And the wicked woman had them stewed in salt , and ate them up , thinking she had made an end of Snowdrop for ever . Now when the poor child found herself alone in the big wood the very trees around her seemed to assume strange shapes , and she felt so frightened she did n't know what to do . Then she began to run over the sharp stones , and through the bramble bushes , and the wild beasts ran past her , but they did her no harm . She ran as far as her legs would carry her , and as evening approached she saw a little house , and she stepped inside to rest . Everything was very small in the little house , but cleaner and neater than anything you can imagine . In the middle of the room there stood a little table , covered with a white tablecloth , and seven little plates and forks and spoons and knives and tumblers . Side by side against the wall there were seven little beds , covered with snow-white counterpanes . Snowdrop felt so hungry and so thirsty that she ate a bit of bread and a little porridge from each plate , and drank a drop of wine out of each tumbler . Then feeling tired and sleepy she lay down on one of the beds , but it was n't comfortable ; then she tried all the others in turn , but one was too long , and another too short , and it was only when she got to the seventh that she found one to suit her exactly . So she lay down upon it , said her prayers like a good child , and fell fast asleep . When it got quite dark the masters of the little house returned . They were seven dwarfs who worked in the mines , right down deep in the heart of the mountain . They lighted their seven little lamps , and as soon as their eyes got accustomed to the glare they saw that someone had been in the room , for all was not in the same order as they had left it . The first said : ` Who 's been sitting on my little chair ? ' The second said : ` Who 's been eating my little loaf ? ' The third said : ` Who 's been tasting my porridge ? ' The fourth said : ` Who 's been eating out of my little plate ? ' The fifth said : ` Who 's been using my little fork ? ' The sixth said : ` Who 's been cutting with my little knife ? ' The seventh said : ` Who 's been drinking out of my little tumbler ? '
Then the first Dwarf looked round and saw a little hollow in his bed , and he asked again : ` Who 's been lying XXXXX my bed ? '
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