The vain, evil queen consults a magic mirror and learns that her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, is now "the fairest in the land." At first the queen sends her hunter to kill Snow White, but the hunter cannot commit the murder Snow White flees into the forest, where she discovers a hut inhabited by seven dwarfs. The evil queen's magic mirror tells her that Snow White is still alive, the queen disguises herself as a peasant to poison Snow White herself.