change, but looked as if she were asleep; for she was as white as
snow, as red as blood, and her hair was as black as ebony.
It happened that a King's son came into the wood, and went to the
dwarfs' house to spend the night. He saw the coffin on the hill, and
the beautiful Snow-white within it, and read what was written upon it
in golden letters. Then he said to the dwarfs:
"Let me have the coffin, I will give you whatever you want for it."
But the dwarfs answered:
"We will not part with it for all the gold in the world." Then he
said:
"Let me have it as a gift, for I cannot live without seeing
Snow-white. I will honor and prize her as the dearest thing I have."
As he spoke in this way the good dwarfs took pity upon him, and gave
him the coffin.
And now the King's son had it carried away by his servants on their
shoulders. And it happened that they stumbled over a tree-stump, and
with the shock the piece of apple which Snow-white had bitten off came
out of her throat.
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