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Once upon a time,
In a far away land,
A young Prince lived in a shining
castle.
Although he had everything his heart desired,
the Prince was spoiled, selfish and
unkind.
But then, one winter's night,
an old beggar woman came to the castle
and offered him a single rose
in return for shelter from the bitter cold.
Repulsed
by her haggard appearance,
the Prince sneered at the Gift,
and turned the old woman
away.
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
for Beauty is found
within.
And when he dismissed her again,
the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal
a beautiful enchantress.
The prince tried to apologize,
but it was too late, for she
had seen that there was no love in his heart.
And as punishment, she transformed him into a
hideous beast
and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived
there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form,
the Beast concealed himself inside his
castle,
with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
The rose she
had offered was truly an enchanted rose,
which would bloom unitl his twenty-first
year.
If he could learn to love another,
and earn her love in return by the time the
last petal fell,
Then the spell would be broken.
If not, he would be doomed to
remain a beast for all time.
As the years passed,
he fell into despair and lost all
hope,
For who could ever learn to love .... a beast |
