buruk rupa.doc

7/17/2019 buruk rupa.doc

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/buruk-rupadoc 1/7

Once upon a time as a merchant set of or market, he

asked each o his three daughters what she would like

as a present on his return. The rst daughter wanted a

brocade dress, the second a pearl necklace, but thethird, whose name was Beauty, the youngest, prettiest

and sweetest o them all, said to her ather:

"ll !d like is a rose you#e picked specially or me$"

%hen the merchant had nished his business, he set of

or home. &owe#er, a sudden storm blew up, and his

horse could hardly make headway in the howling gale.

'old and weary, the merchant had lost all hope o

reaching an inn when he suddenly noticed a bright light

shining in the middle o a wood. s he drew near, he

saw that it was a castle, bathed in light.

"! hope !ll nd shelter there or the night," he said tohimsel.

%hen he reached the door, he saw it was open, but

though he shouted, nobody came to greet him. (lucking

up courage, he went inside, still calling out to attract

attention. On a table in the main hall, a splendid dinnerlay already ser#ed. The merchant lingered, still shouting

or the owner o the castle. But no one came, and so

the star#ing merchant sat down to a hearty meal.

O#ercome by curiosity, he #entured upstairs, where the

corridor led into magnicent rooms and halls. re

crackled in the rst room and a sot bed looked #ery



in#iting. !t was now late, and the merchant could not

resist. &e lay down on the bed and ell ast asleep.

%hen he woke ne)t morning, an unknown hand had

placed a mug o steaming cofee and some ruit by his

bedside. The merchant had breakast and ater tidying

himsel up, went downstairs to thank his generous host.

But, as on the e#ening beore, there was nobody in

sight. *haking his head in wonder at the strangeness o

it all, he went towards the garden where he had let hishorse, tethered to a tree.

*uddenly, a large rose bush caught his eye.

+emembering his promise to Beauty, he bent down to

pick a rose. !nstantly, out o the rose garden, sprang a

horrible beast, wearing splendid clothes. Two bloodshoteyes, gleaming angrily, glared at him and a deep,

terriying #oice growled:

"ngrateul man$ ! ga#e you shelter, you ate at my

table and slept in my own bed, but now all the thanks !

get is the thet o my a#orite -owers$ ! shall put you todeath or this slight$"

Trembling with ear, the merchant ell on his knees

beore the Beast. "orgi#e me$ orgi#e me$ /ont kill

me$ !ll do anything you say$ The rose wasnt or me, it

was or my daughter Beauty. ! promised to bring herback a rose rom my 0ourney$"



The Beast dropped the paw it had clamped on the

unhappy merchant.

"! shall spare your lie, but on one condition, that you

bring me your daughter$" The terror1stricken merchant,

aced with certain death i he did not obey, promised

that he would do so. %hen he reached home in tears,

his three daughters ran to greet him. ter he had told

them o his dreadul ad#enture, Beauty put his mind at

rest immediately.

"/ear ather, !d do anything or you$ /ont worry, youll

be able to keep your promise and sa#e your lie$ Take

me to the castle. !ll stay there in your place$" The

merchant hugged his daughter.

"! ne#er did doubt your lo#e or me. or the moment !

can only thank you or sa#ing my lie." *o Beauty was

led to the castle. The Beast, howe#er, had 2uite an

une)pected greeting or the girl. !nstead o menacing

doom as it had done with her ather, it was surprisingly

pleasant.

!n the beginning, Beauty was rightened o the Beast,

and shuddered at the sight o it. Then she ound that, in

spite o the monsters awul head, her horror o it was

gradually ading as time went by.



*he had one o the nest rooms in the 'astle, and sat

or hours, embroidering in ront o the re. nd the

Beast would sit, or hours on end, only a short distance

away, silently ga3ing at her. Then it started to say a ewkind words, till in the end, Beauty was ama3ed to

disco#er that she was actually en0oying its

con#ersation. The days passed, and Beauty and the

Beast became good riends.

Then one day, the Beast asked the girl to be his wie.

Taken by surprise, Beauty did not know what to say.

4arry such an ugly monster5 *he would rather die$ But

she did not want to hurt the eelings o one who, ater

all, had been kind to her. nd she remembered too that

she owed it her own lie as well as her athers.

"! really cant say yes," she began shakily. "!d so much

like to..." The Beast interrupted her with an abrupt

gesture.

"! 2uite understand$ nd !m not ofended by your

reusal$" 6ie went on as usual, and nothing urther was

said.

One day, the Beast presented Beauty with a

magnicent magic mirror. %hen Beauty peeped into it,

she could see her amily, ar away.



"7ou wont eel so lonely now," were the words that

accompanied the git. Beauty stared or hours at her

distant amily. Then she began to eel worried. One day,

the Beast ound her weeping beside the magic mirror.

"%hats wrong5" he asked, kindly as always.

"4y ather is gra#ely ill and close to dying$ Oh, how !wish ! could see him again, beore its too late$" But the

Beast only shook its head. "8o$ 7ou will ne#er lea#e

this castle$" nd of it stalked in a rage.

&owe#er, a little later, it returned and spoke solemnly

to the girl.

"! you swear that you will return here in se#en days

time, !ll let you go and #isit your ather$" Beauty threw

hersel at the Beasts eet in delight. "! swear$ ! swear !

will$ &ow kind you are$ 7ou#e made a lo#ing daughter

so happy$" !n reality, the merchant had allen ill rom abroken heart at knowing his daughter was being kept

prisoner. %hen he embraced her again, he was soon on

the road to reco#ery.

Beauty stayed beside him or hours on end, describing

her lie at the 'astle, and e)plaining that the Beast was



really good and kind. The days -ashed past, and at last

the merchant was able to lea#e his bed. &e was

completely well again. Beauty was happy at last.

&owe#er, she had ailed to notice that se#en days hadgone by. Then one night she woke rom a terrible

nightmare. *he had dreamt that the Beast was dying

and calling or her, twisting in agony.

"'ome back$ 'ome back to me$" it was pleading. The

solemn promise she had made dro#e her to lea#ehome immediately. "&urry$ &urry, good horse$" she

said, whipping her steed onwards towards the castle,

araid that she might arri#e too late. *he rushed up the

stairs, calling, but there was no reply. &er heart in her

mouth, Beauty ran into the garden and there crouched

the Beast, its eyes shut, as though dead. Beauty threw

hersel at it and hugged it tightly.

"/ont die$ /ont die$ !ll marry you . . ." t these words,

a miracle took place. The Beasts ugly snout turned

magically into the ace o a handsome young man.

"&ow !#e been longing or this moment$" he said. "!

was sufering in silence, and couldnt tell my rightulsecret. n e#il witch turned me into a monster and only

the lo#e o a maiden willing to accept me as ! was,

could transorm me back into my real sel. 4y dearest$

!ll be so happy i youll marry me." The wedding took

place shortly ater and, rom that day on, the young

(rince would ha#e nothing but roses in his gardens. nd



thats why, to this day, the castle is known as the 'astle

o the +ose.

buruk rupa.doc

Documents