Beauty And The Beast - A Fairytale Romance
Beauty and the Beast… What’s to say about them? Well, there’s a lot to say. For starters, they hold a fairy tale romance that any girl would wish for in real life. Have you ever heard this popular Disney story? It all starts when a merchant who is very wealthy loses all of his money. From there, he along with his three daughters, including Belle, move to a small farmhouse where they have to work for a living. After years have passed, the father learns that there may be hope after all. With that thought in mind, he returns to the city. Before he returns, he asks his three daughters what they would like. Two of them as for fine dresses and jewelry while Belle asks for a simple rose. The merchant finds that he was not so lucky after all and he has no money to buy the girls the presents he had punished.
As he is returning back to the country, he gets lost in the forest. However, he goes to a castle for shelter. When he leaves, he finds a rose garden. At this moment he thinks of Belle. He picks the finest rose on the bush, but then is confronted by ‘Beast.” Beast tells him that he has to be his prisoner forever for accepting his hospitality. When the merchant explains that the rose his for his daughter, Beast requests her in place of him.
As Belle is in the castle, every night, Beast asks if she will marry him, however, each time she refuses. Now, the Beast was not a mean one, he was nice and took very good care of Belle. She thought of him as a friend, but each night, she started to have dreams of a prince. After awhile, she started to blame Beast for holding the prince hostage. After searching the castle, she comes across many enchanted rooms, but she never finds the prince.
Beast agrees that Belle can go see her family, as long as she returns a week later. However, the sisters (who are jealous) pretend to cry so that Belle does not go back to the castle. After awhile, she starts to feel bad because she broke her promise to Beast. She uses a mirror so that she can see him at the castle. She is heart-stricken when she sees him laying next to the rose garden… Dead. She uses a ring to get back to him. As she is crying over his dead body, a tear falls on him. During that time, he transforms in the handsome prince she had dreamed of. He explained that a fairy transformed him into that hideous creature and the only way to break that curse would be to find true love.
This is a lovely fairy tale that every little girl enjoys reading. In our minds, we all dream of marrying that handsome prince. However, in many cases, the handsome prince is disguised as being a beast. Perhaps love is what changes them into a prince?
Posted: July 21st, 2009 under Tales.


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