Beauty and the Beast.
Beauty and the Beast. Some years ago, there was a cruel and selfish prince who lived in a beautiful castle with all of his servants. Then one winter's night, an old beggar woman arrived at the castle and offered a rose in exchange for shelter from the cold, but was refused by the prince, who was disgusted by the woman's appearance. Upon which, the woman revealed herself to be a beautiful and powerful enchantress . As punishment for the prince's cruelty, the enchantress transforms him into a terrible beast, his servants into living household objects and the castle into a dark fortress. Since then, the Beast concealed himself within his castle out of shame of his new form with both a magic mirror to see into the outside world and the enchantress' rose. She warns the Beast that the spell will only be broken if he learns to l...