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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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