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Snow White

Little Snow White is yet another tale from the Grimm Brothers, and the animated movie hews pretty close to the original tale. The queen does have a magic mirror that says she's the fairest of them all . . . until Snow White outshines her. In an attempt to get Snow White killed, the queen sends her out with the huntsman who cannot do it and lets her go. She soon finds the house of the dwarves, who agree to let her stay in return for her cooking and housekeeping.

The queen attempts to disguise herself and kill Snow White three ways: she constricts her breathing with a bodice, poisons her with a comb, and finally poisons her with a the infamous apple. The dwarves place her in a glass coffin, and a prince finds her and begs to take the coffin away. The apple becomes dislodged in Snow White's throat, and she wakes up. The two of them marry, and the mirror once again says someone is fairer than the evil queen. When she shows up to the wedding, though, they've prepared a pair of iron shoes, heated over hot coals. They put her in them, and she dances until she falls down dead.

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