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. ...And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. ...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...

~ Beauty and the Beast


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_{It always drove me nuts that this was square...wanted it a better aspect ratio for prints. Clean re-render 09/09}