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In the heart of France, there lived a prince with no love in his heart. The prince was handsome. But despite having everything he could ever have wanted, he was selfish and terribly unkind. One dark and stormy night, the Prince threw a party and invited only guests he deemed as handsome as himself. Suddenly, an old beggar woman entered the castle. She offered a red rose to the prince in exchange for shelter from the storm. The prince turned her away.The old beggar woman revealed that she was actually an enchantress.She knew that the prince could not see past appearances. As punishment, she turned him into a horrible beast and his subjects into household objects. The enchantment also made the villagers completely forgot the castle and all who lived there.

One day a music box maker named Maurice stumbled upon the enchanted castle. He had been traveling to the market but got lost along the way. Freezing and hungry, he entered the castle, happy to find food and shelter. On his way, he saw a garden filled with white roses. His daughter had asked for a rose, and these roses were beautiful. As Maurice cut the steam, the beast appeared. Furious that Maurice was stealing from him, the beast took the man as his prisoner. Maurice's daughter, Belle, was smart, kind, and brave young woman, as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. She dreamed of something more than her small town could offer her. When her father failed to return from his trip, Belle set out to find him.