:01:01
But then,
one winter's night...
:01:04
an old beggar woman
came to the castle...
:01:06
and offered him
a single rose...
:01:09
in return for shelter
from the bitter cold.
:01:12
Repulsed by her
haggard appearance...
:01:15
the prince sneered at the gift
and turned the old woman away.
:01:20
But she warned him not to be
deceived by appearances...
:01:23
for beauty is found within.
:01:26
And when he dismissed her again,
the old woman's ugliness melted away...
:01:31
to reveal
a beautiful enchantress.
:01:35
The prince tried to apologize,
but it was too late...
:01:38
for she had seen that
there was no love in his heart.
:01:41
And as punishment, she transformed him
into a hideous beast...
:01:45
and placed a powerful spell
on the castle and all who lived there.
:01:50
Ashamed of
his monstrous form...
:01:53
the beast concealed himself
inside his castle...
:01:56
with a magic mirror as
his only window to the outside world.
:02:01
The rose she had offered...
:02:03
was truly an enchanted rose...
:02:06
which would bloom
until his 21st year.
:02:09
If he could learn
to love another...
:02:12
and earn her love in return
by the time the last petal fell...
:02:17
then the spell
would be broken.
:02:20
If not,
he would be doomed...
:02:23
to remain a beast
for all time.
:02:27
As the years passed...
:02:29
he fell into despair
and lost all hope...
:02:35
for who could ever learn
to love a beast?