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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The
youngest one was called Beauty by everyone and she was smart and kind unlike her sisters.
They always envied her. One day their father lost all his money because all his ships sank at sea. They were poor now.
While their father worked in the fields, Beauty did the cleaning and prepared
meals for the family. Her sisters did nothing, but complain all day. After a year the merchant
heard the news that one of his ships returned undamaged. He decided to go to the ship and
before he left he asked his daughters what they wanted as gifts.
The sisters asked for expensive things and Beauty only wanted a rose. When he
reached his ship, it was undamaged, but empty. He was still poor and he had to go back. On
the way, when he was close to his house, a blizzard started. He couldn’t go anymore and he
had to find a shelter. Suddenly he saw a castle and went in.
There was no one in it. He was cold and hungry. He dried his clothes and ate the
meal he found on the table. As he was so tired, he fell asleep on a bed that he found there.
When he woke up in the morning, he found some clean clothes and wore them. He was
about to leave the castle when he saw some roses in the garden.
As soon as he plucked one of them, a beast ran towards him. The merchant was so
scared because the beast threatened to kill him. The man told him about his daughters and
begged for his life. The beast wanted him to promise that one of his daughters would come
and die instead of him. The merchant had to agree.
Before he left, the beast gave him a bag full of gold and precious things. When the
man arrived home and told what had happened, Beauty decided to go to the Beast’s castle.
She left home and went there with his father. The beast thought she had a very good heart
when he learned that she had come with her own will.
Her father left and she started crying. At first, she thought the beast was going to
kill him, but later she realised that it was not true. He had prepared her a lovely room.
There was a mirror on the wall which showed her home as well. She thought the beast had
a good heart and he would never hurt her. They started living together.
Every evening the beast would ask Beauty to marry him and she would always
refuse. Three months passed like this. One day, Beauty looked at the mirror on the wall and
saw that her father was very sick. She ran to the beast and begged him to let her go home.
The beast agreed that she could visit her family.
He wanted her to promise to be back on the eighth day and gave her a ring. She
woke up in her house the next morning. She stayed there more than eight days because her
envious sisters insisted. On the tenth day she saw the beast was lying almost dead on the
ground in her dream. She woke up and went back to the castle.
When she arrived, she found the beast on the ground. He had fainted, but she
thought he was dead. She started crying. When her tears dropped on the beast’s chest, he
turned into a handsome prince. He had been turned into a beast by an angry fairy long ago.
Finding true love had broken the spell. The got married and lived happily.
Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The youngest
one was called Beauty by everyone and she was smart and kind unlike her sisters. Her sisters
did nothing, but complain all day. After a year the merchant heard the news that one of his ships returned undamaged.
He decided to go to the ship and before he left he asked his daughters what they wanted as
gifts. The sisters asked for expensive things and Beauty only wanted a rose. As soon as he
plucked one of them, a beast ran towards him. The merchant was so scared because the beast threatened to kill him.
The man told him about his daughters and begged for his life. The beast wanted him to promise
that one of his daughters would come and die instead of him. The merchant had to
agree. Before he left, the beast gave him a bag full of gold and precious things.
When the man arrived home and told what had happened, Beauty decided to go to the Beast’s
castle. The beast thought she had a very good heart when he learned that she had come with
her own will. At first, she thought the beast was going to kill him, but later she realised that it
was not true. She thought the beast had a good heart and he would never hurt her.
Every evening the beast would ask Beauty to marry him and she would always refuse. One
day, Beauty looked at the mirror on the wall and saw that her father was very sick. She ran to
the beast and begged him to let her go home. The beast agreed that she could visit her family.
On the tenth day she saw the beast was lying almost dead on the ground in her dream. When
she arrived, she found the beast on the ground. When her tears dropped on the beast’s
chest, he turned into a handsome prince. He had been turned into a beast by an angry fairy long ago. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Why did the merchant become poor?
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2. Who did the housework and prepared lunch for the family?
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3. Why was the beast angry with the man?
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4. What was the merchant’s promise to the beast?
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5. What did the beast ask Beauty every evening?
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6. Why did Beauty want to go and visit her family?
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7. Was the beast dead when she returned?
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8. What happened when her tears fell on the beast’s chest?
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Beauty was kinder and smarter than her sisters. 2.
The merchant became rich again as one of his ships returned
undamaged and full of goods. 3.
The beast got angry because the merchant ate the meal in the castle. 4.
Beauty went to the beast’s castle of her own will. 5.
The beast turned into a handsome prince when he found true love. 6.
The beast was dead in the end.
CIRCLE THE CORRECT CHOICE
1. They moved to a ……………………… when all the ships sank at sea.
[small cottage / big mansion / huge castle]
2. Beauty wanted only a ……………………… as a gift from her father.
[diamond ring / rose / gold bracelet]
3. The merchant was so ……………………… when he saw the beast.
[excited / surprised / terrified]
4. There was a in Beauty’s room ……………………… which showed her own home..
[window / mirror / sphere]
5. Her sisters were both ……………………… When they saw Beauty in a lovely
dress. [envious / happy / suspicious]
6. She found the beast in the ……………………… [ river / attic / garden] ***