Nobody knew that the tortoise was still climbing in his own way up the stairs. He almost reached the top. Suddenly, some of the forest animals began to wake up. Also, Buck opened an eye, because they heard something. It sounded like... Singing?

"Heigh-ho. Heigh-ho," the singing continued.

"Maggie. Would you tell Grace to stop that singing and let us sleep?" Buck whispered.

Maggie, who was also awake, said, "Nobody's singing, I swear."

"Wait a second. If it isn't Grace, then who...?"

The singing got a little louder, and soon, the rest of the forest animals and newcomers woke up, except Snow White and Grace, who were sleeping like roses.

"Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho!" the singing continued.

"What's going on?" Mrs. Calloway asked.

"Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho. It's home from work we go."

The forest animals looked outside the window, and suddenly, they ran out of the room to the stairs.

"Hey, wait! What's going on?" Lucky Jack asked.

"And who's singing that amazing song?" Maggie asked.

"Come on! Let's follow them," Buck said.

The cows, horse, and rabbit followed the forest animals while the singing continued.

"Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho. It's home from work we go!"

When the tortoise finally reached the top, the other forest animals and newcomers ran downstairs while passing the tortoise, who was spinning in his shell. Now he had to go downstairs again, but that was no problem for him. Even when he fell on the staircase and bumped against the wall. The forest animals were running out of the door.

"Wait for us!" Maggie said.

The forest animals were hiding in a large bush while the cows, horse, and rabbit did, too. "Can somebody tell me what in tarnation is going on?!" Lucky Jack asked.

"Shhh," Maggie said. "Someone's coming."

"Who?" Mrs. Calloway asked. "Who would interrupt my beauty sleep?"

And suddenly, they saw who sang that song. The seven individuals who lived in the cottage. What they didn't expect was that these people weren't children, after all. They were known as 'dwarfs'. Seven dwarfs. All brothers to each other. Many of them looked funny, they wore similar clothing, but each in a different way and they all wore stocking caps. All of them had a beard, except the last one. The animals were totally surprised.

"Are those the ones who live in that cottage? They don't look like children at all," Mrs. Calloway said.

"Of course not. I mean, what child has a beard?" Buck said.

Maggie giggled a little. "They look a little funny."

"Shh. Don't let them hear you. We don't know what they're capable of," Mrs. Calloway said.

The dwarfs kept on singing and whistling until the first one pointed. "Look!" And as a result, the other ones bumped against each other. Maggie couldn't help but giggle, but Mrs. Calloway kept her shut.

"Our house! The lit's light... Uh, the light's lit," said the first one with the glasses.

When Mrs. Calloway heard that, she covered her mouth. "Oh, no. The lights. We forgot to turn them off," she said.

The dwarfs were hiding behind a few trees and each of them popped their heads out to look at their house. "Jiminy Crickets!" they all said.

"The door is open," said the one with the glasses.

"The chimney's smoking," said the fat one.

"Something's in there," said the sixth dwarf.

"Maybe a ghost," said the fat one.

"Or a goblin," said the fifth.

"A demon," said the one with the glasses.

"Or a dragon," said the sixth.

The animals listened to their conversations.

"They think monsters invaded their home," Maggie said.

Then the second one began to speak. "Mark my words. There's trouble a-brewin'. Felt it coming all day. My corns hurt," he said while pointing at his shoes.

"That one looks like he's in a bad mood. Better watch out for him," Buck whispered.

"Gosh!" said the fat one.

"That's a bad sign," said the fifth.

"What'll we do?" asked the fourth, the fifth, and the one with glasses.

"Let's sneak up on it," said the fat one.

The one with the glasses cleared his throat. "Yes. We'll, uh, squeak up... Uh, sneak up. Come on, hen...uh, men. Follow me." And they slowly sneaked towards the cottage.

"Looks like that one stammers a lot," Maggie giggled. "Okay, everyone. Let's follow them, because Snow White and Grace are still inside."

And they all walked slowly towards another bush to watch the dwarfs' actions. When the dwarfs approached the house, they looked inside. The one with the glasses, who was probably the leader, motioned them to follow him. "Psst." he said. He slowly opened the creaking door and each of them popped their heads out of the opening. The last dwarf appeared out of one of the beards. The leader opened the door a little more and they all entered while their shoes squeaked. While they walked in, one of them accidentally stepped on the head of the last dwarf. The cows, forest animals, horse, and rabbit were silently walking towards the window to see better. The dwarfs all raised their pickaxes above their heads, prepared for anything. The last dwarf slammed the door behind him very hard. It was so loud that the dwarfs immediately reacted. They ran around and raised their weapons above their heads again. When they saw who closed the door, they motioned him to be quiet. The silly dwarf shivered a little while he turned his attention to the door and said, "Shh."

"That one doesn't look very smart, does he?" Lucky Jack said.

"Pst. Hey, guys," Buck whispered. "Me and Maggie are going upstairs to get a better look."

"Buck, wait!" Mrs. Calloway whispered, but Buck and Maggie ran inside the cottage. Then they went upstairs faster than the wind.

The dwarfs could hear the noise. "Did you hear something?" said one of them.

The animals ducked their heads.

"It was probably the wind," the fourth said.

"Careful, men. Search every cook and nanny... Uh, hook and granny... Crooked fan..." the leader stuttered until he gave up and said the next thing. "Search everywhere."

The dwarfs sneaked everywhere inside the cottage while their shoes squeaked. None of them knew that Buck, Maggie, and the bird family were watching them from above while Mrs. Calloway, Lucky Jack, and forest animals watched from the window. They even had to hide when the dwarfs came too close to the window.

"Should we talk to them?" Lucky Jack asked.

"No, Jack," Mrs. Calloway whispered. "They have pickaxes for Pete's sake."

Suddenly, one of the dwarfs' shoes squeaked too loudly, which startled the animals at the window.

"Shh! Quiet," the leader said, and they walked further until he looked at the floor and ceased every dwarf's movement. "Look! The floor, it's been swept!" They all looked in confusion.

"So now they noticed," Maggie said.

The second dwarf was checking one of the chairs. He rubbed his finger on it and saw that there was no dust. "Hah! Chair's been dusted."

"Our window's been washed," said the fat one, who was checking one of the windows.

"Gosh, our cobwebs are missing," said the fifth, who looked at the ceiling. Luckily, he didn't see the brown cow and the horse.

The dwarfs were confused, more than ever. "Why, why, why, why, the whole place is clean," said the leader.

"There's dirty work afoot," said the second one.

Two dwarfs were looking inside the sink. "Sink's empty," said one of them. "Hey, someone stole our dishes."

"Pft. Who wants to steal dishes?" Buck whispered.

"I know, right?" Maggie giggled.

"They ain't stole. They're hid in the cupboard," said the fat one.

The fifth grabbed one cup from the cupboard and looked inside with a sad face. "My cup's been washed. Sugar's gone."

"Well, they all needed to be washed, right?" Mrs. Calloway whispered to Lucky Jack.

The rabbit nodded. Two dwarfs were watching a giant pot with delicious soup inside that was being warmed in the fireplace. "Something's cooking," the fat one said and sniffed at the food.

"Oh, yeah. The soup Lucky Jack made with Snow White. It is deeeeelicious," Maggie said.

Buck quickly closed Maggie's muzzle.

The two dwarfs were too focused on the food. "Smells good!" the fat one said and grabbed a spoon to have a taste. But suddenly, the second one stopped them.

"Don't touch it, you fools! Might be poison," he said.

"Why, that little... It's part of a family recipe," Lucky Jack said.

Suddenly, the steam hissed from the pot, startling the three dwarfs until it stopped. "See? It's witches' brew," said the second one.

The leader checked on the table that was nicely decorated with plates, glass cups, and cutlery and a nice bouquet of goldenrod flowers.

"Look what's happened to our stable... Uh, table," he said.

"Very nice, huh? Did it myself, of course," Mrs. Calloway said.

The fifth saw the flowers and grabbed them with a smile. "Flowers!" he said and sniffed at them.

The sixth looked in confusion. "Huh?"

"Look, goldenrod," the fifth said and put them in front of the sixth's nose.

The dwarf quickly pushed the flowers out of his face and walked away from them. "Don't do it. Take them away. My nose! My hay fever! You know I can't stand it."

"Oh, dear. I didn't know one of them had hay fever. Now I feel sorry," Mrs. Calloway whispered.

The dwarf began to have more trouble with his nose. He was on the verge of sneezing. "I can't... I can't... I... Oh. Ah..." All the dwarfs came close to him, knowing what was coming. "AAAAHHHH...!" Before he could sneeze, the dwarfs placed their fingers under his nose, making him raise high into the air. Maggie was almost on the verge of laughing, because of the dwarfs' funny reaction and when he was about to sneeze. When he wasn't going to sneeze anymore, the dwarfs put him on the ground and took their fingers away. The dwarf sighed in relief. "Thanks," he said with a smile.

But he spoke too soon, and just like that, he released a loud sneeze. "AAAHCHOOOOOOO!!!!"

The sneeze was so powerful that it blew all the dwarfs away in a funny way. The second one was struggling against the wind. Not only them, but also the forest animals, cow, and rabbit at the window were blown away, screaming while it happened. Even Buck and Maggie were blown against the top wall. Buck was trying to struggle, but the wind was too strong. All the dwarfs, except the second one, were being pushed to the wall, making a few cups and pots fall from a shelf and fell on top of each other. Suddenly, their heads showed up and hushed the sneezing dwarf.

After that, Buck and Maggie landed back on the ground. Buck shook his head back to consciousness. "Wow, what was that?" he whispered.

"It was just a sneeze," Maggie said in a silent way.

"Shhh. Dude, that wasn't a sneeze. That was a hurricane," Buck said with disbelief in his eyes.

The forest animals, rabbit, and cow were walking back to the window after they were blown away. "Wow, that feller has powerful lungs to make a sneeze like that," Lucky Jack said.

After the dwarfs silenced the sneezing dwarf, he rubbed his nose. The second one approached him. "Ya crazy fool! Fine time you picked to sneeze."

"I couldn't help it. I can't tell. When you gotta, you gotta," the sneezing dwarf said in defense.

"He is right, you know," Maggie said to Buck. "When you gotta blow, you gotta blow."

But suddenly, the dwarf felt something coming. "I... I... I gotta."

The animals immediately noticed his reactions.

"N... N... N... It's coming," the dwarf said and was on the brink of sneezing again.

"Hold tight, everyone. Here he goes again," Mrs. Calloway said, and they ducked. When the dwarf was about to sneeze, the other dwarfs quickly jumped onto him and tried to stop him.

"Don't let him," said one of the dwarfs.

"Stop him," said another one.

Suddenly, the head of the sneezing dwarf popped out. "Oh! Ah... Ah... AH!" The animals were very watchful. The dwarfs brought him back on the ground and kept trying to stop him.

"No, tie it tight," said one of the dwarfs.

"Don't let it go."

"Hold him tight."

"I'll tie it," said the fat dwarf.

"Make a hard knot."

The fat dwarf grabbed the beard of the sneezing dwarf and used it to tie his nose so he wouldn't sneeze again. "There, that will hold him."

"Tying his nose? Really?" Maggie said.

"Thanks!" the sneezing dwarf sighed with joy.

"Shh!" said the fat dwarf.

"Quiet, you fool! You want to get us all killed?" said the second dwarf.

Maggie saw everything and couldn't hold it any longer. "HAHAHA!" she laughed. But Buck quickly reacted and held his friend's muzzle.

The dwarfs heard that. "Did you hear that?" asked the sneezing dwarf.

"I sure did," the second dwarf said.

"Oh, no," Buck said.

"Oh, no," Mrs. Calloway said when she watched the whole thing.

But the bird family, who were with Maggie and Buck, winked at each other and the animals. And then, they tapped on the wood. The dwarfs were shocked when they heard that.

"Wha...wha...what's that?" asked the fat dwarf.

"That's it," said the leader.

"Sounded close," said the fifth.

"It's in this room right now," the second whispered.

The dwarfs began to feel uncomfortable when he said that. The birds looked at each other again and then they shrieked very loud, so loud that Buck and Maggie covered their ears. The other animals did as well, but the dwarfs... They froze in fear. And then, they yelled and ran around the room to hide. The sneezing dwarf hid in a big pot with a lid, the fat dwarf hid behind a chair, the fourth in a bucket with a broom, the seventh in a pile of logs, the second in a sack with potatoes, and the fifth under the staircase.

"Phew. Thanks, little guys. That was close," Buck said to the birds.

"Hey, they're pretty good at hiding, you know," Maggie said, talking about the dwarfs.

"Will you be quiet?" Buck whispered.

The dwarfs all came out of their hiding spots and gathered together at the staircase. The leader was holding a candle. They all looked upstairs.

"It's up there," said the leader.

"Yeah. In the bedroom," said the fifth.

"Oh, no. Don't tell me they're going upstairs," Mrs. Calloway said.

"I think they are," Lucky Jack said.

"One of us has gotta go down and chase it up. Uh, uh, uh. Up. Down," the leader said, correcting his sentence.

All the dwarfs nodded at his plan. And then they looked at one dwarf: the seventh. As you know, the seventh was a funny looking guy who wore a green vest and a purple stocking cap. He just smiled while he didn't know that he was the one who had to go up.

"Him? He doesn't seem fit for the job," Maggie said.

"He looks more like a child than a man," Mrs. Calloway said.

The seventh looked behind him and then back to the dwarfs, but then he quickly looks back behind him. Maybe he knew that the dwarfs chose him to go upstairs, so he quietly walked away from them. But the second and the sneezing dwarf quickly grabbed him. The leader tried to give him the candle.

"Here, take it," he said while he shook nervously. The seventh tried to grab it while he was shaking, too. "Don't be nervous."

But the leader quickly grabbed the dwarf's hand and gave him the candle. And with that, the dwarfs pushed him upstairs. Buck and Maggie quickly ducked since they were standing at the top of the staircase. The dwarf walked up the stairs while they creaked. Suddenly, he turned around and looked down at his fellow brothers, who were waiting. They were also shaking in fear.

"Don't be afraid. We're right behind you," said the leader.

"Yes! Right behind you," said the other dwarfs.

"Yeah, sure they do," Buck said sarcastically.

The seventh dwarf nodded and gulped in fright. And so, he walked further up the stairs. When he opened the door, he peeked to see if everything was safe. While he did that, the other dwarfs quietly walked up the stairs.

"Oh, no," Maggie said when she saw that.

Meanwhile, the seventh opened the door a little further and took another look around before he quietly walked inside the room. But suddenly, the sound of someone moaning spooked him. He looked towards the bed and saw the sheets moving like a ghost. The dwarf froze for a moment before he screamed very loudly and ran out of the room. While that happened, the dwarfs were already waiting at the doors to strike.

"Here it comes!" yelled the second one. But suddenly, the seventh bumped into them and they all fell down the stairs. Then all of them except the seventh, whose head was stuck between his legs, ran towards the door while shouting.

"Hah. Look at them go," Maggie said while she looked.

"You can't even see them clearly," Buck said, not believing that the dwarfs were running that fast.

"Quick! Everyone into that bush," Mrs. Calloway said while they ran away from the window.

The six dwarfs ran in a flash out of the cottage. The leader quickly closed the door.

Suddenly, Maggie dropped to the floor and went to the seventh dwarf who freed himself from his legs. Then he saw the cow.

"Hi there. I'm..." But before the cow could finish, the dwarf immediately ran away from her. "Wait!"

The seventh bumped against the door and tried to open it, but the others closed it from the outside, thinking that a monster was pursuing them.

"It's after us," said one of the dwarfs.

"Don't let it out."

"Hold it shut."

The seventh still was trying to open it, but with one hard pull he broke the door knob and crashed into the cupboard. All the pots and cups fell on top of him. The dwarf jumped out of the pile, completely dressed with pots, pans and cups, and ran towards the door opening. Buck dropped himself to the floor.

"Why do you always have to say 'hi' at the most inappropriate moments? Come on. Outside," Buck said, and they went outside.

Meanwhile, the cows, horse, rabbit and forest animals all hid in a bush while the dwarfs waited in a tree. The seventh dwarf was approaching and the dwarfs immediately saw it as a monster.

"Here it comes," said one of the dwarfs.

"Now's our chance."

"Get it now!"

When the seventh came close to the tree, the others immediately dropped themselves on him and hit him with their weapons.

"Oh, no. The poor guy," Mrs. Calloway said.

"Quick!"

"Give it to it!"

"Don't let it get away!"

While they hit him, the kitchenware came loose from the dwarfs body. When his face showed up, the second dwarf accidentally hit his head. But the leader quickly stopped them.

"Hold on there! It's only Dopey," he said.

"So that's Dopey. Kinda makes sense," Maggie said.

Then the dwarfs began to ask questions to Dopey.

"Did you see it?" asked the sneezing dwarf, and Dopey nodded.

"How big is it?" asked the fat dwarf, and Dopey motioned with his arms how big.

"Was it a dragon?" asked the second, and Dopey nodded.

"Has it got horns?" asked the sneezing dwarf again. Dopey put his fingers on his head and stuck his tongue out a few times.

"Was it breathing fire?" the second asked again.

"Was it droolin'?" asked the fat one again.

Dopey began to drool while they asked.

"What was it doin'?" asked the sneezing dwarf.

To that, Dopey laid his head on his hands and made a snoring sound. The leader seemed to understand what he tried to say.

"He says it's a, a monster asleep in our beds!" he said.

The dwarfs began to talk among one another.

"They think Snow White and Grace are monsters?" Lucky Jack asked.

"Dopey must have thought they were monsters. Or he wouldn't have screamed," Maggie said.

Then Dopey pulled on the shirt of the leader. "What is it, Dopey?" asked the leader.

Dopey pointed towards the cottage and then landed on all fours and then put his fingers on his head again, acting like a cow.

"What? A horse? Uh, a cow?" asked the leader.

Dopey nodded.

"That's strange we don't have a horse or a fow... Uh, cow," said the leader.

"Forget whatever else is in that house. There's a monster in our bed. I'll say we attack," the second dwarf said.

"While it's sleeping," said the sneezing dwarf.

"Yeah, while it's sleeping," said the fourth, the fifth, and the fat one.

"Oh, no," Mrs. Calloway said while putting her hooves in front of her mouth.

"Hurry, men. It's now or never!" said the leader.

"Off with its head," said the fat one.

"Break its bones," said one of the dwarfs.

"Chop it to pieces."

"We'll kill it dead."

When the animals heard that, they were in complete shock. "Come on. We gotta stop them," Maggie said.

"I can't believe they're going to try to kill Snow White and Grace," Mrs. Calloway said.

"I'll stop them," Buck said.

"No. I have a better idea. We'll see how far they go, and when they try to attack, we'll stun them in anyway we can. It'll be easy since there are only seven of them," Maggie said.

"Then let's go," Mrs. Calloway said, and they followed the dwarfs back to the cottage.