{"id":788,"date":"2022-01-30T06:19:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T06:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2022-01-30T06:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T06:19:17","slug":"beauty-and-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/30\/beauty-and-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty and the Beast\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 <\/em>Once upon a time there was a very rich man who lived with his three daughters.  The two older daughters laughed at anyone who did not dress as well as they did.  If they were not going to a ball, they were shopping for as many fine dresses and hats as they could carry home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The youngest daughter, Beauty, liked to read most of all.  \u201cNo one will want you!\u201d her two older sisters said, and they laughed.  \u201cLook at your hair – you look like a servant girl!\u201d  Beauty did not know why they talked to her in a mean way.  But she said nothing.\"Beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, the father got some very bad news.  He had spent all of his money on a ship that he sent out to sea for trade.  Now he learned that the ship was gone.  Everything on it was lost!  All at once, the rich father became as poor as poor could be.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family could no longer stay in their big house.  The house, its fine tables and chairs, and all of their fine things, had to be sold.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the father had left was a little hut deep in the woods.  So that is where he and his three daughters had to move.  Living in the hut in the woods was hard work.  Each day a fire had to be started, meals cooked, the place cleaned up, the garden tended, and things fixed when they broke.  Now that the family was poor, you might think the two older sisters would help out with the chores.  Think again.  \"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cShe looks like such a mess,\u201d they said, turning up their noses at Beauty.  \u201cShe might as well serve us.\u201d  And so Beauty did all the hard work.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then \u2013 good news! \u2013 the father\u2019s ship came to shore!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDaughters,\u201d said the happy father, \u201cI am going to town.  Tell me what fine gift I can bring back for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBring me the finest dress from the finest shop,\u201d said the eldest sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want one just like it,\u201d said the middle sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you, Beauty?\u201d said he.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll I want, Father,\u201d said she, \u201cis a single rose.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCan you believe her?\u201d said the eldest sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat a fool!\u201d said the middle sister.  They both laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGirls!\u201d said the father.  \u201cIf that is what Beauty wants, that\u2019s what I will bring back for her.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The father was on his way home when he thought, \u201cI forgot all about the rose for Beauty!\u201d  All at once, the sky turned black.  \u201cOh, dear!\u201d he said.  \u201cA storm is coming!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A moment later, heavy dark rains fell from the sky.  Soaking wet and tired, the father saw a blink of light from far away.  He went closer to the light, hoping it meant there was some place he could ask to stay the night.  When he got up close, he saw a large palace with candles in all its windows.  It was very odd, but the garden gate was open.  And so with care, the father stepped in.  \"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHello?\u201d he said.  No answer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There, before him, was a great feast over a long table.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello?\u201d he said again.  Still, no answer.  The father sat down in front of the fire to warm himself, and he waited.  But still, no one came.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI suppose it would be all right if I stay the night,\u201d said the father.  He took a quick bite from the feast, found a bedroom, and fell fast asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning the table was laid again, but this time with breakfast.  Again – most odd! – no one was around.  \u201cI suppose I should leave,\u201d said the father after a while.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way out he passed a rose garden.  \u201cI will take just one,\u201d said he.  And he picked a rose for Beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just then, a loud stomp came up from behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roared a voice – \u201cYou took my rose!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The father spun around.  There before him was an awful, huge monster.  \u201cI\u2026 I\u2019m sorry!\u201d he said.  \u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou will pay for this!\u201d the Beast yelled.  \u201cYou will die!\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The father fell on his knees.  \u201cPlease!\u201d he begged.  \u201cDo not kill me! I only picked the rose for one of my daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, so you have daughters?\u201d said the Beast. \u201cHmm.. Well, if one of them will come and stay here in this palace, you will be free.  If not, you must return yourself in three months, and take your punishment.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the father got home, Beauty could tell something was wrong.  \u201cWhat is it, Father?\u201d she said.  \u201cOh, nothing,\u201d said he.  But she knew that was not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At last, the father told his girls what the Beast had said.  \u201cThis has all happened because I asked you to bring home a rose!\u201d said Beauty.  \u201cI will go there in your place.  Or else, you will die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, I cannot allow that!\u201d said the father.  \u201cI am old and don’t have much longer to live.  You are young – you must not do this for me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Beauty would not change her mind.  And two days later, the father took Beauty to the palace where the Beast lived.\"Beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo this is your daughter?\u201d said the Beast, looking at Beauty.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes,\u201d said she.  \u201cI will stay here.  And that means my father is free to go.  That is what you said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes,\u201d said the Beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days were long and there was no one for Beauty to talk to at the palace.  Every night at nine, the Beast would come for dinner.  At first he would only grunt and she said nothing.  After all it was not easy to be a prisoner, even if it is at a palace.  Then one time at dinner, he made a little joke and she smiled.  Another time, he made a comment, and she looked him in the eye.  After that, he would ask her about her day, and she would tell him.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long after that, Beauty came to a part of the palace she had not seen before.  Over a door was a sign, \u201cBeauty\u2019s Room.\u201d  The door was open.  Inside the room were shelves of books to the ceiling, a piano, and a cabinet of fine dresses, just her size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there was much to talk about at dinner!  One night, at the end of dinner, Beast said, \u201cBeauty, I love you.  Will you marry me?\u201d\"Beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beauty was shocked.  \u201cBeast, you are my best friend,\u201d she said.  \u201cBut please understand, I do not want you to marry you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the Beast asked her the same question after dinner, time after time.  And each time Beauty said the same thing.  One night, the Beast said, \u201cBeauty, if you will not marry me, what can I do to make you happy?\u201d\"Beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you must know,\u201d she said, \u201cit would be to see my father.  I miss him so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next night, the Beast gave Beauty two magical items – a magic mirror and a magic ring.  \u201cIf you want to see your father,\u201d said he, \u201cjust ask the magic mirror to show him to you.  If you are ready to go back home, turn the magic ring on your finger three times and ask the mirror to take you there.  When it\u2019s time to come back here to the palace, turn the ring three more times and ask the mirror to come back.  But do not be gone for more than one week.  Or I will die of grief!\u201d\"Beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beauty agreed.  When she got back to her room, she looked in the magic mirror and asked to see her father.  And there he was, in bed and looking so sick he could die!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fear, Beauty turned the ring on her finger three times.  \u201cPlease, Magic Mirror,\u201d she said.  \u201cTake me home right now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And she was back!  Ah, such joy when her father looked up and saw Beauty!  For much of why he was ill was in knowing that Beauty was stuck in the palace, all because of him. Beauty stayed by her father\u2019s bed for hours.  She told him that she had all the books she could read, music to play, and fine dresses to wear. \u201cThe Beast is not so bad,\u201d she said, \u201conce you get to know him.  He\u2019s good to talk to.  He\u2019s my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beauty looked around.  \u201cWhere are my sisters?\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are both married,\u201d said the father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid they marry good men?\u201d said she.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey had a lot of money,\u201d said the father.  \u201cBut I do not know if your sisters are happy.\u201d  For the eldest sister had married a handsome man so vain that he gave no thought to anything else, including his wife.  And the middle sister had married a man with a sharp wit but who used it to hurt everyone around him, and most of all his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the sisters came to the house and saw Beauty, dressed so well and talking about how kind and good the Beast was to her, they burned with rage.  Beauty told them she must stay no more than one week.  And the sisters came up with a plan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They petted Beauty and said such nice things they had never said before.  When she told them she must go soon, they wept.  They said she must not leave.  There was still so much left they wanted to do with her!  And why does just a few days matter, after all? So Beauty stayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One night she had a dream about the Beast.  In her dream, the Beast lay sick and dying.  When Beauty woke up, she asked the magic mirror to show her the Beast.  There he was in the mirror, lying in the rose garden, looking so sick he would die.  At once, she turned the magic ring three times.  \u201cTake me back to the Beast!\u201d she said.  In a moment she was sitting next to the poor, sick Beast, who could only gasp for air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“You have come back!\u201d said the Beast in a thick voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so sorry that I am late!\u201d said Beauty.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could not bear the idea that you may not come back to me.  I am afraid it is too late for me now.\u201d  His eyes closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo!\u201d cried Beauty.  \u201cDo not leave me!\u201d  Just then, she knew in her heart what was true.  \u201cI love you!\u201d she cried out.  \u201cPlease come back!  If you only come back, I will be your wife.\u201d  Tears rolled down her cheeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just then, the Beast opened his eyes.  \u201cBeauty!\u201d he said.  \u201cYou did it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a flash, the Beast was changed to a handsome prince!  Beauty did not know what to think of this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, Beauty!\u201d said the Beast, and he told her his story.  Years ago when he was a prince, an evil fairy had put a spell on him.  He must stay a beast forever, until a maiden loved him for who he really was.  Now she had broken the spell!\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so Beauty and the Beast were married. \u00a0They lived happily ever after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The End<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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