Beauty and the Beast (8)

Beauty and the Beast (8)

  So he promised that he would return and, fetching his horse, he left the palace.

  A few hours later the man arrived home, tired and sad.

  His children ran towards him with open arms, but the merchant looked at them with tears in his eyes. In his hand he held a branch of roses he brought for Beauty.

  He gave it to her and said, " Take these roses ; your unhappy father has indeed paid a great price for them. "

  Then he told his family all about the worthless ship, the magical palace and the misfortune that had befallen him.

  After hearing his story, his two older daughters started to cry.

  But beauty said, " There is no need for our father to die. I will willingly offer myself to the Beast in his palace. " 

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