Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede

This occurs numerous times over the summer, and each time, the dwarf yells at them for cutting his beard. The girls rescue him by cutting his beard, and he proceeds to yell at them for doing so. One day, during the summer, the girls are walking through the woods and they come across a dwarf stuck in a tree. Summer arrives, and the bear tells them he must go away for a while, as he has to guard his treasure from a wicked dwarf. They let the bear sleep in front of the fire for the night and he leaves the next morning.Įvery night the bear returns, and the family grow ever attached to him over time. The girls brush the snow from the bears back and quickly become friends with him. They decide to let the bear into the house and he lies down in front of the fire. Snow White opened the door to find a bear, who asks the family not to be afraid of him and that they let him inside to warm up. One winter’s night, there came a knock at their front door. Shy, quiet and liked house work and reading. Rose Red was outspoken, cheerful and loved to play outside. There was once a cottage in the woods, where two young girls lived with their mother, who was a poor widow. On the Aarne Thompson scale, it falls under 426- “Supernatural/Enchanted Relatives: Husband.”

The only similarity between this and the popular tale “Snow White” is that one of the sisters shares the same name. Origins: Another German tale, collected by those pesky Grimms brothers. Rose-Red answered “ No, not as long as we live.”įollowing on from last week’s installment, which discussed the original version of “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”- this week we have a tale similar by name, but very different in nature: Snow White and Rose Red. Snow-White said “ We shall never desert each other”,

Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede