Illustrated By: Suzie Chang THERE WAS ONCE a very rich merchant who had three daughters; being a man of sense, he spared no cost for their education. His daughters grew to be very beautiful, especially the youngest, who was called Beauty, a special name that made her sisters very jealous of her. Once upon a time, in a strange and wondrous land (uh, France), a selfish young prince is hanging around the castle when an old beggar woman comes by, offering him a rose in exchange for shelter for the night. The mean kid sends her away. Turns out, he was rude to the wrong lady. Every night, the Beast asks, "Beauty, will you marry me?" and every night she says "no." Eventually, while she is visiting her family, Beauty realizes that she is in love with the Beast My summary of Beauty and the Beast: There once was a prince and one day an old lady knocked and offered a rose in exchange for her staying in the castle instead of getting soaked in the rain. The prince ignored her and she transformed into a beautiful lady casted a spell on the prince making him a beast and it can only be reversed by true love Resume. Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a wealthy merchant who had three daughters. The youngest and most beautiful daughter was named Beauty. Tragedy struck when the merchant's wife passed away, leaving him to raise his daughters alone. Effectively, this is the plot of Beauty and the Beast, written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740, and retold countless times under other names, from the Norwegian fairytale "East smEr.

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