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Is a thousand times fairer than you.
It startled the queen to hear this, and she knew
that she had been deceived, that the huntsman
had not killed Snow-White. Because only the
seven dwarfs lived in the seven mountains, she
knew at once that they must have rescued her.
She began to plan immediately how she might kill
her, because she would have no peace until the
mirror once again said that she was the most
beautiful woman in the land. At last she thought
of something to do. She disguised herself as an
old peddler woman and colored her face, so that
no one would recognize her, and went to the
dwarf's house. Knocking on the door she called
out, "Open up. Open up. I'm the old peddler
woman with good wares for sale."
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