Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Chapter 22

Snow White lay in the glass coffin for many years and she still looked as if she were alive and only sleeping.

One day, it happened that a king's son found the glass coffin on the top of the mountain. He could not take his eyes from the beautiful girl within it. He gazed at her and fell in love with her.

"Let me have the coffin," he begged the dwarfs, "and I will give you whatever you ask."

But they only answered, "We would not part with Snow White for all the gold in the world."

The Prince continued to plead with them. "I cannot live without her," he said. "If you give her to me, I shall cherish her all my life."

At length the dwarfs took pity on the Prince and agreed to give him the coffin.