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Suddenly Snow White realised that they had gone very deep into the forest.

They walked for a long time. And still the hunter walked on, taking her deeper and deeper into the forest.

“Why are we going so deep into the forest?” Snow White turned and asked the hunter anxiously. “It’s time to go back. We are already late. The Queen will be furious.”

The guard was very sad. He did not want to kill Snow White. She was such a good and kind girl, and also very beautiful, too. Everybody loved her. He decided to explain why the Queen had sent them to the forest. He had been ordered, he said, to kill her and carry back her heart as proof that he had really killed her.

“The Queen does not trust,” he said.

Snow White was shocked.

“How can the Queen be so cruel? Have I done something wrong?” she sobbed.

“Dear Princess, do not cry. You haven’t done anything. The Queen is jealous of your beauty, that’s why she wants you dead.”

“Oh! Please don’t kill me. I will never return to the palace. I will go far away. The Queen will never see me again.”

“Run, little Princess, run. I will not kill you,” remarked the hunter sympathetically.

3

Snow White ran away from the hunter, deeper and deeper into the forest. The hunter killed a small animal and took its heart back to the Queen. She was very happy to see it. She was sure that it was Snow White’s heart.

Alone in the forest, Snow White was terrfied, and drew the creatures of the forest around her. The birds chirped to cheer her up.

Night was coming and it was getting dark, so she began to run again. Snow White had no idea where she was. She had never seen this part of the forest before. There were tall trees and dark shadows around her. Her forest friends followed her, all very scared. In the distance she saw a small cottage and ran towards it.

“I wonder who lives in that cottage? It must be a wood-man’s cottage,” she said.

She knocked at the door. No one answered. But the door was open, so she pushed it and went inside. It was very dark. She found some candles and matchsticks. She lit a candle, raised it above her head and looked around.

“What a beautiful cottage!” she exclaimed. “Everything is so neat and clean.”

She saw a long table laid for seven people. There were seven plates filled with food, seven bowls filled with milk, seven forks and knives and seven drinking cups. There were also seven chairs around the table.