Outwardly it looked beautiful , white with red cheeks , so that everyone who saw it longed to eat it , but anyone who might do so would certainly die on the spot . When the apple was quite finished she stained her face and dressed herself up as a peasant , and so she went over the seven hills to the seven Dwarfs ' . She knocked at the door , as usual , but Snowdrop put her head out of the window and called out : ' I may not let anyone in , the seven Dwarfs have forbidden me to do so . ' ` Are you afraid of being poisoned ? ' asked the old woman . ` See , I will cut this apple in half . I 'll eat the white cheek and you can eat the red . ' But the apple was so cunningly made that only the red cheek was poisonous . Snowdrop longed to eat the tempting fruit , and when she saw that the peasant woman was eating it herself , she could n't resist the temptation any longer , and stretching out her hand she took the poisonous half . But hardly had the first bite passed her lips than she fell down dead on the ground . Then the eyes of the cruel Queen sparkled with glee , and laughing aloud she cried : ` As white as snow , as red as blood , and as black as ebony , this time the Dwarfs wo n't be able to bring you back to life . ' When she got home she asked the mirror : ` Mirror , mirror , hanging there , Who in all the land 's most fair ? ' and this time it replied : ` You are most fair , my Lady Queen , None fairer in the land , I ween . ' Then her jealous heart was at rest -- at least , as much at rest as a jealous heart can ever be . When the little Dwarfs came home in the evening they found Snowdrop lying on the ground , and she neither breathed nor stirred . They lifted her up , and looked round everywhere to see if they could find anything poisonous about . They unlaced her bodice , combed her hair , washed her with water and wine , but all in vain ; the child was dead and remained dead . Then they placed her on a bier , and all the seven Dwarfs sat round it , weeping and sobbing for three whole days . At last they made up their minds to bury her , but she looked as blooming as a living being , and her cheeks were still such a lovely colour , that they said : ` We ca n't hide her away in the black ground . ' 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 XXXXX the top of the mountain , and one of the Dwarfs always remained beside it and kept watch over it .
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