This reminds me of East by Edith Pattou.
Apparently, it's from the German fairy tale "Snow-White and Rose-Red", where accordingly:
"Their first encounter is when the dwarf was trapped by his beard in a tree. To help the dwarf, the two girls cut his beard to free him, but the dwarf is ungrateful and angered that they have ruined his beautiful beard."
yeah thats what it reminded me of also im pretty sure there was a bear prince in that story
There was! Can't remember if he killed the dwarf but I do remember that he was in there
Yes! That's the one! Thanks so much :D that was really bugging me
The part where the dwarf is stuck in the fallen tree reminds me of a fairy tale I read but I don't remember which one it was (╯°Д °)╯╧╧ so frustrating