Once upon a time, there was a queen that was not dealing well with the ageing process, so she became jealous of the youth and beauty of her stepdaughter and ordered her murder in the woods. But, the hunter felt guilty and preferred to let her runaway and be killed by the cold winter or the wild animals. Instead, he killed a boar and brought its entrails, as proof, for the queen.
While running in the forest, she found a small cottage. She went inside, with no permission, ate, drunk and slept in somebodies bed.
This was the house of 7 dwarfs. When they came back from work, they realised that somebody invaded their house, ate from their food and were sleeping in one of their beds, but they didn't mind because it was a pretty girl.
In the next morning, she told them, her story and the dwarfs let the princess stay with the condition of cleaning, cooking, making the laundry and the beds. Fearing for her life and not having nowhere to go, she happily accepted.
The queen, that was using witchcraft, found out that she was still alive and tried to kill her 3 times, by deceiving her. The third time, she was successful and the princess ate a poisoned apple.
While she was leaving, the dwarfs arrived and chased her. The wicked queen ends falling from a cliff to her death.
When they returned home, they found their maid dead, but decided to not burry her. Instead, they made her a glass coffin.
Many years passed, and one day, a prince hears about a dead unmarried girl and looks for her.
When he found the lifeless girl, he decided to kiss her in the lips, in front of her 7 protectors. Magically she woke up!
While she was still disoriented, the prince carried her to his horse and took her to his castle, without asking her nothing.
She obediently went with a stranger she never saw before.
...and they lived happy ever after.
Moral of the story
Story conclusions for the children reading this fairy story as they grow:
- Women need to be the most beautiful to be happy.
- Women are cruel to each other.
- Men are kind.
- A beautiful woman can invade a house that it will be fine because of her beauty.
- In a life threatening situation, it's normal to clean and cook in exchange of protection.
- The most beautiful women are naive, kind and skilled in domestic tasks.
- Men will fell attracted to beautiful women, even if they are dead.
- A stranger man can kiss a woman without her permission, while she is sleeping or unconscious. And in front of other men.
- If a stranger man wants to take a woman to his house, without saying a word, she should go without making questions.
- Women need to be rescued by men.
- Evil people will be punished.
Disney story of 1937, based in a german tale, published in 1812, by the Grimm brothers.