When it became quite dark the owners of the cottage came home, seven Dwarfs, who dug for gold and silver in the mountains.
They first lighted seven little lamps, and saw at once—for they lit up the whole room—that somebody had been in, for everything was not in the order in which they had left it.
The first asked, "Who has been sitting on my chair?"
The second, "Who has been eating off my plate?" The third said, "Who has been nibbling at my bread?"
The fourth, "Who has been at my porridge?" The fifth, "Who has been meddling with my fork?"
The sixth grumbled out, "Who has been cutting with my knife?"
The seventh said, "Who has been drinking out of my mug?"
Then the first, looking round, began again, "Who has been lying on my bed?" he asked, for he saw that the sheets were tumbled.
At these words the others came, and looking at their beds cried out too, "Some one has been lying in our beds!"
But the seventh little man, running up to his, saw Snow-White sleeping in it; so he called his companions, who shouted with wonder and held up their seven lamps, so that the light fell upon the little girl.