It was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes（ 雪花） were falling like feathers（羽毛） from the sky. And the queen sat at her window working（工作）, and her embroidery（刺绣品） frame（框架） was of ebony. And as she worked, gazing（盯） at times out on the snow, she pricked（刺） her finger, and there fell from it three drops（ 滴） of blood on the snow. And when she saw how bright and red it looked, she said to herself, "Oh, that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the embroidery frame." Not very long after, she had a daughter, with her skin as white as snow, lips（嘴唇） as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony.