A vain and wicked queen looks into her magic mirror and learns that her beautiful stepdaughter Snow White is now "the fairest in the land". Initially, the queen sends her hunter to kill Snow White, but the hunter is unable to carry out the murder and Snow White escapes into the forest, where she discovers a cottage inhabited by seven dwarves. The evil queen's magic mirror tells her that Snow White is still alive, so the queen disguises herself as a peasant to poison Snow White.
