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  • Chapter one - Beauty's Family

  • A rich man lives in a big city near the sea.

  • He has got three daughters and three sons.

  • One daughter is called 'Beauty' because she is very beautiful.

  • The other two daughters are called Rosalind and Hortensia.

  • They are lazy and unfriendly.

  • They like going out and having fun.

  • They both want to find a rich husband.

  • They do not like Beauty because she is beautiful.

  • Beauty has got long red hair.

  • She is kind and friendly.

  • She likes staying at home and reading books.

  • She also likes playing the piano.

  • Beauty's father is a merchant.

  • One day he loses all his money because his ship is lost at sea.

  • 'My dear children,' he says sadly, 'I haven't got much money.

  • We're poor. We must leave this big house and go and live in the country.'

  • 'Oh, dear!' say the two sisters. 'We're poor - this is terrible!'

  • 'What bad luck!' say the three brothers.

  • 'We have to work now,' says Beauty's father.

  • 'Work?' say the two sisters. 'No, we don't want to work! And we don't want to live in the country.' They start to cry.

  • Beauty is sad but she says, 'Let's not cry! We can work and be happy without money.'

  • The family goes to the country and lives in a small house.

  • Beauty gets up at four o'clock every morning to clean the house and cook.

  • Then she washes the family's clothes in the river.

  • The three brothers work in the country.

  • Rosalind and Hortensia do not work.

  • They do nothing all day.

  • They sleep all morning and walk in the woods in the afternoon.

  • 'I'm unhappy,' says Rosalind. 'I don't like the country because there's nothing to do.'

  • 'We can't go to the theatre and wear nice clothes,' says Hortensia. 'And we haven't got any friends.'

  • 'Look at Beauty,' says Rosalind angrily. 'She works and she's happy in this terrible place.'

  • Beauty's father says, 'Dear Beauty, you work a lot and you're always happy.

  • You're a wonderful daughter.'

  • Chapter two - Beauty's Rose

  • A year later Beauty's father gets an important letter.

  • 'He calls his six children and says, 'Listen to this letter:'

  • You ship is here.

  • It is not lost at sea!

  • Please come to the port.

  • Everyone is happy. 'This is wonderful news!' say the three sons.

  • 'Yes,' says their father, 'the ship with my goods is in the port.'

  • 'We're rich again!' says Rosalind. 'We can buy beautiful clothes.'

  • 'We can go back to our big house in the city,' says Hortensia.

  • 'I must go to the port today,' says her father happily.

  • 'Oh, father,' says Hortensia, 'bring me some new clothes and new hats.'

  • 'Yes,' says Rosalind, 'and some new shoes and jewels.'

  • Beauty's father looks at her and says, 'What do you want, Beauty?'

  • 'Please don't spend your money, father,' says Beauty. 'Just bring me a rose.'

  • Beauty's father gets to the port and finds his ship.

  • But there are no goods on it - it is empty!

  • 'What bad luck!' he says angrily. 'I must go home and tell the children the bad news.'

  • On the way home he crosses a big forest. It is snowing and windy. He is lost.

  • 'Where am I?' he thinks. 'Where can I go? I'm very cold and tired.'

  • He hears some wolves and he is afraid.

  • Suddenly he sees a big castle in the forest. And there are lights in the windows.

  • 'Oh, good!' he thinks. 'Perhaps the people in the castle can help me.'

  • He takes his horse to the stable near the castle.

  • He knocks on the big door of the castle but no one answers.

  • He waits outside the door. Then he opens the door and goes inside.

  • He sees a big hall with a fireplace. There is a long table with a lot of food on it.

  • He is cold and sits near the fireplace.

  • 'How strange,' he thinks, 'there's no one here.'

  • He is hungry and sits down at the table and starts to eat.

  • Then he is sleepy. He finds a warm, comfortable bed and falls asleep.

  • The next morning he finds some new clothes near his bed.

  • 'How nice! New clothes!' he thinks. 'A kind person lives in this castle.'

  • He looks out of the window and is surprised.

  • 'It's not snowing and it's a beautiful day!' he thinks. 'And there are flowers in the garden.'

  • He gets dressed and goes to the hall. There are biscuits, chocolate and milk on the long table.

  • He sits down and says, 'Thank you for this lovely breakfast.' He looks round but sees no one.

  • He eats and decides to go home. He goes to the stable and gets his horse. In the garden he sees some roses.

  • 'Beauty wants a rose,' he thinks. He takes a lovely one.

  • Suddenly he hears a terrible noise. He turns round and sees an ugly monster.

  • CHAPTER THREE - The Beast

  • 'You're a bad man!' cries the Beast angrily.

  • 'You come to my castle and I save your life. You eat here and you sleep here.

  • And then you take one of my beautiful roses. For this you must die!'

  • Beauty's father starts to cry. Oh, sir, I'm sorry! You're very kind.

  • Please don't be angry with me. This rose is for one of my daughters.'

  • 'My name is not "sir'' - it is Beast. Please call me by my name.

  • You talk about your daughters. Then one of your daughters must die in your place.'

  • 'Oh, no!' says Beauty's father. 'They're young and they don't want to die.'

  • 'Then you must come back here and die,' says the Beast. 'I can wait three months. Do you agree to come back?'

  • Beauty's father agrees to come back.

  • 'My daughters must not die,' he thinks. 'I want to go home and see my children for the last time.'

  • Before Beauty's father leaves the castle the Beast talks to him.

  • 'I'm not had,' says the Beast. 'Go back to your bedroom. There is a big chest there.

  • Fill it with everything you want and it is yours.'

  • Beauty's father fills the chest with a lot of gold.

  • Then he gets on his horse and goes home.

  • When he is at home he gives the rose to Beauty.

  • 'Take this rose, Beauty,' he says sadly. 'Let me tell you about my terrible adventure.'

  • He tells his children about the empty ship in the port, the castle in the forest and the Beast.

  • Rosalind and Hortensia are angry with Beauty.

  • They say, 'Father must die because you like roses, Beauty!'

  • 'No,' says Beauty, 'father is not going to die. I'm going to the Beast's castle!'

  • 'No, dear sister,' say her three brothers. 'We're going to his castle and we're going to kill him!'

  • 'No, that's not possible,' says their father. 'The Beast is very big and strong. I'm old - I must go and die.

  • But Beauty does not agree. She decides to go to the Beast's castle.

  • 'No, father,' she says, 'you must not go. I want to go!'

  • 'Never, my dear Beauty!' says her father.

  • 'I'm not afraid,' says Beauty. 'You must live and look after my brothers and sisters. They need you.'

  • Beauty's father thinks for a moment. Then he says sadly, 'Alright, Beauty. You can go.'

  • Beauty's brothers are very sad, but Hortensia and Rosalind are not.

  • The next morning Beauty and her father go to the Beast's castle.

  • Inside the castle they see a long table with a lot of good food on it.

  • Beauty and her father are not hungry, but they sit down and eat. Suddenly they hear a loud noise.

  • 'What's that terrible noise?' asks Beauty.

  • 'The Beast is coming,' says her father.

  • Beauty sees the Beast's ugly face and she is terrified

  • 'Oh, this Beast is really terrible!' she thinks.

  • The Beast looks at her and says, 'You're a brave girl.'

  • 'I'm very sorry about the rose from your garden...,' says Beauty quietly.

  • The Beast looks at Beauty's father and says, 'You must go away tomorrow. And don't come back! Do you understand?'

  • Beauty's father looks at the Beast and then at his daughter.

  • 'Oh, Beauty,' he says, 'please go home! Let me stay here!'

  • 'No, father,' says Beauty. 'We must be brave. We're both tired - let's go and sleep now.

  • Tomorrow morning you can go home to my brothers and sisters.'

  • That night Beauty has a dream. In her dream a good fairy says,

  • 'You're a good girl, Beauty. And you've got a kind heart.

  • You want to save your father's life. You're going to be very happy one day.'

  • CHAPTER FOUR - Life at the Castle

  • The next morning Beauty's father leaves the castle. He is crying.

  • 'Don't cry, father,' says Beauty. 'Remember, I love you.'

  • 'Goodbye, dear Beauty,' says her father.

  • Beauty is terrified. 'The Beast is going to eat me tonight,' she thinks.

  • 'I want to enjoy my last day. I'm going to visit the garden of the castle.'

  • She goes to see the big garden and she is surprised. It is a beautiful garden with a lot of lovely flowers.

  • Then she goes to see the big castle. She looks in all the rooms.

  • BEAUTY'S ROOM

  • She opens the door and sees a lovely room. There is a nice bed and a mirror on the wall.

  • Beauty looks round and thinks, 'There's a piano and a lot of books for me.

  • How strange! Perhaps the Beast doesn't want to eat me tonight.'

  • Welcome, Beauty! You're the queen here. Tell me everything you want.

  • 'I only want to see my poor father,' says Beauty.

  • Suddenly she sees her father in the mirror on the wall.

  • He is very sad. She also sees her home and Hortensia and Rosalind. They are happy without Beauty.

  • 'The Beast is kind to me,' she thinks. 'Why am I afraid of him?'

  • At 12 o'clock she has lunch. After lunch she goes to her room.

  • 'What a beautiful piano!' thinks Beauty. 'I want to play it.'

  • She plays some wonderful music on the piano. Then she looks at all the books in her room.

  • Some of them have got pictures and others have not.

  • She takes a book about flowers and looks at the pictures of different flowers.

  • Then she sees pictures of roses of all colours.

  • 'Now I want to go to the garden and look at the lovely roses,' she thinks.

  • She goes to the garden and stays there all afternoon. She looks at the flowers and feels happy.

  • At dinner time she sits down at the long table and then she hears the Beast coming. She is terrified.

  • 'Beauty, can I sit here with you?' asks the Beast.

  • 'You're the lord of the castle,' says Beauty.

  • 'And you're the queen,' says the Beast. 'Can I ask you a question?'

  • 'Yes, of course,' says Beauty quietly.

  • 'Am I very ugly?' asks the Beast.

  • Beauty does not know what to say. She looks at him and thinks for a moment.

  • 'Well, yes you are!' says Beauty. 'But you're kind and polite.'

  • The Beast looks at Beauty and smiles. 'You're right, I'm terribly ugly but I'm kind.

  • This is your home now, Beauty. Please don't be sad!'

  • 'Some men are handsome but they're not kind,' says Beauty. 'I prefer you because you've got a good heart.

  • 'Thank you, Beauty,' says the Beast.

  • Now Beauty is not afraid of the Beast and she eats a big dinner.

  • The Beast looks at her and asks a question.

  • Do you want to marry me, Beauty?'

  • What a question! Beauty is terrified.

  • 'What can I say?' thinks Beauty.

  • She is silent for a moment and then she says, 'No, I'm sorry I don't want to marry you.'

  • The Beast is angry and Beauty is afraid.

  • Then he goes out of the room and says, 'Goodbye, Beauty.'

  • CHAPTER FIVE - The Magic Ring

  • Beauty spends three months at the beautiful castle. Every day she reads books and plays the piano.

  • She walks everywhere in the big garden. She likes the tall trees and the flowers of different colours.

  • She puts beautiful flowers in the rooms of the castle. Sometimes she makes perfume from the flowers.

  • But the days are long and she is often lonely. Beauty often thinks about her father, her sisters and her brothers.

  • 'I want to see my father again,' she thinks sadly. 'And I want to see my home again too.'

  • The Beast goes to see her every evening at dinner time, at nine o'clock.

  • They talk about interesting things and are happy together. Beauty is not afraid of his ugly face now.

  • Every evening the Beast asks Beauty the same question:

  • 'Beauty, do you want to marry me?'

  • And every evening Beauty answers, 'No.'

  • One day Beauty says, 'Why do you ask me the same question every evening?'

  • 'Because I hope to hear a different answer,' says the Beast.

  • 'I'm sorry, I don't want to marry you,' says Beauty.

  • The Beast is very sad.

  • 'But I'm always going to be your friend,' she says.

  • 'You're a wonderful friend,' says the Beast.

  • 'And you are too,' says Beauty smiling.

  • 'I know I'm terribly ugly,' says the Beast. 'But I love you a lot. I'm very happy with you. Please, don't leave me!'

  • Beauty's face becomes red and she is quiet for a moment.

  • 'In the mirror of my room,' says Beauty, 'I see my poor father.

  • He's sad and lonely. He thinks I'm dead. My sisters are married and my brothers are away.

  • I want to see my father for the last time. Can I go and see him, please?'

  • 'Yes, you can go and see your father,' says the Beast. 'But I'm going to be very sad without you.'

  • 'Oh, thank you!' says Beauty happily. 'Please don't be sad, Beast. I'm going to come back in a week.'

  • 'Alright,' says the Beast. 'You can visit your father tomorrow morning. But remember, you must come back in a week.

  • Before you come back put this ring on a table near your bed. It's a magic ring. Goodbye, Beauty.'

  • CHAPTER SIX - The Sisters' Plan

  • The next morning Beauty wakes up in her bedroom in her father's house. She gets up and goes downstairs.

  • When her father sees her he cries, 'Beauty, is that you? How wonderful! My daughter is well and she's here!'

  • Beauty is very happy and hugs her father.

  • 'Get dressed quickly and then tell me about the Beast!' says her father happily.

  • She goes to her room and finds a chest full of beautiful clothes. 'This is a present from the Beast!' says Beauty to her father.

  • He's very nice and gives me presents every day.' She chooses some lovely clothes.

  • 'I want to give these lovely clothes to Rosalind and Hortensia,' she says.

  • When she says this the chest disappears!

  • 'The Beast is watching you,' says Beauty's father. 'These beautiful clothes are for you and not for your sisters.'

  • Suddenly the chest comes back again.

  • That morning Rosalind and Hortensia come to visit their sister. They are both very unhappy.

  • 'Oh, Beauty,' says Rosalind, 'I'm unhappy.'

  • 'Why are you unhappy, Rosalind?' asks Beauty.

  • 'Oh, it's a long story,' says Rosalind.

  • 'Please tell me,' says Beauty.

  • 'My husband is handsome and he spends all day in front of a mirror. He never looks at me or talks to me.'

  • 'Oh, dear, that's a big problem,' says Beauty.

  • Hortensia says, 'My husband is very clever, but he doesn't like anyone, and no one likes him.'

  • 'I can never invite my friends to lunch or dinner because he doesn't like them.'

  • 'We've got a lot of problems with our husbands,' they say.

  • 'My poor sisters!' says Beauty. 'I'm very sorry.'

  • 'Tell us about the Beast,' says Hortensia.

  • Oh, the Beast is not a bad man,' says Beauty. 'He's very kind. I live in his beautiful castle and I'm the queen.

  • I don't work. I read, play the piano and walk in the garden.

  • Every evening the Beast comes to see me at dinner and we talk about a lot of things. It's wonderful.'

  • The two sisters are very angry and they go to the garden.

  • 'Beauty wears lovely clothes and shoes,' says Rosalind. 'She's like a queen.

  • She's very happy. Why is she lucky? And why are we unlucky?'

  • 'You're right, Rosalind,' says Hortensia. 'We're not very lucky.

  • But maybe we can be lucky! Beauty has to return to the Beast in a week, or he's going to get angry and eat her!'

  • 'Then we must keep her here,' says Rosalind. 'Then the Beast is going to get angry.'

  • During the week the two sisters are kind to Beauty. They talk and laugh with her.

  • They walk together in the country. Beauty is happy with her sisters.

  • 'Rosalind and Hortensia love me,' she thinks. 'They're good sisters and I love them a lot.'

  • At the end of the week Beauty says, 'I must go back to the Beast's castle.' But her sisters start to cry.

  • 'Oh, Beauty,' says Rosalind, 'please stay with us another week. We need you.'

  • 'Yes, Beauty,' says Hortensia, 'please don't leave us. We have fun with you and we love you.'

  • 'Yes,' says Rosalind, 'stay with us! We can do a lot of things together.'

  • Beauty does not know what to do. She decides to stay another week.

  • CHAPTER SEVEN - The Dream

  • The Beast is going to be very sad without me,' Beauty thinks.

  • 'But I want to stay with my family for a few more days. Then I'm going to go back to him.'

  • Beauty thinks about the Beast. She misses him.

  • Ten days later Beauty dreams about the Beast. In her dream the Beast is on the grass in the garden of the castle.

  • And he's going to die!

  • 'Beauty, whispers the Beast, 'today is the tenth day and you're not here.

  • I can't live without you. I can't eat or drink.'

  • Beauty wakes up and thinks, 'The poor Beast is going to die without me! I must go back to him.'

  • She takes the ring and puts it on a table near her bed.

  • 'The Beast is ugly but he's very kind,' she thinks.

  • 'Why don't I marry him? I'm happy with him. My sisters have handsome, clever husbands - but they're not happy.'

  • Beauty falls asleep and the next morning she wakes up at the Beast's castle.

  • Today I'm going to wear a beautiful dress,' Beauty thinks.

  • At nine o'clock in the evening she goes to dinner and waits for the Beast. But he doesn't come to see her.

  • 'What's happening?' Beauty thinks. 'Where's the Beast? Why isn't he here?'

  • 'Beast!' she cries. 'Beast, where are you! Answer me!'

  • She opens the doors of all the rooms and looks everywhere in the castle. But she cannot find him.

  • Suddenly she remembers her dream. She runs to the garden and sees the Beast on the grass.

  • 'Oh, no!' she cries. 'Is he dead?' She listens to his heart and it is beating. 'Good! He's not dead!' she thinks.

  • She gets some cold water from the river and wets his face. The Beast slowly opens his eyes.

  • 'Beauty,' he whispers, 'I'm dying... but I'm happy because you're here.'

  • 'No, Beast,' cries Beauty. 'Don't die! You must live and become my husband. I love you and I can't live without you.'

  • CHAPTER EIGHT - The Prince

  • Suddenly all the lights of the castle and the garden, turn on.

  • There are beautiful fireworks in the sky. Beauty is surprised and looks at the castle.

  • Then she turns round and looks at the Beast.

  • What a surprise! She sees a handsome young man.

  • 'Thank you, Beauty,' says the young man. 'The spell is broken!'

  • 'But where is the Beast?' asks Beauty. 'I am the Beast!' says the prince.

  • 'I don't understand,' says Beauty. 'Who are you?'

  • 'I'm a prince and this is my castle,' says the young man.

  • 'Sometimes a bad witch puts a spell on a prince and only true love can break the spell. Now I know your love is true.'

  • The prince takes her hand and says, 'Do you want to marry me, Beauty?'

  • Beauty looks at the handsome prince and says, 'Yes, I do!'

  • Beauty and the prince go to the castle. When she opens the door she is surprised.

  • 'My family! You're all here!' cries Beauty.

  • She is happy when she sees her family. They talk and laugh together.

  • Suddenly she sees the good fairy from her dream.

  • 'Beauty,' says the good fairy, 'you've got a kind heart and you're going to marry the prince and become a princess!'

  • Then the good fairy looks at Beauty's two sisters.

  • 'You're both bad, lazy and unkind,' says the fairy. 'You don't love anyone!'

  • The fairy says some magic words and suddenly Rosalind and Hortensia become statues.

  • 'Oh, no!' cries Beauty. 'My sisters are statues!'

  • 'Your sisters have got hearts of stone,' says the fairy.

  • 'Now they can't move, but they can see and hear everything.

  • When they understand their mistakes they can become Rosalind and Hortensia again.'

  • The next day Beauty and the prince get married. Everyone dances and sings in the castle.

  • It is a happy day. People give flowers to Beauty and the prince.

  • The prince sees tears in Beauty's eyes and says, 'Don't cry, my Beauty. We're going to be very happy together!'

Chapter one - Beauty's Family

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