Beauty and the Beast is a fairy tale written by French novelist
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La
Jeune Américaine.
Once upon a time there was a very rich man who lived with his three
daughters. The two older daughters laughed at anyone who did not dress
as well as they did. If they were not going to a ball, they were
shopping for as many fine dresses and hats as they could carry home.
The youngest daughter, Beauty, liked to read most of all. “No one will
want you!” her two older sisters said, and they laughed. “Look at your
hair - you look like a servant girl!” Beauty did not know why they
talked to her in a mean way. But she said nothing"
One day, the father got some very bad news. He had spent all of his
money on a ship that he sent out to sea for trade. Now he learned that
the ship was gone. Everything on it was lost! All at once, the rich
father became as poor as poor could be.
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