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 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 XXXXX your pocket , and let me have a draught of your wine -- I am so hungry and thirsty . '
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