At last, dawn woke the forest to the song of the birds, and Snow White too, awoke. A whole world was stirring to life and the little girl was glad to see how silly her fears had been. On she walked until she came to a clearing. There stood a strange cottage, with a tiny door, tiny windows and a tiny chimney pot. Everything about the cottage was much tinier than it ought to be.
Snow White pushed the door open.
“I wonder who lives here?” she said to herself, peeping round the kitchen. “What tiny plates! And spoons!” Upstairs was a bedroom with seven neat little beds. Going back to the kitchen, Snow White had an idea.
Toward dusk, seven tiny men marched homeward singing. But when they opened the door of their house, to their surprise they found a bowl of hot steaming soup on the table, and the whole house spick and span. Upstairs was Snow White, fast asleep on one of the beds.
The chief dwarf prodded her gently. “Who are you?” he asked. Snow White told them her sad story, and tears sprang into the dwarfs’ eyes.
I am utterly in love with these adorable cottages from The Rustic Way, which can be fitted out as guest houses, garden sheds, saunas and children’s playhouses. They are just like a fairy tale come to life, don’t you think?