Snow-White and Rose-RedA poor widow once lived in a little cottage with a garden in
front of it, in which grew two rose trees, one bearing white roses
and the other red. She had two children, who were just like
the two rose trees; one was called Snow-white and the other
Rose-red, and they were the sweetest and best children in the
world, always diligent and always cheerful; but Snow-white was
quieter and more gentle than Rose-red. Rose-red loved to run
about the fields and meadows, and to pick flowers and catch
butterflies; but Snow-white sat at home with her mother and helped
her in the household, or read aloud to her when there was no work
to do. The two children loved each other so dearly that they
always walked about hand in hand whenever they went out together,
and when
