A vain, wicked queen looks into her magic mirror and realizes that her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, is now "the fairest in the land". Initially, the queen sends her hunter to kill Snow White, but he is unable to carry out the murder Snow White escapes into the forest, where she finds a cottage inhabited by seven dwarfs. The evil queen's magic mirror tells her that Snow White is still alive, and the queen, pretending to be a peasant, tries to poison Snow White.