[Teks Drama] SNOW WHITE

Once upon a time in mid winter, when the snow flakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a beautiful queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood. As she sewed, she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Three drops of blood fell into the snow.

Queen              : “I hope, I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as this frame.”

              Soon afterward she had a little daughter that was as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony wood, and therefore they called her Little Snow White.

               Now Queen was the most beautiful woman in all the land, and very proud of her beauty. She had a mirror, which she stood in front of every morning. She also always asked Magic Mirror who is most beautiful in the world.

Queen              : “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirror   : “You, my queen. You are fairest of all.”

            And then she knew for certain that no one in the world was more beautiful than she. Now Snow White grew up, and when she was seven years old, she was so beautiful, that she surpassed even Queen herself.

Queen               : “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirror   : “You, my queen. You are fair. It is true. But little Snow White is still a thousand times fairer than you.”

            When Queen heard the mirror say this, she became pale with envy, and from that hour on, she hated Snow White. Whenever she looked at her, she thought that Snow White was to blame that she was no longer the most beautiful woman in the world. This turned her heart around. Her jealousy gave her no peace. And then, Queen do a variety of ways to kill Snow White.

Queen            : “Take Snow White out into the woods to a remote spot, and stab her to death. As proof that she is dead bring her lungs and her liver back to me. I shall cook them with salt and eat them.”

The Huntsman  : “Yes my queen.”

            The huntsman took Snow White into the woods. When he took out his hunting knife to stab her, she began to cry, and begged fervently that he might spare her life, promising to run away into the woods and never return.

Snow White     : “Please don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!”

            The huntsman took pity on her because she was so beautiful.

The Huntsman : “The wild animals will soon devour her anyway. I’m glad that I don’t have to kill her.”

            Just then a young boar came running by. He killed it, cut out its lungs and liver, and took them back to Queen as proof of Snow White’s death. She cooked them with salt and ate them, supposing that she had eaten Snow White’s lungs and liver.

            Snow White was now all alone in the great forest. She was terribly afraid, and began to run. She ran over sharp stones and through thorns the entire day. Finally, just as the sun was about to set, she came to a little house. The house belonged to seven dwarfs. They were working in a mine, and not at home. Snow White went inside and found everything to be small, but neat and orderly. There was a little table with seven little plants, seven little spoon, seven little knifes and froks, seven little mugs, and against the wall there were seven little beds, all freshly made.

            Snow White was hungry and thirsty, so she ate a few vegetables and a little bread from each little plate, and from each little glass she drank a drop of wine.

            Because she was so tired, she wanted to lie down and go to sleep. She tired each of the seven little beds, one after the other, but none felt right until she came to the seventh one, and she lay down in it and fell asleep.

            When night came, the seven dwarfs returned home from the work. They lit their seven little candles, and saw that someone had been in their house.

Dwarf 1           : “Who has been sitting in my chair?”

Dwarf 2           : “Who has been eating from my plate?”

Dwarf 3           : “Who has been eating my bread?”

Dwarf 4           : “Who has been eating my vegetables?”

Dwarf 5           : “Who has been sticking with my fork?”

Dwarf 6           : “Who has been cutting with my knife?”

Dwarf 7           : “Who has been drinking from my mug?”

Dwarf 1           : “Who stepped on my bed?”

Dwarf 2           : “And someone has been lying in my bed.”

            And so forth until the seventh one, and when he looked at his bed, he found Snow White lying there, fast asleep. The seven dwarfs all came running,    and they cried out with amazement. They fetched their seven candles and looked  at Snow White.

The Dwarfs     : “Good heaven! Good heaven! She is so beautiful!”

            They liked her very much. They did not wake her up, but let her lie there in the bed. The seventh dwarf had to sleep with his companions, one hour with each one, and then the night was done.

            When Snow White woke up, they asked her who she was and how she had found her way to their house. She told them how her mother had tried to kill her, how the huntsman had spared her life, how she had run the entire day, finally coming to their house. The dwarfs so pitied.

Dwarf 1               : “If you will keep house for us, and cook, sew, make beds, wash, and knit, and keep everything clean and olderly, then you can stay here, and you’ll have everything that you want.”

Dwarf 2             : “We come home in the evening, and supper must be ready by then, but we spend the days digging for gold in the mine.”

Dwarf 3          : “You will be alone then. Watch out for Queen, and do not let anyone enter our house.”

Snow White         : “Yes, I know!”

            Queen thought that she was again the most beautiful woman in the land, and the next morning she stepped before the mirror.

Queen                   : “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirror       : “You, my queen. You are fair. It is true. But Little Snow White beyond the seven mountains is a thousand times fairer than you.”

            It startled 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.

Old peddler woman  : “Open up… Open up… I’m the old peddler woman with good wares for sale!”

Snow White              : “What do you have?”

Old peddler woman  : “Bodice laces, dear child.”

Snow White              : “Would you like this one?”

Old peddler woman : “Oh, yes! Come here, you are not laced up properly. Come here! I’ll do it better”

            Snow White stood before her, and she took hold of the laces and pulled them so tight that Snow White could not breathe, and she fell down as if she were dead. Then the old woman was satisfied, and she went away.

            Nightfall soon came, and the seven dwarfs returned home. They were horrified to find their dear Snow White lying on the ground as if she were dead. They lifted her up and saw that she was laced up too tightly. They cut the bodice laces in two, and then she could breathe, and she came back to life.

Dwarf 7         : “It must have been Queen who tried to kill you. Take care and do not let anyone here again.”

Snow White   : “Yes, thank you so much. I will not be careless again!”

Queen            :  “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirro  : “You, my queen. You are fair. It is true. But Little Snow White with the seven dwarfs is a thousand times fairer than you.”

            She was so horrified that the blood all ran to her heart, because she knew that Snow White had come back to life. Then for an entire day and a night she planned how she might catch her. She made a poisoned comb, disguised herself differently, and went out again. She knocked on the door.

The peddler woman    : “Open up! Open up !”

Snow White                : “I’m not allowed to let anyone to enter this house.”

            The she pulled out the comb, and when Snow White saw how it glistened, and noted that the woman was a complete stranger, she opened the door, and brought the comb from her.

Snow White                : “Can I help you?”

The peddler woman    : “Yes sure! Come here! Let me comb your hair.”

            She had barely stuck the comb into Snow White’s hair, before the girl fell down and was dead.  And she went home with a light heart.

            The dwarfs came home just in time. They saw what had happened and pulled the poisoned comb from her hair. Snow White opened her eyes and come back to life. She promised the dwarfs not to let anyone to enter this house again.

            (Queen stepped before her mirror).

Queen                  : “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirror      : “You, my queen. You are fair. It is true. But Snow White with the seven dwarfs is a thousand times fairer than you.”

            When Queen heared this, she shook and trembled with anger. Then she went into her most secret room. No one else was allowed inside. And she made a poisoned apple. From the outside it was red and beautiful, and anyone who saw it would want it. Then she disguised herself as a peasant woman, went to the dwarf’s house and knocked on the door.

Snow White           : “I’m not allowed to let anyone enter this house! The dwarfs have forbidden it most severely.”

The peasant woman  : “If you don’t want to, I can’t force to. I’m selling these apples, and I will give you one to taste”

Snow White               : “No, I can’t accept anything. The dwarfs don’t want me too.”

The peasant woman   : “If you are afraid, then will cut the apple in two and eat half of it. Here, you eat the half with the beautiful red cheek!”

            Now the apple had been so artfully made that only the red half was poisoned. When Snow White saw that the peasant woman was eating part of the apple, her desire for it grew stronger, so she finally let the woman hand her the other half through the window. She bit into it, but she bite in her mouth when she fell to the ground dead.

(Queen was happy, and then she went home).

Queen                          : “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirror               : “You, my queen, are fairest of all”

Queen              : “Now I’ll have some peace, because once again I’m the most beautiful woman in the land. Snow White will remain dead this time”

            The evening the dwarfs returned home from the mines. Snow White was lying on the floor, and she was dead. They loosened her laces and looked in her hair for something poisonous, but nothing helped. They could not bring her back to life. They laid her on a bier, and all seven sat next to her and cried and cried for three days. They going to bury her, but they saw that she remained fresh. She did not look at all like a dead person, and she still had beautiful red cheeks. They had a glass coffin made for her, and laid her inside, so that she could be been easily. They wrote her name and her ancestry on it in gold letters, and one of them always stayed at home and kept watch over her.

            Snow White lay there in the coffin a long, long time, and she did not decay. She was still as white as snow and as red as blood, and if she had been able to open her eyes, they still would have been as black as ebony wood. She lay there as if she were asleep.

            One day, young prince with two bodyguard came to the dwarf’s house and wanted shelter for the night. When Prince came into their parlor, he saw Snow White lying there in a glass coffin, illuminated so beautiful by seven little candles, he could not get enough of her beauty.

Bodyguard 1     : “Prince, what are you doing there?”

Bodyguard 2     : “Let’s go! We must see there!”

            (Prince read the golden inscription and saw that she was the daughter of a king).

Bodyguard 1     : “ Hey, who is she?”

Prince                : “ I feel, she is the daughter of a king. Look at this!”

Bodyguard 2     : “Wow, she look so beautiful.”

Prince                : “Yeah, she’s very beautiful.”

            And then, Prince asked the dwarfs to sell him the coffin with the dead Snow-white, but they would not do this for any amount of gold. Then he asked them give her to him, for he could not live without being able to see her, and he would keep her, and honor her as his most cherished thing on earth. Then the dwarfs took pity on him and gave him the coffin.

            Prince had it carried to his castle, and had it placed in a room where he sat by it the whole day, never taking his eyes from it. Whenever he had to go out and was unable to see Snow-White, he became sad. And he could not eat a bite, unless the coffin was standing next to him. Now the servants who always had to carry the coffin to and fro became angry about this. One time one of them opened the coffin, lifted Snow White upright.

Prince              : “We are plagued the whole day long, just because of such a dead girl.”

             And then, he hit her in the back with his land. Then the terrible piece of apple that she had bitten off came out of her throat, and Snow White came back to life.

Snow White    : “What you which have helped me to come to life? I’m very grateful for helping me.”

Prince              : “You’re welcome”

            She walked up to Prince, who was beside himself with joy to see his beloved Snow White alive. They sat down together  at the table and ate with joy.

Prince              : “Will you marry me?”

Snow White    :  “ Yes, I will”

            Their wedding was set for the next day, and Snow White’s godless mother was invited as well. That morning she stepped before the mirror.

Queen                    : “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?”

Magic Mirror   : “You, my queen, are fair; it is true. But the young queen is a thousand times fairest then you”.

Queen             : “Oh no.. This is impossible!”

            She was horrified to hear this, and so overtaken with fear that she could not say anything. Still, her jealousy drove her go to the wedding and see the young queen. When she arrived she saw that it was Snow White. Then they put a pair of iron shoes into the fire until they glowed, and she had to put them on and dance in them. Her feet were terribly burned, and she could not stop until she had danced herself to death.