Snow-Fur and the Two Dwarves
Chapter 1
The Fairest of Them All
Once upon a time, in a great kingdom, the king (who was a cat), had a beautiful daughter, whose name was Snow-Fur, for her fur was as pure a white as the driven snow and the palest pink nose. Unfortunately, the Queen passed away when she was but six months old, so the King married a black rabbit; the new Queen was beautiful but jealous of anyone whose beauty surpassed her own. She had a wonderful lamp, and when she looked into it she and said-
"Lamp of the Mystical Realm, shine your light on me,
Who in this land has the greatest beauty?"
The Lamp would respond-
"O Mistress of the Dark, I cannot lie
You are the most fair to anyone's eyes."
And the Queen was satisfied, for she knew the Lamp spoke the truth. But Snow-fur was growing up, and when she was a year old, she was as beautiful as spring and more beautiful than her stepmother. Soon after, when the Queen asked the magic Lamp-
"Lamp of the Mystical Realm, shine your light on me,
Who in this land has the greatest beauty?"
The Lamp gave a different response-
"O Queen, your beauty is known far and wide,
For Your Majesty can attest that I have never lied
But I bring a new development
One you will very likely hate
I dread very much to say the truth
For you might try to change your fate.
But I know I can no longer delay for sure
The fairest maiden in this land is now, Snow-Fur."
The Queen was shocked and her fur turned white with envy. From that day on, the Queen hated Snow-Fur. One day when she couldn't stand it anymore, she went to the tame bears and told their leader to bring Snow-Fur out near the woods and tear her to bits and to bring back her eyes and heart as proof that the princess was dead.
The bear brought Snow-Fur out to the edge of the woods; he was going to tear her apart when he found he could not, too beautiful and innocent was she. He told Snow-Fur to run away and never return for the Queen wanted her dead; the terrified princess ran further into the woods and the bear gave the evil witch the eyes and heart of a dead deer, which she ate, even though she was a rabbit.
A/N: Tada! Please reveiw! I've been working on this story for years now and my siblings have always bugged to publish it so this was a compromise.