"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
the Looking-glass answered:
"Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all!"
At last she was well pleased, for she knew the Looking-glass spoke the truth.
Now Snow-white grew up, and became more and more beautiful; and when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the Queen herself. And once when the queen asked her Looking-glass:
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
it answered:
"Thou art fairer than all who are here, Lady Queen,