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Then Snowdrop was much tempted to taste, for the apple looked so

very nice; and when she saw the old woman eat, she could wait no

longer. But she had scarcely put the piece into her mouth, when

she fell down dead upon the ground. 'This time nothing will save

thee,' said the queen; and she went home to her glass, and at

last it said:

'Thou, queen, art the fairest of all the fair.'

And then her wicked heart was glad, and as happy as such a heart

could be.