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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young princess named Snow White. She lived in a faraway kingdom with her father and stepmother.
Her stepmother, the queen, was also very beautiful but arrogant and proud. She spent all day staring at herself in front of the mirror. The mirror was magical and when in front of it she would asked, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful woman of all?”
The mirror would answer, “You are the most beautiful of all women.”
This answer satisfied the queen because she knew that her mirror always told the truth.
However, as the years passed by, the beauty and kindness of Snow White became more evident, even surpassing that of the queen. Finally, there came a day when the queen asked, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all?”
The mirror answered, “Snow White is kinder and more beautiful than you.”
The queen was filled with anger. She devised a plan to get rid of Snow White. She asked to see the palace hunter and said to him, “Take the young princess to the forest and make sure that the wild animals take care of her so that we never see her again.”
Tricking Snow White, the hunter took her deep into the forest, but when he was about to carry out the queen's orders, he took pity on the beautiful girl and said, “Run, go away, poor girl. Find a safe place to live.”
Finding herself alone in the forest, she ran as far as she could until it was nightfall. Then, she spotted a small hut and went into it to sleep. Everything in the cabin was small. There was a table with a white tablecloth and seven small plates, each a spoon. Also, there were seven small knives and forks, and seven jars. There were seven small beds against the wall, one next to the other and covered with blankets as white as snow.
Having not eaten all day, Snow White was hungry and thirsty, so she ate a little bit of vegetables and bread from each plate and drank a small sip from each jar. Then, being tired, she tried laying down on each one of the beds until finally settling on the seventh bed.
When it was dark, the owners of the cabin returned. They were seven dwarfs who mined gold and precious stones in the mountains. Inside the cabin, they lit their seven lanterns, and noticed that things were not exactly in the order in which they had left them.
The first dwarf said, “Who has sat in my chair?”
The second said, “Who ate from my plate?”
The third said, “Who took a piece of my bread?”
The fourth said, “Who ate my vegetables?”
The fifth said, “Who used my fork?”
The sixth said, “Who used my knife?”
The seventh said, “Who drank from my jar?”
Then, the first dwarf, noticing wrinkles in his bed sheets said, “Who has slept in my bed?”
And the others, checking their beds, replied, “Someone has been in our beds too.”
When the seventh dwarf looked in his bed, he saw Snow White, who was sleeping soundly. He called the others who came over running. “Oh heavens! Oh heavens!” they whispered. “What a dear girl!”
When dawn came, Snow White woke up, and felt scared when she saw the seven dwarfs. Yet they were friendly and asked her name.
“My name is Snow White,” she answered. She told them all about her evil stepmother.
Feeling sorry for Snow White, the dwarfs told her she was welcomed to stay with them.
“Our home is yours, and you can stay with us as long as you want. You can take care of our house, cook, fix the beds, wash, sew and knit.”
Snow White accepted happily and stayed with them. She kept the dwarfs house in order. In the morning, they went to the mountains to look for gold and precious stones, and in the evening, they returned, finding dinner ready.
Time passed and one day, the queen decided to consult her mirror and discovered that the princess was still alive. Furious, she poisoned an apple and took on the appearance of an old woman.
“A bite of this apple and Snow White will sleep forever,” said the evil queen.
The next day, the dwarfs left for work and Snow White was left alone.
Shortly afterwards, the queen, disguised as an old woman, approached the kitchen window. The princess offered her a glass of water.
“Thank you!” replied the old woman. “Let me give you this apple in return.”
The moment she bit the apple, Snow White fell unconscious on the floor. The dwarfs, alerted by forest animals, arrived at the cabin while the evil queen fled.
The dwarfs placed a Snow White in a glass case, hoping one day she would awaken.
The day came when a prince crossing the forest on his horse saw the beautiful girl in the glass case and marveled at her beauty. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek. At that moment, Snow White awoke to break the evil queen’s spell.
Snow White and the Prince were married and lived happily ever after.
Little Red Riding Hood
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Once upon a time there was a little girl who wore a beautiful red cloak. Her mother, who knew how to sew very well, had made it for her. The girl wore it so often that everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day, Little Red Riding Hood's mother called her and said, “Grandmother does not feel very well. I have baked some cookies and I want you to take them to her.”
“Of course,” said Little Red Riding Hood, putting on her cloak and filling her basket with the freshly baked cookies.
Before leaving, her mother told her, “Listen to me very well. Stay on the road and never talk to strangers.”
“I know mother,” said Little Red Riding Hood and left immediately to Grandma's house.
To get to Grandma's house, Little Red Riding Hood had to cross a path through the thick forest. On the way, she met a wolf
“Hello little girl. Where are you heading to on this wonderful day?” the wolf asked
Little Red Riding Hood remembered that her mother told her not to talk to strangers, but the wolf looked very elegant, and he was very friendly and polite.
“I'm going to Grandma's house,” the girl replied. “She is sick and I'm going to take her these cookies.”
“What a good girl you are!” exclaimed the wolf. “How far do you have to go?”
“Oh! Grandma lives at the end of the road,” answered Little Red Riding Hood with a smile.
“I wish you a very happy day, little girl,” the wolf replied.
The wolf went into the forest. He had a huge appetite and was not as nice as he appeared. He ran to Grandma's house before Little Red Riding Hood could arrive. His plan was to eat grandma, Little Red Riding Hood and all the freshly baked cookies.
The wolf knocked on Grandma's door. Upon seeing him, Grandma ran away terrified, leaving behind her shawl. The wolf took the old woman's shawl and then put on her glasses and night cap. Quickly, he climbed into Grandma’s bed, covering his nose with the blanket. Soon he heard a knock on the door:
“Grandma, it's me, Little Red Riding Hood.”
Disguising his voice to sound like Grandma, the wolf said, “Please, enter my dear girl. I am in bed.”
Little Red Riding Hood thought that her grandmother was very sick because she looked very pale and sounded terrible.
“Oh, dear grandma, what big eyes you have!” she said.
“All the better to see you with” replied the wolf.
“Oh, dear grandma, what big ears you have!” said Little Red Riding Hood.
“All the better to hear you with, my dear!” the wolf whispered.
“Oh, dear grandma, what big teeth you have!” said Little Red Riding Hood.
“All the better to eat you with!” growled the wolf.
With these words, the evil wolf threw off the blanket and jumped out of bed. Scared, Little Red Riding Hood ran to the door. Just then, a woodcutter, noticing the door was open rushed inside. Grandma was hiding behind him.
At the sight of the woodcutter, the wolf jumped out the window and fled in horror never to be seen again.
Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood thanked the woodcutter for saving them from the wolf and everyone ate cookies and milk. That day Little Red Riding Hood learned an important lesson: You should never talk to strangers.
The Three Little Pigs
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In a small village not far away, lived Mother Pig with her three little piglets. Everyone was very happy until one day Mother Pig told them, “Children, you have grown, it is time to live on your own.”
Before they left, she said to them, “In life nothing comes easy. Therefore, you must learn to work to achieve your dreams.”
Mother Pig kissed her piglets and they left to go off and live on their own.
The youngest pig was lazy and did not pay attention to his mother´s words. He decided to build a straw house, so he could finish early and lie down to rest.
The middle brother was as lazy as the youngest, so he built a little wooden house. The house was crooked because he did not want to read the instructions to build it properly.
The older sister was a hard worker. This is because she used to be lazy and learned from her mistakes. She decided to follow Mother Pig words and build a brick house. Building a brick house would take a long time, but this did not matter to her.
One night, the big bad wolf was walking through the woods when he came upon the youngest pig’s straw house. He looked through the windows and saw the little pig sleeping peacefully. The wolf was hungry and thought that the little pig would make a very delicious sandwich, so he knocked on the door and shouted, “Little pig, little pig, let me in!”
The little piglet woke up scared and answered, “No! No! No! Not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin!”
The big bad wolf was furious and said, “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down!”
The wolf huffed and puffed and blew with all his strength until the straw house fell to the ground. Fortunately, the little pig escaped, running to the wooden house of his brother while the big, bad wolf was still blowing.
The mean wolf, feeling cheated, went to the house of the middle pig and when he knocked on his door he shouted, “Little pig, little pig let me in!”
The little pig answered, “No! No! No! Not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin!”
The hungry wolf became enraged and bellowed, “Then I’ll huff, and I I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down!”
The wolf huffed and puffed and blew with all his strength until the little wooden house fell to the ground. Fortunately, the two little pigs escaped, running to the house of their sister while the big, bad wolf was still blowing. Out of breath from running so fast, the two brothers told their sister about the wolf and how he blew down their houses.
“Dear brothers, it’s cold and you’ve had a very bad time, so let's enjoy the night by the fireplace,” said Sister Pig. Just at that moment the three little pigs heard a knock on the door.
“Little pig, little pig let me in!” shouted the big bad wolf.
The pigs answered, “No, no, no! We will never let you in.”
The hungry wolf was furious and once again shouted “Them I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down.”
Once again, the wolf huffed and puffed and blew with all his might, but the little brick house did not fall. Enraged, as he was very hungry, the wolf decided to climb onto the roof to go down through the chimney to get to the little pigs. However, when he slid down the chimney, the wolf burned his tail on the fire below.
“Ouch!” cried the wolf, and he ran out into the woods never to be seen again.
A few days later, Mother Pig went to visit her little pigs and discovered that all three had built brick houses. All the pigs had learned a very important lesson:
“In life, nothing comes easy. Therefore, we must work hard to achieve our dreams.”
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