 It had first been thought that the dwarfs would be the main focus of the story , and many sequences were written for the seven characters . However , at a certain point , it was decided that the main thrust of the story was provided by the relationship between the Queen and Snow White . For this reason , several sequences featuring the dwarfs were cut from the film . The first , which was animated in its entirety before being cut , showed Doc and Grumpy arguing about whether Snow White should stay with them . Another , also completely animated , would have shown the dwarfs eating soup noisily and <unk> ; Snow White unsuccessfully attempts to teach them how to eat ' like gentlemen ' . A partially animated sequence involved the dwarfs holding a " lodge meeting " in which they try to think of a gift for Snow White ; this was to be followed by the elaborate ' bed building sequence ' , in which the dwarfs and the forest animals construct and carve a bed for the princess . This also was cut , as it was thought to slow down the movement of the story . The soup @-@ eating and bed @-@ building sequences were animated by Ward Kimball , who was sufficiently discouraged by their removal to consider leaving the studio , however Disney persuaded him to stay by promoting him to supervising animator of Jiminy Cricket in his next feature Pinocchio ( 1940 ) . 
