美女与野兽Beauty and the Beast(英文版)

Beauty and the Beast

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3 people(

美女与野兽）

Once upon a time there lived a wealthy merchant and his three daughters.

One day, the father was to go to a far-off place and he asked his daughters what they

wanted on his return. The first and the second daughter asked for lovely dresses. But

the third daughter, whose name was Beauty, said, “Father, I only need a rose plucked

by your hand.” The merchant, on his way back, had to cross through the deep forest. It

was dark and the merchant tried to find a place to sleep. He suddenly found a huge

castle and went inside to find nobody. There was

a huge table with delicious food

and he ate it all. Then the merchant

went

into the bedroom

and slept

on a soft and

fluffy bed. The next day, too, the merchant did not find anyone in the castle. He saw a

beautiful rose bush growing in the lawn and remembered Beauty’s gift. He plucked a

red rose from the bush.

Suddenly, a ferocious looking beast sprang out of the bush. He was wearing fine silk

clothes and roared, “I gave you fo

od and a bed to sleep in! And now, you are stealing

my roses!” The merchant was frightened and told the Beast about Beauty’s gift. The

Beast

decided

to

let

him

go

only

if

he

promised

to

send

Beauty

to

this

castle.

The

merchant agreed and ran back home. He cried and told his daughters about the Beast.

But Beauty loved her father a lot and agreed to go stay with the Beast.

The Beast treated Beauty with a lot of kindness. He was never rude to her. He let her

stay in the biggest room and let her roam in the beautiful garden. Beauty would sit

near

the

fireplace

and

sew

while

the

Beast

kept

her

company.

At

first,

Beauty

was

afraid of the Beast but slowly, she began to like him.

One day, the Beast asked Beauty to marry him, but she refused. She was still afraid of

his

fearful-looking

face.

The

Beast

still

treated

her

kindly

and

with

a

lot

of

love.

Beauty missed her father a lot. The Beast gave her a magic mirror and said, “Look at

the mirror and you can see your family. Now you won’t feel lonely anymore.

One day, Beauty looked in the mirror and saw that father was very ill and dying. She

went to the Beast and pleaded and cried, “Please let me go home! I only want to see

my father before he dies!” But the Beast roared, “No! You promised you would never

leave this cast

le!” Saying this, he stormed out of the room. But after some time, he

came to Beauty and said, “You may go to stay with your father for seven days. But

you must promise to return after that.” Beauty was very happy and agreed. Then she

left and went to stay with her father. Her father, on seeing Beauty, felt very happy and

soon recovered. Beauty stayed with her family for seven days and more. She forgot

the Beast and his castle. But one night, she had a terrible nightmare in which she saw

the Beast was very

ill and about to die. He was crying, “Beauty, please come back!”

Beauty

woke

up

and

went

back

to

the

castle

because

she

did

not

mean

to

hurt

the

Beast. She cried and said, “Please don’t die, Beast! I will live with you forever!” The

Beast miraculously chan

ged into a handsome prince. He said, “I was under a curse all

these years and could only be relieved when someone fell in love with me. I am now

cured of the curse because you truly love me.” And then, Beauty and the Beast were