Beauty and the Beast

That Adeline!

The front door of a cozy cottage opens to reveal a wonderful girl, Adeline. A pure beauty blessed with intelligent, fiercely inquisitive eyes. Kindness, sweet runs in her blood. The eldest daughter. Older Sister of Calliope. The beautiful talent girl is her.

With a book in hand, she takes a deep breath of morning air and gazes toward the church which peeks above the village rooftops.

Little town, it's a quiet village. Every day like the one before Little town full of little people Waking up to say... Adeline sang.

Adeline looks at the clock on the church counting to 8am. Wait for it. 3.2.1.

Soon, a housewife opens a window, nods to a woman shaking out a rug nearby. A butcher opens his shop, waves to a cobbler moving past with his cart.

Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour. Villagers sang.

An old Vagrant is the only one to notice Adeline, smiling at her as he's tossed inside a holding tank by two gendarmes.

Bonjour sang the Vargrant

Adeline weaves between the villagers,making herself invisible. She passes a harried baker, buys a baguette

There goes the baker with his tray like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell sang Adeline

Adeline approaches Jean, the potter, tending to his Mule.

Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this poor provincial town

Good morning, Adeline. Jean said

Jean scratches his head, trying to remember something. He searches his cart which is loaded with pottery.

Good morning, Monsieur Jean. Have you
lost something again? Adeline said.

I believe I have. Problem is, I can't
remember what. Well, I'm sure it will come to me. Where are you off to?

To return this book to Pere Robert.
It's about two lovers in fair Verona.

Sounds boring.

Adeline passes school boys as they march into the school house. Their heads turn in unison.

Look there she goes
That girl is strange, no question. the school boys sang.

The nasty headmaster ushers them in impatiently.

Dazed and distracted, can't you tell? Sang the nasty headmaster

As the boys scramble into school, Belle steps on the stones over the duck pond, soon revealing girls forced into woman's work chores, washing clothes in the circular laverie. They're surrounded by women kneading clothes on barrels.

Never part of any crowd
'Cause her head's up on some cloud said a working woman
No denying she's a funny girl, That Adeline. sang the little girls

A flirtatious farmer approaches a pretty fishmonger's wife.

Bonjour, good day, how is your family? Said the Farmer

The pretty fishmonger's wife pointed
Bonjour, good day, how is your wife?

The Fishmonger pops up next to his wife, sending a message

I need six eggs said a Clothilde

The Farmer points out the price while Adeline moves past.

That's too expensive said the Clothilde

There must be more than this provincial life sang Adeline

Adeline escapes into the peace and serenity of a church. Jolly Pere Rober looks up as she enters.