{"id":992,"date":"2023-11-15T01:44:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/?p=992"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:15:48","slug":"pc-snow-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/pc-snow-white\/","title":{"rendered":"~ RT: PC:  SNOW WHITE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 51\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BEJViI2d_Q4\"><strong>VIEW OUR FINISHED PRODUCTION<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea30172d4115001922257' value='69ea30172d4115001922257'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea30172d4115001922257' value='S C R I P T'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea30172d4115001922257' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea30172d4115001922257' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">S C R I P T<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea30172d4115001922257' ><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 51\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Hi.\u00a0 My name is . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Once there was a young princess who was not at all unpleasant to look at and had a temperament that many found to be more pleasant than most other people&#8217;s. Her nickname was Snow white, indicative of the discriminatory notions of associating pleasant or attractive qualities with light, and unpleasant or unattractive qualities with darkness. Thus, at an early age, Snow White was an unwitting if fortunate target for this type of colorist thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">When Snow white was quite young, her mother was suddenly stricken ill, grew more advanced in nonhealth, and finally was rendered nonviable. Her father, the king, grieved for what can be considered a healthy period of time, then asked another woman to be his queen. Snow white did her best to please her new mother-of-step, but a cold distance remained between them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The queen&#8217;s prized possession was a magic mirror that would answer truthfully any question asked it. Now years of social conditioning in a male hierarchical dictatorship had left the queen very insecure about her own self-worth. Physical beauty was the one standard she cared about now and she defined herself solely in regard to her personal appearance. So every morning the queen would ask her mirror:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 52\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Mirror, mirror, on the wall, &#8220;Who&#8217;s the fairest one of all?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Her mirror would answer:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;For all it&#8217;s worth, O my queen,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Your beauty is the fairest to be seen.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">That dialogue went on regularly until once when the queen was having a bad hair day and was desperately in need of support, she asked the usual question and the mirror answered:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Alas, if worth be based on beauty, &#8220;Snow White has surpassed you, cutie.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 53\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">At this the queen flew into a rage. The chance to work with Snow White to form a strong bond of sisterhood had long passed. Instead, the queen indulged in an adopted masculine power trip and ordered the royal woods-person to take Snow White into the forest and kill her. And, possibly to impress the males in the royal court, she barbarously ordered that the girl&#8217;s heart be cut out and brought back to her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The woodsperson sadly agreed to these orders, and led the girl, who was now actually a young woman, into the middle of the forest. But his connections to the earth and seasons had made him a kind soul, and he couldn&#8217;t bear to harm the girl. He told Snow White of the oppressive and unsisterly order of the queen and told her to run as deeply as she could into the forest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The frightened Snow White did as she was told. The woodsperson, fearing the queen&#8217;s wrath but unwilling to take another life merely to indulge her vanity went into town and had the candy maker concoct a heart of red marzipan. When he presented this to the queen, she hungrily devoured the heart in a sickening display of pseudo-cannibalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 54\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Meanwhile, Snow White ran deep into the woods. Just when she thought she had fled as far as she could from civilization and its unhealthy influences, she stumbled upon a cottage. Inside she saw seven tiny beds, set in a row and all unmade. She also saw seven sets of dishes piled high in the sink and seven Barcaloungers in front of seven remote-controlled TVs. She surmised that the cottage belonged to either seven little men or one sloppy numerologist. The beds looked so inviting that the tired youngster curled up on one and immediately fell asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">When she awoke several hours later, she saw the faces of seven bearded, vertically challenged men surrounding the bed. She sat up with a start and gasped. One of the men said, &#8220;You see that? Just like a flighty woman: resting peacefully one minute, up and screaming the next.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 55\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;I agree,&#8221; said another. &#8220;She&#8217;ll disrupt our strong bond of brotherhood and create competition among us for her affections. I say we throw her in the river in a sack full of rocks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;I agree we should get rid of her,&#8221; said a third, &#8220;but why degrade the ecology? Let&#8217;s just feed her to a bear or something and let her become part of the food chain.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Hear, hear!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Sound thinking, brother.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">When Snow White finally regained her senses, she begged, &#8220;Please, please don&#8217;t kill me. I meant no harm by sleeping on your bed. I thought no one would ever notice.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Ah, you see?&#8221; said one of the men. &#8220;Female preoccupations are already surfacing. She&#8217;s complaining that we don&#8217;t make our beds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 56\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Kill her! Kill her!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Please, no!&#8221; she cried. &#8220;I have traveled so deep into these woods because my mother-of-step, the queen, ordered me killed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;See that? Internecine female vindictiveness!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t try and play the victim with us, kid!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;QUIET!&#8221; boomed one of the men, who had flaming red hair and a nonhuman animal skin on his head. Snow White quickly realized that he was their leader and that her fate rested in his hands. &#8220;Explain yourself what&#8217;s your name, and why have you really come here?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;My name is Snow White,&#8221; she began, &#8220;and I&#8217;ve already told you: My mother-of-step, the queen, ordered a woodsperson to take me in the forest and kill me, but he took pity and told me to run away into the woods as far as I could.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 57\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Just like a woman,&#8221; grumbled one of the men under his breath, &#8220;get a man to do her dirty work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The leader held up his hands for silence. He said, &#8220;Well, Snow White, if that&#8217;s your story I guess we&#8217;ll have to believe you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Snow White was beginning to resent her treatment but tried not to let it show. &#8220;And who are you guys, anyway?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;We are known as the Seven Towering Giants,&#8221; said the leader. Snow White&#8217;s suppression of a giggle did not go unnoticed. The leader continued. &#8220;We are towering in spirit and so are giants among the men of the forest. We used to earn our living by digging in our mines, but we decided that such a rape of the planet was immoral and short-sighted (besides, the bottom fell out of the metals market). So now we are dedicated stewards of the earth and live here in harmony with nature. To make ends meet, we also conduct retreats for men who need to get in touch with their primitive masculine identities.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 58\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;So what does that involve,&#8221; asked Snow White, &#8220;aside from drinking milk straight from the carton?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Your sarcasm is ill-advised,&#8221; warned the leader of the Seven Towering Giants. &#8220;My fellow giants want to get rid of your corrupting feminine presence, and I might not be able to stop them, understand? My men, we must speak our hearts openly and honestly. Let us adjourn to the sweat lodge!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The seven little men scampered out the front door, whooping and stripping off their clothes. Snow White didn&#8217;t know what to do while waiting. For fear of stepping on anything that might be scurrying about amid the debris on the floor, she stayed on the bed, although she did manage to make it without ever stepping off.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 59\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Snow White heard drumming and shouts, and, soon after, the Seven Towering Giants came back into the cottage. They didn&#8217;t smell as bad as she thought they would, and thankfully they all wore loincloths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Agggh! Look what she&#8217;s done to my bed! I want her out of here! I want to change my vote!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Calm down, brother,&#8221; said the leader. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you see? This is just what we were talking about: contrasts. We can better measure our progress as true men if there is a female around for comparison.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The men grumbled among themselves about the wisdom of this decision. But Snow White had had enough. &#8220;I resent being kept around like an object, just a yardstick for your egos and penises!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Fair enough,&#8221; the leader said. &#8220;You&#8217;re free to make your way back through the woods. Give our regards to the queen.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 60\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Well, I guess I can stay until I figure out a new plan,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; said the leader, &#8220;but we have a few ground rules. No dusting. No straightening up. And no rinsing out underwear in the sink.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;And no peeking in the sweat lodge.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;And stay away from our drums.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Meanwhile, back at the castle, the queen rejoiced at the thought that her rival in beauty had been eliminated. She puttered around her boudoir reading Glamour and Elle, and indulged herself with three whole pieces of chocolate without purging. Later, she confidently strolled up to her magic mirror and asked her same, sad question:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Mirror, mirror, on the wall, &#8220;Who&#8217;s the fairest one of all?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 61\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The mirror replied,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Your weight is perfect for your shape and height,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;But for sheer OOOOMPH!, you can&#8217;t beat Snow White.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">At this news, the queen clenched her fists and screamed at the top of her lungs. For years, her insecurities had been eating away at her until now they turned her into someone who was morally out of the mainstream. With cunning and malice, she began to devise a plan to ensure the nonviability of her daughter-of-step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">A few days later, Snow White, to be sure she didn&#8217;t touch or rearrange anything, was meditating on the floor in the middle of the cottage. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Snow White opened the door to find a chronologically gifted woman with a basket in her hand. By the look of her clothes, she was apparently unfettered by the confines of regular employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 62\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Help a woman of unreliable income, dearie,&#8221; she said, &#8220;and buy one of my apples.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Snow White thought for a moment. In protest against agribusiness conglomerates, she had a personal rule against buying food from middlepersons. But her heart went out to the economically marginalized woman, so she said yes. What Snow White didn&#8217;t know was that this was really the queen in disguise and that the apple had been chemically and genetically altered so that whoever bit it would sleep forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">When Snow White handed over the money for the apple, you would have expected the queen to be gleeful that her plan for revenge was working. Instead, as she looked at Snow White&#8217;s fine complexion and slim, taut body, she felt alternating waves of envy and self-revulsion. Finally she burst into tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Why, whatever is the matter?&#8221; asked Snow White.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 63\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;You&#8217;re so young and beautiful,&#8221; sobbed the disguised queen, &#8220;and I&#8217;m horrible to look at and getting worse.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;You shouldn&#8217;t say that. After all, beauty comes from inside a person.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been telling myself that for years,&#8221; said the queen, &#8220;and I still don&#8217;t believe it. How do you stay in such perfect shape?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Well, I meditate, work out in step aerobics three hours a day; and eat only half-portions of anything placed in front of me. Would you like me to show you?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Oh, yes, yes, please,&#8221; said the queen. So they started out with 30 minutes of simple hatha yoga meditation, then worked out on the step for another hour. As they relaxed afterward, Snow White cut her apple in half and gave a piece to the queen. Without thinking, the queen bit into it, and both of them fell into a deep sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 64\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Later that day, the Seven Towering Giants returned from a retreat in the woods, elaborately decked out in animal skins, feathers, and mud. With them was a prince from a nearby kingdom, who had come on this male retreat to find a cure for his impotence (or, as he preferred to call it, his involuntary suspension from phallocentric activity). They were all laughing and high-fiving until they saw the bodies and stopped short.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;What has happened?&#8221; asked the prince.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Apparently our house guest and this other woman got into some sort of catfight and killed each other,&#8221; surmised one giant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;If they thought that by doing this, they could make us slaves to our weaker emotions, they&#8217;re wrong,&#8221; fumed another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Well, as long as we have to dispose of them, let&#8217;s practice one of those Viking funerals we&#8217;ve read about.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 65\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;You know&#8221; said the prince, &#8220;this might sound a little sick, but I trust you guys. I find that younger one attractive. Extremely attractive. Would you fellows mind&#8230; um&#8230; waiting outside while I&#8230;?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Stop right there!&#8221; said the leader of the giants. &#8220;Those half-eaten apple pieces, that filthy costume \u2013 this has all the earmarks of some sort of magic spell. They&#8217;re not really dead at all.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Whew,&#8221; sighed the prince, &#8220;that makes me feel better. So, could you guys take five and let me&#8230; ?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Hold it, Prince,&#8217; said the leader. &#8220;Does Snow White make you feel like a man again?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;She certainly does. Now could you guys&#8230; ?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t touch her! You&#8217;ll break the spell.&#8221; The leader thought for a minute and said, &#8220;My brothers, I see certain economic possibilities arising from this. If we kept Snow White around here in this state, we could advertise our retreats as impotency therapy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 66\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The giants nodded in agreement with this idea, but the prince interrupted, &#8220;But what about me? I&#8217;ve already paid for my retreat. Why don&#8217;t I get to, um, take the cure?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;No dice, Prince,&#8221; said the leader. &#8220;You can look but don&#8217;t touch. Otherwise you&#8217;ll break the spell. Tell you what, though. You can have the other one if you want.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to sound classist,&#8221; said the prince, &#8220;but she&#8217;s not high enough caliber for me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;That&#8217;s pretty big talk from a man shooting blanks,&#8221; said one of the giants, and everybody but the prince laughed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The leader said, &#8220;Come on, brothers, let&#8217;s lift these two off the floor and decide how we can best display them.&#8221; It took three giants for each female, but they managed to get both bodies aloft. As soon as they did, however, the pieces of poisoned apple fell from the mouths of Snow White and the queen, and they awoke from the spell.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 67\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;What do you think you&#8217;re doing? Put us down!&#8221; they shouted. The giants were so startled they almost dropped the womyn to the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;That was the most sickening thing I have ever heard!&#8221; shouted the queen. &#8220;Offering us around like pieces of property!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;And you,&#8221; said Snow White to the prince, &#8220;trying to make it with a girl in a coma! 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