Reading Notes Part B: Snow-White
Once upon of time, it was the middle of winter. Snow flakes falling and the queen sat at her window working away on her embroidery. She gazed into the snow, and pricked her finger. Three drops of blood fell into the snow. The queen said to herself, " Oh that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the embroidery frame!" The queen gave birth to her white as snow skin, and blood red lips daughter. The queen died after her birth. A year had gone by, and the king married a beautiful woman. She could not bear to let anyone be more beautiful than herself. She had a magic-looking glass and would stand before it. Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? "You are the fairest of them all," replied the looking-glass. She knew the looking-glass spoke the truth. Snow White began to grow prettier and prettier. She was now seven years old. Far more beautiful than the queen herself. The queen went to the looking-glass