Beauty and the beast Once upon a time, There was a prince who lived in the castle which was in a forest in France. One day, There was a big party in the castle as usual. In the middle of the party, a shabbily dressed old woman appeared in front of the prince and she begged that she wanted to stay at the castle one night instead of giving her single rose. The prince snubbed her. At that time, The old woman changed herself to a beautiful witch. Although the prince was surprised and apologized the witch, she witched magic to the prince and whole castle and changed the prince to a ugly beast, changed feudatories to furnitures or accessories. In addition, the castle was changed looking like a awful prison. People forgot completely about the castle and the prince because of the magic which had been witched by the witch, and the single rose which had been brought by the witch was left for the prince. According to the witch, the prince and the castle could return to the normal form only if the prince could acquire the true love before the last petal of the rose falling. Otherwise, He had to remain as a beast forever. 昔、フランスのある森の中の城に住む一人の王子がいた。将来の妃選びのため、王子は、その日も盛大な宴会を催していた。宴会中、王子の元に、あるみすぼらしい格好の老婆が現れ、一輪のバラと引き換えに一晩泊めてほしいと懇願した。王子は、汚らしい老婆を冷たくあしらうと、その老婆は美しい魔女へと姿を変えた。 驚いた王子は、改めてその魔女に謝罪したが、魔女は王子と城全体に魔法をかけ、王子を醜い野獣に、城の家臣たちを家具や小物に変えてしまった。また、城はおどろおどろしい牢獄のような姿に変わってしまった。 やがて、魔女がかけた魔法により、人々は城と王子のことを忘れ去ったが、王子の元には魔女が持ち込んだ一輪のバラが残された。最後の花びらが散ってしまう前に、再び真実の愛を獲得することができたら、かけられた魔法は解け、王子と城は元の姿に戻るというのだ。そうでなければ彼は永遠に野獣として過ごさなければならない。