The Ultimate Unauthorized Eragon Guide by Lois H. Gresh

Author:Lois H. Gresh
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780312357924
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Disney’s Seven Dwarves

Everyone probably remembers the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from Walt Disney, originally filmed in 1937. In the film, an evil queen wants to dispose of her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White.

Who has a name like Snow White? Can you imagine how weird it would be if a new kid came to your school and her name was Snow White?

Because the queen is so mean, Snow White runs off and hides with seven dwarves in the forest. Then the queen turns into a witch and tricks Snow White into eating a poisoned apple.

I am reminded of all those apples that parents put into my trick-or-treat bag when I was a kid. My friends and I hated those apples, and we didn’t think much of people who gave us apples on Halloween. Then, adult paranoia set in, probably with good cause, and it became almost a crime to give apples on Halloween. What if the apples were poisoned? Now, I wasn’t born in 1937—no, I’m not that old, not yet—so I doubt the poisoned apple paranoia came from the 1937 movie version of Snow White.

Anyway, Snow White eats the apple and falls into a deep sleep from which she cannot awaken unless . . .

A handsome prince kisses her.

Of course, Prince Charming comes along, finds her in the glass coffin, kisses her, and she awakens to a life of everlasting perfection and happiness.

It is a fairy tale. In real life, I do not recommend that you eat a poison apple and pass out. The chances are very high— like 99.99999999999 percent high (like impossible)—that a handsome prince will not come along and kiss you, hence purging your body and brain of zombie poisons.

Actually, Walt Disney didn’t come up with the original fairy tale. As with Christopher Paolini’s dwarves, Disney’s dwarves and his Snow White story were based on real and very old folk stories. In the case of Snow White, it’s sometimes thought that Charles Perrault, who lived between 1628 and 1703, made up the original story. Scholars also think that Perrault made up other fairy tales, such as “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “Cinderella.”3 Of course, The Grimm Brothers, who are extremely famous folktale authors, are often credited with the creation of Snow White. The Grimms published a large collection of fairy tales in the early nineteenth century.

But back to Snow White and her seven dwarves. Do you remember their names?

Think for a minute.

Think, think, think.

Take your time.

Now, if you answered “none of the dwarves had names,” then I’m very impressed with your knowledge of folk tales. The original dwarves had no names. Good job!

Like most of us, though, you probably are trying to come up with the names of the seven dwarves who starred in the Walt Disney film. Here’s the list I came up with: Dopey, Happy, Squeezy, Goofy, Silly, Sleazy, and Dufus-Head. I didn’t do very well with this question.

Hopefully, you did better.

These are the names of Disney’s seven dwarves: Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy.

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