blue fairy tale book

Chapter 16 Beauty and the Beast (2)
This greatly aroused the children's curiosity, and he was presently telling them all about his adventure.The girls were saddened by the disappointment of their hopes.The boys agreed that their father would never return to that dreadful castle, and began to make plans to kill the beast that would come.But the father reminds the children that he has promised to return even if the beast does not come for him.This made the sisters very angry with "Beauty" and blamed it all on her fault: if she hadn't asked for such a neurotic thing, such a thing would never have happened.

They all complained bitterly about her, saying she deserved to be punished for her absurdity.

The poor beauty was very sad, and said to them: "It is true that I have caused the misfortune, but please believe that I did not mean it. Who would have thought that asking for a rose in summer could lead to such misfortune? Since it is I I am willing to bear the misfortune brought about by myself. I will go back with my father and fulfill his promise."

At first, her father and brothers, who loved her deeply, disagreed with her plan no matter what, and said that nothing could take her away.But the beauty is firm.The appointed time was getting closer and closer, she packed up her little things and said goodbye to everything she liked and was familiar with.The terrible day finally came, but she kept persuading and comforting her father to get on the horse and set off together.The horse seemed to be flying fast instead of running, but the beauty was not afraid at all.On the contrary, she was very happy during the trip, as if she was not afraid of what would happen after the trip.Her father kept persuading her to go back along the way, but it was useless.While they were talking, night fell.To their amazement, fantastic lights flickered from all directions, and fireworks exploded right in front of their eyes.

The whole forest was illuminated as if it were daylight, and seemed to be warmed at once, although it was actually very cold.This continued until they reached the Orange Boulevard, where the statues held torches.When they entered the palace, they found that it was brightly lit from the ground to the roof, and the courtyard was filled with soft music. "The beast must be very hungry." The beauty said with a smile, "otherwise, how could it welcome its prey happily?" However, apart from anxiety, she really couldn't help admiring the wonderful scene in front of her.

The horse stopped at a flight of stairs leading to the balcony.They dismounted, and her father took her to the little house where he had lived before.In the room there was a fire burning brightly, and a delicious and tempting supper was set on the table.

Businessmen know this is for them.And what about the beauties?It was even less frightening to walk through so many rooms without seeing anything resembling a beast.And the long journey made her hungry and thirsty.But they hadn't finished their supper when they heard the beast's footsteps getting closer.Beauty hugged her father tightly in fear—she would become even more frightened when she saw the true face of the beast.When the beast finally came before them, she tried to hide her fear and saluted it politely.

This of course made the Beast very happy.It looked at her, and said in a voice that would make even the bravest man shudder, "Good evening, old merchant. Good evening, fair lady."

The merchant was too frightened to answer, but the beauty replied sweetly, "Good evening, Beast."

"Did you come here voluntarily?" asked the Beast. "Would you like to stay here after your father is gone?"

Beauty bravely said that she was ready to stay.

"I am very pleased with you," said the Beast. "Since you came voluntarily, you may stay. As for you, old merchant," it turned to the merchant, "you may return at sunrise tomorrow. Home. When the bell rings, get up and eat your breakfast, and then you will see the same horse waiting to take you home. But remember you don't expect to see my palace anymore."

Then it said to the beautiful woman: "Take your father into the next room and help him choose something that your brothers and sisters like. You will find two travel bags there, fill them as much as possible. It is also a good gift. They have some mementos of yours."

Before leaving, the Beast said: "Goodbye, beauty. Goodbye, old merchant." Although the thought of her father's imminent departure made Beauty feel very sad, she dared not disobey the order of the Beast.Together they went to the next room, which was full of cupboards.They were stunned by the rare treasures inside: full of gorgeous clothes embroidered with all kinds of ornaments worn by the queen.The beauty opened the cabinet, and was immediately dazzled by boxes of brilliant jewels.She chose a great deal of jewels for her sisters, and a great heap of splendid dresses, and then she opened the last chest--it was full of gold.

"Father, I think that since the gold will be more useful to you, we'd better get rid of the other things and pack the whole chest of gold," she said.They did.Strangely, the more they packed, the more gold seemed to be in the house.At last they put back all the jewels and costumes that had been taken out, and though the box had put in as much gold as the previous jewels, the box still did not appear to be too full.But I'm afraid they can't be carried by an elephant.

"The beast must be laughing at us," cried the trader. "It's pretending to give us these things, but it knows we can't get them away."

"Let's wait and see," replied the beauty. "I don't believe he will deceive us. Now all we have to do is tie them up and be ready to go."

When they had done all this they went back to the little room, where they were surprised to find that breakfast was ready.The merchant ate his breakfast with relish, for the generosity of the Beast made him think he might be back soon to see the beauty.But the beauty thought that she would never see her father again.As a result, when the bell rang suddenly to warn them that it was time to part for the second time, she felt very sad.Together they came to the yard, where there were two horses--one carrying the two chests and the other for the merchant.The horse was impatiently stomping on the road, and the businessman was forced to say goodbye to the beauty briefly.As soon as he got on his horse, he set off quickly, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared from her sight.Then the beauty burst into tears, and sadly walked back to her room.But soon she felt drowsy, and she had nothing to do, so she lay down and fell asleep at once.As a result, she dreamed that she was walking by a brook surrounded by green trees, crying about her tragic fate.She found a young prince, the most handsome she had ever seen, coming towards her and speaking to her, it moved her heart: "Ah! my beauty! If you think of the misery you have experienced elsewhere If you will be compensated here, you will not be as unlucky as you think.

Your every wish can be fulfilled.Because I love you so much, if you can find me—no matter how I pretend—you can make me happy, and you will find your own happiness at the same time.As long as your heart is as real as your beauty, we shall have all happiness. "

"But, prince, what should I do to make you happy?" asked the beauty. "Just be grateful," he replied, "and don't trust your eyes too much. But above all, please don't abandon me until you have saved me from cruel pain."

Then she felt that she was in another room, and a dignified and beautiful lady said to her: "Lovely beauty, please don't regret your future days, because you are destined to be happy. But don't be fooled by appearances." Confused." The beauty realized that her dream was so interesting that she didn't want to wake up.But soon the bell calling "Beauty" softly 12 times woke her up.When she got up, she found everything she needed on the dresser.Then when she finished washing, she found that food had already been prepared in the next room.Of course, it won't take too long when there is only one person dining.So she went to a corner and sat down on a warm and comfortable sofa, and began to think about the charming prince who had appeared in her dream.

"He says I can make him happy," said Beauty to herself, "as if that terrible beast has imprisoned him. How on earth can I help him escape? Why do they both advise me not to trust appearances? I really don't understand. But, after all, it's just a dream, so why should I bother myself about it? Let's go out and have a look, and do something fun."

So she got up and searched in some of the rooms of the palace.

The first room she entered was full of mirrors, and the beauty saw her own reflection in every mirror and thought she had never seen such an interesting room.Then a silver ring hanging from a chandelier came into view, and she pulled it down, amazed to find that it was attached to the portrait of her unknown lover, just as she had seen in her dream.She happily put the silver ring on her arm and went all the way to the gallery.There she soon found the same portrait of the handsome prince, life-size and beautifully made, as if he were smiling kindly at the beautiful woman who was admiring it.Finally she reluctantly leaves the portrait and walks through the gallery to an open-air room filled with various musical instruments.She stayed here for a long time, because she tried some instruments and sang until she was exhausted.The other room is the library, which displays all the books she wants to read and has already read. It seems that even if she spends her whole life reading all the titles, she may not have enough time, because there are too many books.It was getting dark now, and the candles in the diamond and gemstone candlesticks in each room lit up by themselves.

Belle finds dinner ready just when she wants it, but doesn't see a soul or hear a sound.Although her father had warned her that she would be lonely, she couldn't help feeling bored.

Presently she heard the sound of the beast approaching, and tremblingly thought that now he might come and eat her.

However, it was far less vicious than it seemed, and simply said roughly, "Good evening, beauty." She replied cheerfully, controlling her fear.Then the Beast asked her how she spent her time, and she told him all the rooms she had seen.

After he heard this, he asked the beautiful woman if she felt happy in his palace. She said that everything was beautiful, and if she was not happy, it would be difficult to be happy.After chatting for about an hour, the beauty began to feel that the beast was not as scary as she had imagined at first.When he got up to leave later, he asked her roughly again: "Do you love me, beauty? Will you marry me?"

"Oh! how shall I put it?" cried Beauty, who was really afraid that the Beast would be angry at being rejected.

"Don't be afraid, just say 'yes' or 'won't'," said the Beast.

"Oh! No, Mr. Beast." Beauty said quickly. "Since you don't want to, good night, my beauty," he said.

She replied, "Good night, Mr. Beast." She was very pleased to find that her refusal did not irritate him.

Then her dream changed, and there was only the charming Prince in it.At daybreak next morning, her first thought was to look at the portrait and see if it was really him.And so it turned out.

This morning the sun was shining and the fountain was dancing, and she decided to spend some time in the garden, and was surprised to find that every place was so familiar.After a while she came to the creek full of sweet-scented osmanthus trees that she saw in her first dream, which made her even more convinced that the prince must be imprisoned by wild animals.When she got tired, she went back to the palace and found a room full of materials for making everything—ribbons for bow ties, silk for flowers... There was also an aviary with various A variety of rare and rare birds.They were so tame that when they saw the beauty they all flew towards her and landed on her shoulders and head.

"Beautiful little ones," she said, "I wish your cage were nearer to my room, so that I could often hear you sing."

(End of this chapter)