 The dwarfs return to their cottage and find Snow White seemingly dead , being kept in a deathlike slumber by the poison . Unwilling to bury her out of sight in the ground , they instead place her in a glass coffin trimmed with gold in a clearing in the forest . Together with the woodland creatures , they keep watch over her . A year later , a prince , who had previously met and fallen in love with Snow White , learns of her eternal sleep and visits her coffin . Saddened by her apparent death , he kisses her , which breaks the spell and awakens her . The dwarfs and animals all rejoice as the Prince takes Snow White to his castle . 
