` Now , my fine lady , you 're really done for this time , ' said the wicked woman , and she made her way home as fast as she could . Fortunately it was now near evening , and the seven Dwarfs returned home . When they saw Snowdrop lying dead on the ground , they at once suspected that her wicked step-mother had been at work again ; so they searched till they found the poisonous comb , and the moment they pulled it out of her head Snowdrop came to herself again , and told them what had happened . Then they warned her once more to be on her guard , and to open the door to no one . As soon as the Queen got home she went straight to her mirror , and asked : ` Mirror , mirror , hanging there , Who in all the land 's most fair ? ' and it replied as before : ` My Lady Queen , you are fair , 't is true , But Snowdrop is fairer far than you . Snowdrop , who dwells with the seven little men , Is as fair as you , as fair again . ' When she heard these words she literally trembled and shook with rage . ` Snowdrop shall die , ' she cried ; ` yes , though it cost me my own life . ' Then she went to a little secret chamber , which no one knew of but herself , and there she made a poisonous apple . 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 XXXXX black as ebony , this time the Dwarfs wo n't be able to bring you back to life . '
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