But Máriddja and Biera were never blessed with little ones. Traditionally, Sami families are large and those who come after are supposed to care for their elders. The eccentric 85-year-old woman accepts her fate with furious resignation and quickly moves on to more important matters: how to keep her condition from her husband Biera, who is slipping into dementia. Máriddja has just been told that she doesn’t have long to live. No matter who we become or where we end up, our hearts have a root.” Her face seemed so fresh, even in that deep sleep.“I don’t think a person ever stops longing for the place where they belong. Now he had finally found her, but in such a state! The Prince pulled open the glass coffin. Ever since he had learned that Snow White was missing at the castle, he was searching for her, far and wide. One day, the Prince happened to pass through. The Seven Dwarfs gently lifted her into a glass coffin. She stayed absolutely still in her deep sleep. All of a sudden, lightning hit the mountain! The Queen fell, and she was never seen again.īut there was nothing to help poor Snow White. Up to the very top of a mountain they chased her. They chased that evil Queen out the door, and into the storm. Shocked indeed they were to find Snow White lying on the floor and what must be her stepmother beside her, laughing! In marched the Seven Dwarfs, home from the day's work. “YES!” shouted the Queen, pumping the air with her fists. Alas, the fruit was poisoned! At once, Snow White fell to the ground in a deep sleep. She took the comb out of her hair and gave it to the old woman, who then gave her the apple. “That fine comb in your hair will make a good trade,” said the old woman. “I would like very much to buy your apple,” said Snow White. She held the red apple close to Snow White’s face. “Take a look at this big red apple,” said the old woman, who as you know by now was really the Queen in disguise. “Poor thing," thought Snow White, "having to go door to door selling apples in the rain." And so she opened the door. “It’s raining out here, my dear,” said her voice through the door. “It’s only a poor old woman,” came a squeaky voice, “selling apples.” Yet it was the evil Queen, disguised as an old woman. She remembered the warning of the Seven Dwarfs not to open the door to anyone. She screamed, “Who does she think she is?! Snow White will not get away with this!”Īt the cottage of the Dwarfs the next afternoon, when the Seven Dwarfs were away at work, there was a knock on the door. And an image was shown on the mirror of Snow White living in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. “Snow White lives!” said the Magic Mirror. “Snow White is the fairest of them all!” said the Magic Mirror. “Mirror, mirror on the wall," she demanded. And so the days passed.īack at the castle, the Queen marched up to her mirror. She also prepared a good hot meal for the Seven Dwarfs when they returned home that night. The princess prepared her first reading lesson. After all, who knows what evil her stepmother might do? The princess nodded in agreement, and the Dwarfs left the house. The next morning before they left for work, the Seven Dwarfs warned Snow White she must not open the door to anyone. To celebrate their new friendship, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs sang and danced the night away.
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