Literature
Snow White and the Beast
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a beautiful queen was sewing at her window framed with black ebony. Outside, snowflakes softly fell like feathers. As she was sewing and watching the snow fall, the needle slipped, and the queen accidentally pricked her finger; three drops of blood fell onto the snow. The warm red looked so pretty on the pure white; the black ebony window framed the lovely image. The sight made the queen smile.
"If I ever have children," she said to herself, "I hope at least one would be as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the window frame."
Months later, the queen gave birth to a daughter. The l