Snow-White and Rose-Red Snow-White and Rose-Red "Snow-White and Rose-Red" () is a German fairy tale. The best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 161. An older, somewhat shorter version, "The Ungrateful Dwarf", was written by Caroline Stahl (1776–1837); this in fact appears to be the oldest variant of the tale, as there are no known previous oral versions, although several have been collected since its publication. The oral variants of this tale are very limited in area. It is not to be confused with the Grimm fairy tale "Snow White" (which is written "Schneewittchen" in German, rather
Snow-White and Rose-Red than "Schneeweißchen") that provided the basis for the Walt Disney film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". This is a completely different version of Snow White and she has nothing in common with the other one other than the fact that she shares her name in English and has an encounter with a dwarf. Snow-White and Rose-Red are two little girls living with their mother, a poor widow, in a small cottage by the woods. Fair-haired Snow-White is quiet and shy and prefers to spend her time indoors, doing housework and reading. Dark-haired Rose-Red is outspoken, lively and cheerful, and