by Ravenel, Christian, Erykah, Eva, and Sam
Once upon a time there lived a poor widow with her two daughters. In front of her cottage there were two rose bushes. One had white roses and one had red roses. Her daughters reminded her of the rose bushes, so she named them Snow White and Rose Red.
One cold winter night, they heard a knock at the door. Rose Red ran to the door and opened it. To her surprise, there was not a man knocking, but rather a large shaggy bear.
The girls were afraid, but their mother urged them to invite the bear in. She could see he was wet and cold. “Lie by the fire,” she insisted. He lay down on the hearth and warmed himself by the fire. The girls lost their fear and approached him playfully.
When spring came, the shaggy bear announced that he was leaving. “I must leave now to guard my treasure from gnomes. As the world thaws, their mischief increases.”
The bear caught his fur on the latch and in the tear, Snow White thought she spied the shimmer of gold. With the slam of the door, the bear trotted off and was soon out of sight. Snow White watched through her tears until the bear vanished into the woods.
The next morning after Snow White lit the fire, their mother instructed them to pick some flowers in the woods for their cottage. In the forest, they encountered a gnome three different times. Each time they tried to help him and each time he made way with his treasure.
The third time a bear loped out of the woods and revealed he was not a bear at all, but rather a handsome prince. The treasure was his, and his heart belonged to Snow White. Snow White married the prince and Rose Red married his brother, and they lived happily ever after in a castle with two rose bushes: one red and one white.
One cold winter night, they heard a knock at the door. Rose Red ran to the door and opened it. To her surprise, there was not a man knocking, but rather a large shaggy bear.
The girls were afraid, but their mother urged them to invite the bear in. She could see he was wet and cold. “Lie by the fire,” she insisted. He lay down on the hearth and warmed himself by the fire. The girls lost their fear and approached him playfully.
When spring came, the shaggy bear announced that he was leaving. “I must leave now to guard my treasure from gnomes. As the world thaws, their mischief increases.”
The bear caught his fur on the latch and in the tear, Snow White thought she spied the shimmer of gold. With the slam of the door, the bear trotted off and was soon out of sight. Snow White watched through her tears until the bear vanished into the woods.
The next morning after Snow White lit the fire, their mother instructed them to pick some flowers in the woods for their cottage. In the forest, they encountered a gnome three different times. Each time they tried to help him and each time he made way with his treasure.
The third time a bear loped out of the woods and revealed he was not a bear at all, but rather a handsome prince. The treasure was his, and his heart belonged to Snow White. Snow White married the prince and Rose Red married his brother, and they lived happily ever after in a castle with two rose bushes: one red and one white.
