There was no one in the castle, and the merchant decided to spend his night there – so he had some good food, and went upstairs to find a cosy room with the fire well lit and a comfortable bed for him to sleep on. The following day when the merchant woke up, he went out to the garden to admire all the flowers and suddenly, he saw a beautiful flower and thought of his daughter Beauty.

“What a beautiful flower, let me take this for my dear daughter Beauty,” the merchant said to himself.

So, he plucked the flower from the castle’s garden and was just putting it into his waistcoat. Suddenly, a large Beast leapt out of a castle window and screamed at him for stealing from his garden.

“I gave you a bed to sleep in!” the Beast roared, “and now you want to steal my flowers?”

“I’m sorry!” said the merchant. “It’s a gift for my daughter, Beauty!”

“I will let you go and forgive you if you send your daughter Beauty to me,” said the Beast.

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The merchant went home and explained the matter to his daughter. Beauty decided to put his father’s worries to rest and agreed to go to the castle.

“I will go, Father,” Beauty said. “I don’t know what the Beast wants, but a promise is a promise.”

At first, Beauty was scared of the Beast but slowly, she realised that the Beast was kind and gentle towards her. The Beast gifted her a magic mirror which showed the person she wanted to see. One day, the magic mirror showed her that her father was very ill. Unable to see her sadness, the Beast allowed her to go home. Under Beauty’s care, her father recovered in no time!

One day, Beauty thought of the Beast and saw the magic mirror. She saw that the Beast was ill. She realised that she did love him after all, and ran all the way to the castle.

“Please don’t die, Beast!” she said. “I love you! I will stay here with you,” and kissed the Beast.

The ugly-looking Beast glowed and turned into a handsome prince.

“I was under a witch’s curse,” the Beast said. “I could only change back if someone fell in love with me.”

Beauty and the Beast got married and lived happily ever after.