The queen had decided for the day,

That she and Snow White would go out to play.

Out to the forest where they could explore,

For young Snow White had never ventured there before.

But little did the queen and Snow White know,

That dwarves did lurk there, lost in shadow.

Seven were they, and mischievious too,

For they had a plan to capture the princess, right out of the blue.

So unknowing did they, the queen and Snow White,

Traipse into the forest, without so much as a plight.

"Now, Snow White," warned the queen,

"Hold my hand, I request, lest some sort of fiend,

Should steal you away, from my ever-loving side."

For the queen was protective, and really quite kind,

And could never even bear to let her daughter come to harm.

So Snow White obliged and clutched her mother's arm.

But being a child, with a tiny attention span,

She soon broke away from her mother, and off she ran.

The queen called out in distress,  "Come back!"

But Snow White had already strayed right into the dwarf pack.

They had been waiting for just the right moment,

To steal her away, and they did not relent.

Back to their house they whisked her away, 

And there wrote a quick message, "To us you must pay

A ransom for the princess, if you desire her return.

Not money do we seek, but apples do we yearn.

Bring the payment alone to us, my queen,

Lest young Snow White is never again seen."

To the queen they sent the threat,

And she responded with panic, tears, and sweat.

But quite quick did she become full of rage,

And plot to destroy the dwarves, lock them up in a cage!

Or better yet poison them, and an idea was born.

A powerful sleeping potion, was surely sworn

To end all the dwarves, and the queen knew just how.

She took all the apples, and dipped them so now,

Whoever should take a bite of the deceitful fruit,

Would pass away, and quickly root

Themselves to a deep, deep sleep that could only be cured

By true love's kiss, which the queen was sure the dwarves had never heard.

So off the queen set, with her apples in tow,

And arrived at the dwarves' hut, with doorway set low.

And who should open the door, but Snow White!

"Momma!" cried the girl, who had been overcome with fright.

But the dwarves pulled her back, and the queen set down her basket,

Prepared to watch the dwarves fall, and soon be buried in tiny caskets.

But to the queen's surprise, and her absolute terror,

A tiny hand grabbed an apple, took a bite, and with labor,

Struggled to stand, before the poison set in.

But Snow White fell to the ground as the queen realized her sin.

Hugging the girl to her as tears from her eyes leeked.

"What have I done?!" in agony the queen shrieked.

The dwarves, afraid of what they'd just seen,

Quickly departed, and fled from the scene.

The queen, left alone in her despair,

Wept as she brushed from Snow White's face her hair.

"I was a fool," she sorrowfully grieved,

"I couldn't control my anger, and never would I have believed,

That the consequence of revenge would be

To lose my own daughter.  It should've been me!"

And with that did the queen place a kiss on her cheek.

Things were indeed beginning to look quite bleak.

But then just like magic (for that's what it was)

Young Snow White awakened and clung to her mother, because,

True love's kiss had revived her, and both rejoiced with laughter.

And from then on there, they lived happily ever after.