So they had a coffin made of transparent glass , and they laid her in it , and wrote on the lid in golden letters that she was a royal Princess . Then they put the coffin on the top of the mountain , and one of the Dwarfs always remained beside it and kept watch over it . And the very birds of the air came and bewailed Snowdrop 's death , first an owl , and then a raven , and last of all a little dove . Snowdrop lay a long time in the coffin , and she always looked the same , just as if she were fast asleep , and she remained as white as snow , as red as blood , and her hair as black as ebony . Now it happened one day that a Prince came to the wood and passed by the Dwarfs ' house . He saw the coffin on the hill , with the beautiful Snowdrop inside it , and when he had read what was written on it in golden letters , he said to the Dwarf : ` Give me the coffin . I 'll give you whatever you like for it . ' But the Dwarf said : ` No ; we would n't part with it for all the gold in the world . ' ` Well , then , ' he replied , ` give it to me , because I ca n't live without Snowdrop . I will cherish and love it as my dearest possession . ' He spoke so sadly that the good Dwarfs had pity on him , and gave him the coffin , and the Prince made his servants bear it away on their shoulders . Now it happened that as they were going down the hill they stumbled over a bush , and jolted the coffin so violently that the poisonous bit of apple Snowdrop had swallowed fell out of her throat . She gradually opened her eyes , lifted up the lid of the coffin , and sat up alive and well . ` Oh ! dear me , where am I ? ' she cried . The Prince answered joyfully , ` You are with me , ' and he told her all that had happened , adding , ' I love you better than anyone in the whole wide world . Will you come with me to my father 's palace and be my wife ? ' Snowdrop consented , and went with him , and the marriage was celebrated with great pomp and splendour . Now Snowdrop 's wicked step-mother was one of the guests invited to the wedding feast .
When she had dressed herself very gorgeously XXXXX the occasion , she went to the mirror , and said : ` Mirror , mirror , hanging there , Who in all the land 's most fair ? '
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