The Last Normal Years

Strange Change In Culture P3

Stella reads aloud. "'Fade to the Dwarfs' cottage, morning. The animals are sleeping outside, but suddenly, a click awakens them. They all clear away from the door just as it opens and Doc steps out with Snow White as he and the other dwarfs get ready to leave for another day of work at the mine.
Doc: Now don't forget, my darling. The-the old Queen's a sly one, complete with witchcraft. Then beware of strangers.
Snow White said to them. "Don't worry. I'll be alright."
Then Snow White gives him a kiss on his head.
Snow White farewells them off to work. "See you tonight."
Doc giggling shyly. "Yes." He regains his composure and clears his throat. "Well, uh...c'mon, men."
Next is Bashful, who takes off his cap in anticipation of a kiss
"Be awful careful, because if anything would happen to you, I...I...uh..." Bashful says sweetly and very lovely. But he doesn't get to finish his sentence, as Snow White gives him a kiss, which makes him blush.
Snow White states. "Farewell."
"Oh, gawrsh!" Bashful chuckles.
Meanwhile, Grumpy is watching from behind, yet not fond of Snow White, especially her kisses.
Grumpy grumbled. "Hah, disgusting!"
The next to come is Sneezy, who also removes his cap. Sneezy warns her again. "And be sure to watch out------" a sneeze starts to brew in his nose. "To wa--to wa--to wa-- (sniffing) watch out!"
Snow White kisses him, stifling his sneeze a little. "Thanks. Ah-ch...ah-ch-ch...ah-ch...ah-ch-ch-ch-ch...ah-choooooOOOO!!!!"
Dopey is next to come out, but gets blown back into the house by Sneezy's sneeze before Snow White can kiss him. She chuckles at this as the latter blushes. Suddenly, Dopey comes back out to try another kiss and Snow White gives it to him. He likes it so much, in fact, that he jumps in through the window and appears behind Sleepy.
Snow White agreed to it. "Well, alright, (kisses him) but that's the last----" To her surprise, the mute dwarf speeds off and appears again for another kiss.
Snow White pushes him along. "Go ahead, run along." She said directing him to the others. Last to come is Grumpy, who is in the house, shining his head. He puts his cap back on and starts for the door as the others sing their song.
Dwarfs: (singing, minus Grumpy) Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go! (whistling)
Snow White tells the others again. "Farewell!"
Grumpy clears his throat, trying to get the girl's attention. "Ahem!"
Snow White calls after Dopey. "Farewell!"
Grumpy clears his throat louder and this gets her attention. A-HEM!"
Grumpy warns her strictly. "Now, I'm warning you. Don't let nobody or nothing in the house!"
Snow White sighs and exclaimed cooing softly. "Why, Grumpy, you do care!"
The princess turns Grumpy around to kiss him like the others, but he does not take it as well as they happened to accept it and storms off. After a few steps, he decides it doesn't feel so bad and sighs contentedly. His gruff demeanor returns, however, as Snow White blows him a kiss and he storms off once again, only to get his nose caught in a tree.
Grumpy huffs again. "Huh!"
He takes a few more steps, but falls into a small stream. He tries to get up, but hits his head on a bridge overhead. After getting up again, he trudges out onto the other side.
Snow White's distant echoey voice. "Farewell, Grumpy!" responding calling to him in the background of it all.
Grumpy does not respond and simply trudges off, his shoes sloshing along the road after they got wet in the river after he hit the bridge over it with his head.'" Stella offically hands the book off to me.
I began the next part of the tale aloud. "'Fade to the Black Forest, near a small waterfall. Grimhilde is walking through on en route to the dwarfs' cottage. Along the road, the former cackles to herself,
"The little men will be away, and she'll be alone.....with a harmless old pedlar woman. A harmless old pedlar woman!"
As she speaks, two vultures watch from above. The moment they hear someone's going to die, they grin and fly off after her, not caring who it is as long as they get something to make a meal of.
Fade to the Dwarfs' cottage, kitchen. Snow White is making the gooseberry pie the latter mentioned the night before, all the while singing her song again as she works.
Snow White sings "🎵Someday my prince will come, someday we'll meet again. And away to his castle we'll go, to be happy forever I know. Someday if spring is here, we'll find our love anew. And the birds will sing and wedding bells will ring, someday if my dreams come truuuuue!🎵" Then I handed the book off to Flora who read aloud as well. "'Suddenly, a shadow washes over her, frightening the animals away and Snow White gasps. There standing in front of her, is Grimhilde, disguised as an old peddler. The queen chuckles at her soon-to-be-deceased stepdaughter.
Grimhilde asks. "All alone, my pet?"
Snow White hesitantly replies very slowly between her breaths. "Why...why, yes, I am, but-"
Grimhilde pries. "The...the little men are not here?
Snow White absolutely agreed with her answer. "No, they're not, but..."
Meanwhile, Grimhilde is yet speaking to Snow White and sniffs the air. "Making pies?"
"Yes, Gooseberry Pies." Snow White answers her again.
"It's apple pies that makes the menfolk's mouths water. (takes out her basket of apples and shows her the red, poisoned apple) Pies made from apples like these." The Queen gently informs her immediately.
From the side of the house, the animals see Grimhilde offer Snow White the apple)
Snow White exclaimed. "Oh, they do look delicious."
Grimhilde agreed chuckling. "Yes, but wait until you taste one, darling."
Grimhilde encouraged her. "Like to try one, huh? Go ahead. Go ahead, have a bite.'""
Bloom hands the book to Flora. Flora reads aloud. "'But just as Snow White is about to take the apple, the birds attack Grimhilde.
Snow White scolds the birds of the forest. "Stop that, stop this. Go away, go away. Shame on you, frightening a poor old lady." as she came out and helped the limping woman inside away from the animals.
Grimhilde, recovering from her shock, bends down and picks up her apple.
Grimhilde shivering, and gasps. "Oh, I thought I lost it."
"There, there." Snow White apologizes to the other lady on behalf of the birds. "I'm very sorry."
Grimhilde grins slyly, as she now has another idea.'"
Flora hands it off to Tecna who reads the next bit of story aloud. "'Grimhilde was very good at playacting so she feigned her weakness exclaiming. "Ohh! My heart! Oh, my...my poor heart. Take me into the house, and let me rest. A drink of water, please."
Snow White had taken Grimhilde under her wing into the house, yet oblivious to her true intentions. The animals gather around the window concernedly. Then Grimhilde takes the apple out of her cloak and looks at the princess intently as she preps some water. The animals, knowing there's no time to lose, scurry off towards the woods, except for Mr. Turtle, who just plods along as usual.