B1. Snow White: Part 1
November 09, 2025 • Tristan Palumbo
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Chapter 1: A Princess is Born
Once upon a time, there was a kind queen. One snowy day, the queen sewed next to the window.
She hurt her finger on her needle, "Ow!" she said. She put her hand outside, and three drops of blood fell onto the snow.
At that moment, she thought, I want a daughter, with skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as night. Suddenly, a cold wind blew. She shivered.
Some months later, the queen had a baby girl. The baby looked just like the queen had wished. She named her Snow White.
When Snow White was still very young, the queen got sick.
Snow White's earliest memories were servants running in and out of her mother's room, with worried faces.
Soon, the queen died.
All Snow White had to remember her mother by was a necklace with a locket that held her picture.
Chapter 2: A New Mother
A year later, the king married again. He wanted Snow White to have a mother.
His new wife was very beautiful, but she was not kind. In fact, she was vain and cruel.
The new queen had a magic mirror in her bedroom that could talk, and answer her questions. Every day, she asked it:
"Mirror, mirror, tell me true,
Who's the prettiest of all, who?"
And the mirror always said:
"You, my queen,
Are the prettiest of them all."
This made the queen happy because the mirror always told the truth.
Chapter 3: The Queen's Jealousy
As Snow White got older, she became more and more beautiful.
One day, the queen saw Snow White playing hide and seek with the other children in the palace. The grown-ups laughed, and the other children gave Snow White flowers.
The queen didn't understand why everyone loved the young princess, but feared her.
Over time, the queen became jealous of Snow White.
As Snow White got older, the queen asked her magic mirror more often:
"Mirror, mirror, tell me true,
Who's the prettiest of all, who?"
But one day, the mirror said:
"Queen, you are very pretty, it's true.
But Snow White is prettier than you."
The queen's fists clenched with anger. The girl must go! she thought. If she stays, everyone will love her more than me.
The queen thought of ways to hurt Snow White.
That night, she lay in a bath of milk and read a book of evil spells. She thought, Which spell should I use on Snow White?
The queen remembered her own mother, often telling her she wasn't pretty enough, smart enough, or good enough. "Beauty is power," her mother had always said. "Without it, you're nothing!"
- There's a kind queen who has a baby named Snow White.
- Soon after Snow White is born, the queen becomes sick and dies.
- All Snow White has to remember her by, is a special necklace with a locket.
- A year later, the king marries a new queen, the most beautiful woman in the world — but she's vain and cruel.
- Snow White grows up and becomes more beautiful than the queen. The queen becomes jealous and plans to get rid of Snow White.
