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+- Bizarre Facts About the Original Version of Snow White -+  

The Grimm fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is much different from the Disney version. Here are some examples of how the tale was different:  

The Queen doesn't ask for Snow White's heart - she wants the princess's lungs and liver. When the hunter brings her the boar's innards, the Queen - thinking they're Snow White's - has them boiled in salt and eats them.  

In the original story, the Queen tries to kill Snow White three times. The first two attempts fail. Since the Queen uses the same disguise all three times, we have to assume Snow White is a little short in the brains department.  

The dwarfs - who don't have cute names - do put Snow White in a glass coffin. But the Prince doesn't wake her with a kiss. In fact, kissing her never enters his mind. He just thinks she's pretty (albeit dead), and wants to keep her around his castle.  

On the way back to the castle, servants carrying the casket trip and drop it. This dislodges the poison apple from Snow White's throat and she's revived.  

In this tale, the Queen makes it back to her castle after apparently killing Snow White. A little later, she's invited to a wedding. The wedding, it turns out, is Snow White's. When the Queen arrives, Snow and the Prince have a pair of red-hot iron shoes waiting in the fireplace. The Queen is forced to wear the shoes and dance until she drops dead.  

[From Uncle John's 4-Ply Bathroom Reader]