My favorite story in this second part of the Grimm Brothers was Snow-White and Red-Rose. I was expecting this story to be like the Snow White we heard as children but it was not. Snow White and Red Rose were siblings, who were so close that they liked to hold hands as they ventured out. One night they spent the night in the woods and as they awoke, a young boy was sitting near them. Their mother told them it was an angel who watched over good children. One night, there was a knock on the door and it was a bear. The bear meant no harm and only wanted to warm itself so the little family let him in. The bear came every night throughout the winter and took his leave during the day. When summer came, the bear went away for good. Later that summer, their mother sent them into the woods for kindling and they met a strange dwarf with his beard stuck. Snow White cut off his beard as a way to free him and instead the dwarf was angry and put a bad curse on the siblings. The sisters continued to meet the dwarf and free him or save him from his miseries until they came across him emptying his many jewels and gold. Their bear saved them by killing the dwarf and when that happened he transformed into the King's son. Snow-White married him, and Red-Rose married his brother and they lived happily ever after.
Bibliography: Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
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