When she had dressed herself very gorgeously for the occasion , she went to the mirror , and said : ` Mirror , mirror , hanging there , Who in all the land 's most fair ? ' and the mirror answered : ` My Lady Queen , you are fair , 't is true , But Snowdrop is fairer far than you . ' When the wicked woman heard these words she uttered a curse , and was beside herself with rage and mortification . At first she did n't want to go to the wedding at all , but at the same time she felt she would never be happy till she had seen the young Queen . As she entered Snowdrop recognised her , and nearly fainted with fear ; but red-hot iron shoes had been prepared for the wicked old Queen , and she was made to get into them and dance till she fell down dead . -LRB- 29 -RRB- -LRB- 29 -RRB- Grimm . THE GOLDEN GOOSE THERE was once a man who had three sons . The youngest of them was called Dullhead , and was sneered and jeered at and snubbed on every possible opportunity . One day it happened that the eldest son wished to go into the forest to cut wood , and before he started his mother gave him a fine rich cake and a bottle of wine , so that he might be sure not to suffer from hunger or thirst . When he reached the forest he met a little old grey man who wished him ` Good-morning , ' and said : ` Do give me a piece of that cake you have got in your pocket , and let me have a draught of your wine -- I am so hungry and thirsty . ' But this clever son replied : ` If I give you my cake and wine I shall have none left for myself ; you just go your own way ; ' and he left the little man standing there and went further on into the forest . There he began to cut down a tree , but before long he made a false stroke with his axe , and cut his own arm so badly that he was obliged to go home and have it bound up . Then the second son went to the forest , and his mother gave him a good cake and a bottle of wine as she had to his elder brother . He too met the little old grey man , who begged him for a morsel of cake and a draught of wine . But the second son spoke most sensibly too , and said : ` Whatever I give to you I deprive myself of . Just go your own way , will you ? ' Not long after his punishment overtook him , for no sooner had he struck a couple of blows on a tree with his axe , than he cut his leg so badly that he had to be carried home . So then Dullhead said : ` Father , let me go out and cut wood . ' But his father answered : ` Both your brothers have injured themselves . You had better leave it alone ; you know nothing about it . '
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