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 begger women came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggared appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old women away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old women 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 manic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered him was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, earn her love in return and be given a new name 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?
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Kitty and The Beast
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