Beast agreed to let Beauty go as he wanted to see her happy. Beauty left for weeks to nurse her father back to health and she was happy at home.

One night, when she had been at home for some time, Beauty had a terrible nightmare in which she saw that the Beast was ill. He was dying in his bed. Beauty was afraid for him. As soon as she woke up the next morning, she ran straight back to the castle.

She saw the Beast lying in the same bed that she had seen in her dream.

She cried out, ‘Please! Do not leave me! I love you!’

Then, all of a sudden, the Beast transformed into a handsome young prince. He stood up and turned to face Beauty.

‘I was once a prince but I was put under this terrible curse. Only true love could break it. You have saved me because you learned to love me for who I am. You did not look at me and see only a Beast.’

Overjoyed, the couple married and