Dane couldn't have been more happy to have shelter in the dwarves' cottage. But at that moment, they overheard the hissing and bubbling coming from downstairs. Snow practically sent the blanket flying in the air as she jumped out of the beds and darted down the steps, rushing over to the pot where the stew was still brewing and was close to boiling over and spilling everywhere.

She quickly grabbed a handkerchief to carefully move the pot away from the fire and over it. She then grabbed a spoon and blew on it before having herself a little taste to make sure if it was ready for not. Only then had she heard the dwarves all approach the banister at the top of the steps and caught a whiff of the delicious stew cooking, making their mouths water.

"Soup! Hooray!" They all cried before they all full-on sprinted down the steps like a bunch of children on Christmas morning ready to unwrap their gifts. Dopey, meanwhile, got his head caught in the bannister. Dane approached to see what the commotion was about before helping the young dwarf get free, after which he, too, dashed downstairs to join his brothers at the table. Sighing with a shake of his head, Dane came downstairs as well.

"Uh, uh, uh. Just a minute." Snow spoke up, silencing their overjoyed chatter and hyperactive behaviors to make them focus on her for a moment. "Supper's not quite ready. You'll just have time to wash."

"Wash?" The dwarves repeated in confusion as they asked around each other as if unfamiliar with the term.

"Heh! Knew there was a catch to it." Grumpy harrumphed, throwing his spoon down.

"Why wash?"

"What for? We ain't goin' nowhere." replied Happy.

"T'ain't New Year's." Doc expressed and they all shook their heads.

"Maybe you guys have washed already." Dane told them all. "I mean, after, you know, a long day of work?"

"Maybe we...?" murmured Doc, thinking this over before a smile formed on his lips. "Yes. Maybe we have."

"But when?" asked Snow White, putting her hands on her hips and giving them a stern gaze like a parent who has caught her child stealing from a cookie jar. They must be bluffing.

"When?" Doc tried to come up with an excuse until his brothers came to back him up. "When. You said whe...Why, last week. Why, recently!"

"Yes, recently!" They all agreed, hoping they'd buy it.

But Dane was not fooled for one second for he took a step closer to them with a suspicious look.

"Oh, is that right? Well, let us see your hands." He ordered, putting his hands on his hips, just like Snow.

However, the dwarves basically knew they caught on to their little ploy. So they all hid their hands behind their backs as if trying to hid something they stole and backed away so they wouldn't see them. But Dane and Snow weren't going to give up that easily.

"You heard him." Snow concurred, strictly. "Let us see your hands."

Doc went first and presented his dirty hands to the princess, which earned a knowing gaze.

"Why, Doc. I'm surprised."

He giggled giddily before it was now Bashful's turn.

"Alright, come on. Out with it." commanded Dane.

Bashful showed his hands, which were just as dirty as Doc's.

"Oh, Bashful. My, my, my." Snow White shook her head at him before she turned to Sneezy. "And you."

Sneezy's hand were dirty as well and Happy attempted to pull a fast one on them but rubbing his hands on his sides before showing them. It did no good, of course. Snow gasped at the sight of his.

"Worse than I thought."

Dopey went next, but he jutted them outwards too fast that his long sleeves covered them up. Sleepy's hands were just the same as the rest.

"How shocking!" Snow said with a tsk-tsk. "Goodness me, this will never do. March straight outside and wash or you'll not get a bite to eat."

The dwarves certainly didn't want to go hungry, not when there's a huge pot full of steaming, delicious stew broiling. So they had no choice but to obey Snow's orders if they were gonna let her stay. So they each started for the door leading outside. Dane noticed Grumpy still standing there, brooding as ever.

"Well, aren't you going to wash?" asked Snow, only for him to turn his back to her. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"

Grumpy felt insulted by this and stuck his tongue out at her before stormed toward the door, but ended up running directly into the door since he had his eyes shut while walking. Dane winced while Snow White laughed at this.

"Did you hurt yourself?" She asked before he stormed outside, slamming the door behind him.

"You shouldn't tease him like that." Dane warned her.

"Oh, he's just living up to his name." Snow said gently. "Go on. You too."

"Wait, what?"

"Your hands are probably dirty, too. After all the work we did today." explained Snow in a stating-the-obvious kind of tone.

"Alright, fine. Whatever." Dane sighed before heading outside to wash his hands with the dwarves. Once outside, he saw that Grumpy decided to sit idly on a wooden barrel and pout like a little brat and chew on a wheat while the rest of the dwarves carefully approached the tub of water like they were getting close to a wild animal fast asleep. Dane almost chuckled at their behavior, but went to join them, regardless. Happy wiggled a finger in the water.

"Gosh, it's wet." He said. Sneezy dipped a hand in as well, before yanking it back, shivering madly.

"It's cold, too!"

"It's just water, you morons." Dane remarked in annoyance, splashing the water around with his hand. "A little water never killed anybody."

"We ain't gonna do it, are we?" asked Bashful.

"If the princess says so, then we have to." explained Dane with a shrug.

"I'll take a chance for her." Happy replied with a smile.

"Me, too!"

"Heh!" Grumpy huffed from his spot on the barrel. "Her wiles are beginnin' to work. But I'm warnin' ya, you give 'em an inch and they'll walk all over ya!"

"Don't listen to that old warthog." Doc grumbled, sending him an angry glare before he got down to business. "Come on now, men."

"How hard do ya scrub?" asked Sneezy.

"Will our whiskers shrink?" asked Sleepy.

"Do ya get in the tub?"

"Do ya have to wash where it doesn't show?"

"Now, now, now, don't get excited. Here we go." Doc started before he broke into song whilst giving instructions.

"~ Step up to the tub
T'ain't no disgrace
Just pull up your sleeves
And get 'em in place

Then scoop up the water
And rub in on your face
And go... ~"

Doc shook his face side to side rapidly, making a blubbering noise in doing so to give an example to his fellow dwarves. Dane, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy and Sleepy rolled their sleeves up, grabbed some bars of soap and scooped up some water to work up some suds.

"~ Pick up the soap
Now don't try to bluff
Work up a lather
And when you got enough

Get your hands full of water
And you snort and you snuff
And go... ~"

At the same time, everyone did exactly as Doc did as they scrubbed their faces with he soapy water, getting all that dirt, sweat and who knows what else off their faces and hands. Dane had to work on his hair as well, since he was certain that some dirt had gotten some of those areas, too.

"~ You douse and you souse
Rube and you scrub
You splutter and splash
All over the tub

You may be cold
And wet when you're done
But you gotta admit
It's good and clean fun

So splash all you like
T'ain't any trick
As soon as you're through
You'll feel mighty slick. ~"

"Bunch of old nanny goats, ya make me sick going..." Grumpy made the same sound in great irritation, watching the scene before him.

Then Doc got out a brush on a stick and began scrubbing the heads of his comrades as well as Dane, who didn't seem to object. However, when it was Dopey's turn, he got cold feet and started ducking away from the brush. Annoyed, Doc kept trying to get him next when Dopey kept trying avoid being touched with that thing. Doc finally had enough and smacked Dopey's head into the water, leaving him flailing his legs about helplessly while Doc just nonchalantly brushed him as if nothing happened. Dane grabbed the silly dwarf by the foot and lifted up out of the water.

"Heh! Next thing ya know, she'll be tyin' your beards up in pink ribbons and smellin' ya up with that stuff called..."perfoom"." Grumpy again ranted, spitting in disgust.

Then everyone went to dry off the water and suds, Dopey had water on the brain (both figuratively and literally) which he had to blow out through his ears. Other dwarves had to use Bashful's beard and underpants as towels to dry off their faces. Dane was given a towel by Happy, thankfully so he didn't have to look around for one like a blind man.

"A fine bunch of water lilies you turned out to be. I'd like to see anybody make me wash if I didn't wanna." gripped Grumpy.

Doc seemed to take this as a challenge, so he quietly rounded up Dane and the others to come huddle up before Doc whispered his plan to them. Then Doc casually led them all over to Grumpy as they all whistled the same tune from before and they all came to form a circle around Grumpy. And then suddenly...

"Get him." Doc nudged Dane on the leg.

And before Grumpy had any time to react, Dane was on top of him, grabbing his body while the others helped out in grabbing his legs and they all carried him over to the tub while Grumpy wrestled and struggled, trying to get tree of their grasp on him, but he just couldn't escape when needed to be done. Dopey tried to help out, but ended up being knocked over into Doc's arms accidentally. The de facto leader shoved him to the ground.

"Get the soap!"

Dopey obeyed eagerly and rushed to get the soap, but it was still wet and slippery that it slipped out of his hands every time he tried to grab it until it landed on his head. Finally, Dopey's efforts lead to him accidentally swallowing the soap, causing him to get the hiccups, emitting a ton of bubbles in the process. Meanwhile, Dane and the dwarves were giving the reluctant Grumpy a good scrubbing against his will and Dane was beginning to get a kick out of the situation, seeing the hot-headed one suffer.

"~ Now scrub good and hard
It can't be denied
That he'll look mighty cute
As soon as he's dried

Well, it's good for the soul
And it's good for the hide to go...~"

Then Dane dunked him in the soapy water over and over until he was all good and clean. Once he was dried off, everyone laughed as they brushed and curled his beard, giving it some feminine touches here and there.

"Ain't he sweet?"

"Smells like a petunia."

Dane and the dwarves all laughed heartily at the grumpy one's misery. Happy placed a flower hat on him to add insult to injury.

"He sure is cute!"

"You'll pay dearly for this!" Grumpy snarled with enough fury, plotting the perfect revenge scheme against them all, but couldn't think of a good one. Then Snow White's voice was heard from inside the cottage calling...

"Supper!"

"Supper!" Doc cried to his brothers and all dropped Grumpy in the water before charging into the house for some soup. Dane stayed behind while Grumpy arose from the water and snorted in disgust from that entire ordeal.

"Sorry, man. But you had no choice." Dane shrugged with a chuckle, pulling the flower thing off Grumpy's nose. "Look, between you and me, for what it's worth, I've had bad luck with women myself in the past. Many liked to make fun of me and call me names and whatnot."

"Is that so?" Grumpy grumbled.

"Yeah. I was even placed in a horrible place because of one such woman, in fact." explained Dane. "It almost destroyed me."

"Almost destroyed you? Women ain't nothin' but trouble." bragged Grumpy.

"Not all women are bad. Snow White is different. I assure you." Dane replied before picking up out of the tub, leaving him to drip all over the ground. "Now get dried up and ready to eat. You don't wanna starve, do you?"

The next day, everyone was enjoying each other's company. Grumpy was still having his moments adjusting to the new company. Snow White and Dane did so much for the dwarves in return for their hospitality. They cleaned for them, they cooked for them, they shared stories with them. Even the dwarves shared their sympathies for Dane's tragic past. Although Grumpy was too stubborn and proud to admit it, he also felt sorry for the poor guy.