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In the House of the Seven Dwarfs

The Dwarfs' House is very tiny. It is built of rough stones and logs, and niched into a hillside int the depths of the great wood. It has but one room, two windows, and a half door. Along one side of the room are ranged seven little beds of different sizes; on the other is a stone fireplace for cooking, and a rustic pump with a barrel under its spout to catch the water. In the middle of the stone floor stands a low table with seven places laid for supper. A single candle on the table lights the room. Through the window we see the forest, dim in the moonlight.

Presently the little Brown Bird flies past, and perches on a branch just outside, still calling Snow White to follow him. They have come a