Belle's father Maurice gets lost in the woods while traveling to an annual fair to sell his inventions. He finds refuge in a strange castle belonging to a Beast. The Beast imprisons Maurice, so Belle offers to take his place. Belle comes to care for the Beast, despite his monstrous appearance. On her return home, the village plans to have Maurice committed, but Belle proves the Beast's existence with a magic mirror. The jealous Gaston leads the village in an attack on the castle. As the Beast lays dying from Gaston's knife, Belle professes her love, breaking the spell and transforming the Beast into a prince.

1. Walt Disney Series III
Beauty and the
Beast

3. BEAUTY and the
BEAST
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4. Walt Disney Series III
In this series I will tell you some stories
Selected from world classics.
It’s to improve your
Language skills,
Listening skills,
Narrative skills,
Vocabulary, and
Comprehensive abilities
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6. Please Read On
Once upon a time, in a far away
land, lived a young prince in a
beautiful castle.
Although he had everything he
could want, he was proud and
greedy.
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7. On a cold winter night an old beggar
lady came and asked the prince for
shelter for the night and offered him a
rose in return.
But the stone hearted prince turned her
away.
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8. To his astonishment, at that
moment , the old beggar lady
turned into a beautiful fairy,
before his very own eyes.
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9. The prince wanted to ask for
forgiveness, but it was too late.
The fairy had realised that there
was no love in the prince’s heart.
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10. As a punishment for his cruel
heart, she turned him into
horrible beast.
Then she cast a spell on
everything in the castle including
the servants.
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11. The fairy gave the Beast a
magical rose and said, “If you are
successful in finding someone
you love and the person loves
you back too, before the last
petal withers and falls on your
21st
birthday, then the magic spell
will be broken.
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13. If not, you will remain a beast
forever.” The Beast kept himself in
his castle because he was
ashamed of his horrible face.
With a magical mirror he could see
the outside world.
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15. The years passed.
The Beast had given up the hope
that anyone would ever love him.
And slowly the rose began to
wither too.
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17. In a village near the castle lived a
beautiful girl named Belle, who
lived with her father.
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19. Belle’s father Maurice was an
inventor, who invented very
special machines and then took
them to the annual fair to sell
them there.
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21. The people of the village liked
Belle.
Belle had her nose buried into
books the whole day long..
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22. The young hunter Gatson, an
admirer, could not understand
her.
“Why don’t you look at me
instead of those books, Belle?”

24. he said. “I’m more interesting.”
But Belle ignored him
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27. One day Maurice went off to sell
one of his machines. But he lost his
way and was attacked by a pack of
wolves. His horse Phillip dropped
him down and galloped away in
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28. But to Maurice’s luck he was able
to find refuge in a strange, old
castle deep in the forest.
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30. In the castle, Mrs. Potts the teapot,
Mr. Cogsworth the clock and
Mr.Lumiere, the candlestand
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32. “Our master will be angry if he sees
you here.” they said. At that
moment the beast appeared. He
caught Maurice and put him in the
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34. Back at home, Belle was getting
worried since the horse Phillip had
come back without her father.
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35. She swung on to Phillip’s back and
said “Run, take me to my father.”
Phillip galloped fast and brought
Belle to the castle.
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36. But just as she found her father in
the cell, the Beast appeared. Belle
recoiled in horror at the sight of his
face.
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38. Then she gathered all her courage
and pleaded with the Beast to set
her father free and to keep her
imprisoned instead.
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39. The Beast agreed to Belle’s
suggestion. He set Maurice free
and threw him out of the castle.
Then he led Belle to her room and
said, “The castle is now your home.
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41. You can move freely all over, but
do not enter the west wing.
This part of the castle is out of
bounds for you.”
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42. But in the night Belle crept quietly
into the west wing despite the
ban.
There she was attracted by the
magic rose, which was on the
window under a glass.
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44. The Beast suddenly appeared in
front of the window and roared in
anger.
Belle turned her back in horror and
fled the room.
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45. In fear and panic Belle rode out on
Phillip into the dark forest, where
she was attacked by wolves.
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47. Luckily, the Beast came to her
help and fought the wolves till they
gave up and disappeared from
there.
When Belle saw that the Beast
was injured she felt sorry for him.
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49. She brought him back to the
castle and bandaged his wounds.
“Thank you for saving my life,” she
said politely.
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51. But the Beast only murmured an
answer.
But as Belle turned away,
something like a slight smile
passed over his face.
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52. In the following days the Beast
showed Belle his library and
behaved like a gentleman.
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53. “Maybe she will succeed in braking
the spell,” Mrs. Potts muttered to
the others.
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55. One evening as Belle showed the
Beast how to dance he asked,
“Are you happy here with me,
Belle?”
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57. “Yes of course!” Belle said
hesitatingly, “But I’m longing for
my father. If only I could see him
again, I’d know whether he is well
or not.”
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59. “You can do that,” the Beast said
and gave her the magical mirror.
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61. In the mirror Belle saw her father
searching for her when suddenly
he sank to the floor. “I must go to
him! Belle cried. Otherwise he’ll
die!”
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63. The magical mirror led Belle to her
father. But hardly had she brought
him home when some villagers
appeared.
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64. “We have come to take your
father to the mental asylum,” said
Gatson. “He is crazy.
He insists that a wild beast has
kept you imprisoned in his castle.”
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66. Then Gatson whispered to Belle,
If you marry me I will see to it that
nothing happens to your father.”
“Never” Belle replied.
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68. “This Beast exists. I can prove it to
you!” She turned it in the mirror!
But it is not bad and will not harm
anybody!”
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70. When Gatson saw how lovingly
Belle looked at the Beast in the
mirror, he was filled with jealousy.
He said “Folks, look at this
monster! It will come and rob your
children! We must kill it!”
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71. And soon the villagers were on
their way to the castle where the
Beast lived.
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73. Belle tried in vain to stop them.
When she finally reached the
castle, Gatson and the Beast were
fighting each other.
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75. As the Beast saw Belle he
stopped fighting and Gatson used
that opportunity to jab a knife in
the Beast’s Back.
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76. The Beast roared so loudly with
pain that Gatson stepped back,
lost his balance, and fell into the
valley.
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77. Belle knelt beside the injured
Beast. She kissed him on his
cheek and cried, “No! You must
not die! Please don’t! I love you!”
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79. At That very moment the magic
spell was broken and the Beast
turned into a handsome young
prince.
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81. The magic rose bloomed again
under its glass and soon the
wedding was celebrated- of Belle
and her prince, whom she loved
even when he was a beast!
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83. Beauty and Beast
A short description
 "Beauty and the Beast" (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a
traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy
tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve,
published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in
1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of
her work published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de
Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une
sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English
translation appeared in 1757.
 Variants of the tale are known across Europe. In France, for
example, Zémire et Azor is an operatic version of the story
of Beauty and the Beast written by Marmontel and composed
byGrétry in 1771. It had enormous success well into the 19th
century. It is based on the second version of the tale.

84. 1. Why did Belle’s father went out?
What’s his name?
2. Who was Gatson?
3. How did the Beast escape
the spell?
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