The Shadow of the Bear (1997) (edit title/settings)

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: "One winter night, while they were sitting together, someone came to the door." - Grimm
Chapter 2: "The two girls were quite close and always held each other's hand when they went out into the world together" - Grimm
Chapter 3: "Their mother reassured them, 'Snow White, Rose Red, the bear will do you no harm. He means well.'" - Grimm
Chapter 4: "From that time onward, the bear came by every evening to play with the girls. He let them amuse themselves with him as much as they liked"
- Grimm
Chapter 5: "And the bear cried out, 'Snow White, Rose Red, would you beat your wooer dead?'" - Grimm
Chapter 6: "The girls so accepted their strange friend that they never locked the door until he had arrived." - Grimm
Chapter 7: "No harm came to Snow White or Rose Red when they wandered in the woods alone. The creatures of the woods befriended them." - Grimm
Chapter 8: "One day as they walked in the woods, the girls came upon an old dwarf with a withered face and a scowling eye." - Grimm
Chapter 9: "Snow White was the meeker of the two, and would remain at home, engaged in quiet pursuits." - Grimm
Chapter 10: "Snow White caught a glimpse of shining gold beneath the bear's hairy coat." - Grimm
Chapter 11: "Rose Red was more spirited, and thought nothing of running forth alone to play in the woods and fields." - Grimm
Chapter 12: "'Why must you go away, dear bear?'
'I must go into the forest and guard my treasure from the evil dwarves, who live under the earth.'" - Grimm
Chapter 13: "'See what you two milksops have done to me! Ugh, how malicious and odious you are!' the dwarf screamed at them." - Grimm
Chapter 14: "There were once two princes who were bewitched by one of the evil dwarves. He sought after the treasures they had hidden in the woods."
- Grimm
Chapter 15: "In the winter when the ground is hard, the dwarves are trapped beneath the earth. But when the sun warms the world, they break through
into the light to plunder, enchant, and hoard." - Grimm
Chapter 16: "'So you return to laugh at me, you wicked creatures?' the dwarf raged at them. 'Don't just stand there, you sleek milk-faced things!' And his
ashen face became copper with rage." - Grimm
Chapter 17: "Whatever gets into the hands of one of these vile dwarves, does not easily see the light of day again." - Grimm
Chapter 18: "Snow White had given herself up as lost when suddenly a black bear came roaring out of the forest." - Grimm
Chapter 19: "The bear, snarling, rushed on the swarf and attacked him." - Grimm
Chapter 20: "Snow White was married to the prince who had been the bear, and Rose Red married his brother." - Grimm

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