Beauty and The Beast Prologue (English)

Narrator:

Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
A young Prince lived in a shining castle
Although he had everything his heart desired,
The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
But then, one winter's night, an old beggar-woman came to the castle,
And offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold.
Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away,
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
For beauty is found within.
And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away
To reveal a beautiful Enchantress.
The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,
For she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous Beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his 21st year.
If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return,
By the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken.
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.
As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope.
For who could ever learn to love a Beast?

© Disney

Thanks everyone for loving this prologue :-) this sends chills down to my spine whenever I listen/watch the movie, and yes, "Beauty and the Beast" remains as one of the best Disney movies ever! For me, after Y2K there's no such precious Disney movies as before :-(

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[Jordi7174]

He should have known something was wrong when she offered him a healthy rose in the middle of winter.

[Viviana Sanchez]

That music at the first 20 seconds of the video, always gets me chills... So beautiful

[Desiree Tello]

Those walls that had ancient writing is really intelligent.

[TheRock2004]

i wish somebody would do this to Joffrey from Game of Thrones. lol

[violainemariette]

Merci

[Matthew Jasica]

It sounds like a variation on "The Aquarium" from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. That's also a very good and very chilling piece of music.

[EmoTheElephant]

Best into ever.

[Nicholas Swiney]

Chipmunks and Chipettes HAVE TAKEN OVER!!!!

[Fairytaleprincexy]

goosebumps!!

[Pinkie Pie]

prince adam's 21? but what would that make belle 19? 20?

[miTsUmi101]

No, the lush forest at the beginning with the roses. ^^