The wind is cold and the forest is gloomy, as if horror has come. His legs were tired, his feet were numb, but Doc couldn’t stop running. Alex and the six other dwarfs are looking up to him. He would not show a hint of tiredness.

Minutes ago, they were walking together leisurely towards home when this boy came running, looking worried. He said that a stranger came to him asking for direction. He didn’t know the answer so he brought him to the dwarfs’ house where Snow White was alone, lonely and drinking alcohol. She was smitten by the stranger, they started chatting, and the stranger told Alex to leave.

An image of a naïve and helpless Snow White flashed in his mind.

Upon hearing what Alex said, they all rushed back home.

The door was open. Snow White was on the floor, unconscious. But she was not alone. The stranger is beside her… rather, on top of her, and he started kissing her.

Doc was enraged. Grumpy is grumpier than ever. Happy is not happy. Sleepy is alert. Bashful is mad. Sneezy called the police.

Even at young age, Dopy knows what is happening. He jumped to the man and punched him from the back. The man was surprised but not hurt. Dopy was so small that he fell to the ground and looked hurt, but his anger is stronger than the pain of falling. He tried to attack the man again but the man has fallen to the ground as Grumpy hit him. Three other dwarfs started thrashing him too. The man screamed, “I am the prsafa of Wkfgkals”. None of the dwarfs caught what he said for they do not care. He tried to take advantage of an unconscious young woman, that is all they know. They grabbed his arms, pinned him to the ground and continued knocking him down.

Snow White was awaken by the commotion. Doc helped her get up. At that moment, the police arrived. They broke up the fight and arrested the man.

Snow White learned of what Alex had done. She was amazed he realized she needed help even before she did. Alex made her realize that she should be careful who to trust and be more instinctive and alert.

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