Snow White and the Eight Dwarfs by r.l.simpson

Another Homework assignment was to Rework a  Fairy tale and do research to add/ teach some new information -DAAA is a real organization. We are learning about children stories and writing for various ages.

This one is for my BFF+ Batman ( who helped me find the 8th Dward;s name ) and Daria G.


Snow White and the Eight Dwarfs


You all remember the tale of the 7 Dwarfs right. The 7 short hairy miners that found that pretty white girl lost in the woods and gave her a place to stay in exchange for cleaning up after them and cooking for them.?

That is called bartering. You offer one service in exchange for a service the other person offers –no money exchanged. Food and a place to sleep in exchange for cleaning the bathroom and making food for 7 little dirty men. Not such a good exchange for the white girl but then again better than being lost in the woods and sleeping on the ground and eating weird stuff. So Snowy took the deal –until she could find a better gig.



The reason the house was so messy was that the 8th brother was away at a D.A.A.A conference.  That is the Dwarf Athletic Association of America. They are into athletic competition for people of short stature. Dwarfism affects about a quarter of a million people in the US –that is a lot and the 8th dwarf  was really into healthy eating and exercise. The other brothers were cool with this and liked his cooking and bossy ways of making them clean up after themselves.  Also since they were miners and strong anyway they thought it was a good idea that their brother competed in the DAAA events. I mean the 2010 was coming to Nashville TN and they we all going. But when he went on the road –the rest of the brothers sort of forgot their good habits and chores and the brothers were terrible cooks.



Enter Snowy –pretty , young, ok cook and really, really cheerful. She filled the vacuum left by the missing brother -Healthy. Sort of like a white dwarf star. Which is like the sun –only half the energy.



Snowy did get distracted a lot with her singing and wandering in the woods. She didn’t have the energy for deep cleaning and cleaning up after the meals –so the brothers would pitch in and help out while she told them stories and sang to them.  In fact they were doing more work than when Healthy was there. They missed him but he didn’t sing very well when he worked.



The brothers were a little concerned over how Snowy and Healthy would get along. Snowy ,of course , would be fine she loved everyone. But Healthy tended to want to do things his own way and expected all the brothers to let him make all the decisions and do things his way. He was very smart and handsome and energetic and did I say smart. Snowy was smart too –but in a distracted way.



The day Healthy came home –Snowy had cooked a big meal with all the brother’s favorite foods. Meatloaf , French fries. Mashed potatoes and gravy. Macaroni and cheese, hamburger and potato salad  and,,,,–deep friend corn fritters. With Funnel Cake and all the apples in the kitchen for a hugh Apple PIE = for dessert. In fact a WORSE , UN HEALTHY (get it unhealthy) meal you could not have planned. NO vegetables or Fruit.



Healthy had a meltdown. He yelled and stomped around and yelled and stomped around and finally got silent.. Then he said: “ If you would please excuse us Miss Snowy, I would like to have a difficult conversation with the brothers. Perhaps you could take an after dinner stroll –not far but ah…… out of hearing? You know haw men are ….we tend to get a bit loud when we discuss things.”



 Snow White replied: ‘Why, of course Healthy, your Brothers are so excited you are home, they missed you very much.” And she smiled.  Healthy smiled back. And the Brothers all looked at each other and smiled.



When she left,  Healthy looked at the brothers. Silence. Then:



Dopey- Can she stay?

Sneezy- I don’t even mind the flowers she picks in the woods and brings home.

Happy –She sings better than anyone, even you Healthy.

Grumpy –Even I don’t mind doing the dishes when she sings to us.

Sleepy- She tucks us in to bed every night with a kiss on the cheek.

Bashful- She is the fairest of us all.

Doc – We cant send her back, the evil Queen is still looking for her.

Healthy : Of course we will not send her back –but no more bad food habits –we all have to eat healthy. You know drawfs have health problems. We need to be healthy and strong to work the mine.


The brothers all agreed –so they threw out all the food Snowy had made and had a healthy dinner made by the time she returned. She noticed but didn’t say a word and silently vowed to have more good food choices in the house to cook with. If fact the next day when  all the brother even Healthy were at the mine. An old peddler woman knocked on the door with a lovely basket of delicious looking apples. Snowy knew she had used all the apples for last nights meal so when the old woman offered her a bite of her juicy apple –Snowy accepted thinking how surprised and delighted the brothers and Healthy would be with fresh apples to snack on………………..



Well, You all know the rest.

The End