ALL-TIME FAVORITE CLASSICS: Disney

Beauty AND THE BEAST

Once upon a time in a faraway land, young Prince lived in a shining castle.
Although he had everything his heart ❤ desired, he was selfish and unkind.

One ☝ winter's night 🌙, an Enchantress came to the castle disguised as an old begger woman 🚺.
She offered him a single rose 🌹 in return for shelter from the cold.
But the Prince sneered at her gift 🎁, and turned her away.

So the Enchantress transformed him into a hideous beast, and transformed all his servants into household objects.
The spell would be broken only if the Beast could learn to love 💘, and earned someone's love 💘 in return before the last petal fell from the enchanted rose 🌹.

Ashamed of his ugliness, the Beast locked himself away in his castle.
An enchanted mirror was his only window to the outside world 🌎.

As the years passed, he lost all hope.
For who could ever love 💘 a beast?

Not far from the castle, in a small village, lived a beautiful girl 👧 named Belle.

Belle loved to read tales of far-off places, magic spells and princes in disguise.
She yearned for excitement in her life -- and for someone with whom to share it.

That someone was definitely not the handsome Gaston, who had announced his intention to marry Belle because she was the most beautiful girl 👧 in the village.
Belle considered Gaston self-centered and arrogant.
Besides, she had other plans.

Belle's father, Maurice, was an inventor, although most of his inventions failed.
"I'm about to give up ☝ on this hunk of junk," Maurice said one ☝ day, kicking his latest project.

"You always say that," Belle laughed.
"But I just know you'll win first prize at the fair."

With Belle's encouragement, Maurice finally finished ✔ one ☝ of his inventions.
That afternoon, he packed it onto the wagon behind his horse 🐎, Phillipe, and headed for the fair.

Hours later, they were still on the road.
"We'll have to take a short cut ✂ through the woods," Maurice decided.

The forest road was dark and scary.
Then Phillipe heard 👂 wolves howling, and reared in alarm ⏰.

"Whoa, Phillipe, whoa!" Maurice cried.
But the terrified 😨 horse 🐎 bolted, and threw his rider.

Maurice had to flee from the wolves on foot.
Just when he felt his strength 💪 would give out, he stumbled through the rusty gates of a gloomy castle.

No one ☝ answered his knock, so Maurice stepped cautiously inside the door.
"Hello 👋?" he called.

"Shh! Not a word," a mantel clock ⏰ whispered to a golden candelabrum.

"Oh, Cogsworth, have a heart ❤," the candelabrum replied.
Then he called out, "You are welcome here, monsieur."

Maurice was astonished 😲 to see a talking 👄 candelabrum.
But when Lumiere invited him to warm himself by the fire 🔥, he sank gratefully into a giant chair.

By the time Mrs. Potts arrived with her son, Chip, to offer Maurice a nice cup of tea ☕, he was quite enjoying himself.
"What service!" he said.

Just then, however, the door burst open, and the Beast's shadow fell over the room.
"What are you doing here?" he growled.

The next thing Maurice knew, great 👍 claws had grabbed him and hauled him off to a barred cell in the dungeon.

Back in the village, Belle was waiting for her father to return when Gaston swaggered in with a proposal.

"Picture 📷 this," he said.
"A hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting on the fire 🔥, and my little wife massaging my feet.
And do you know who that little wife will be?
You, Belle!"