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| | Snow-White. |
 | | NE fine winter's day, when the frost had spangled the dark green fir-trees, and the ponds and rivers were thick with ice, Ivan and Maria, two Russian peasants, sat by their cottage window. |
 | | Her tiny feet pattered over the snow, like those of some small white elf, and the colder it was, the happier she seemed to be: her favourite playthings were the glittering icicles that hung from the frosted trees. |
 | | So gentle and sweet were her looks and ways that every one loved her dearly, and the children in the village were never so happy as when they played with her. |
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