The Beast grants Beauty a trip home, and she gladly accepts the time with her family. On the final night of her trip, she doesn’t want to return to the Beast’s castle, even if that means the death of the Beast. But a dream leads her to rethink this decision. She rushes back, in hopes of saving his life. Will she return in time?

Trapped within the Beast’s beautiful castle, Beauty grows anxious of her imminent death. In her dreams, she meets with a prince, who happens to be a fellow prisoner of the Beast. She becomes determined to save this man... before her time runs out. 

The merchant Marc lost everything — his wife, his job, his home — leaving his children unsatisfied with their new, poor lifestyle. In a final attempt to please at least one of his twelve children, he goes to pick a lovely rose...and finds himself bargaining for his life with a beast.

The merchant Marc lost everything — his wife, his job, his home — leaving his children unsatisfied with their new, poor lifestyle. In a final attempt to please at least one of his twelve children, he goes to pick a lovely rose...and finds himself bargaining for his life with a beast. 

This is the second of two prequel episodes to Beauty and the Beast. Despite different social standings, King Ernest marries a commoner, Alice. But Alice has a secret, and this secret causes her to disappear overnight, leaving the king and their daughter alone. And Alice doesn’t just disappear; her lies and secrecy get her imprisoned, and leave her poor daughter cursed.

This is the first of two prequel episodes to Beauty and the Beast. Kidnapping. Lies. Lust. Tragedy. The original story of Beauty and the Beast is quite different than the story you know today. We go back to one of the oldest recorded versions of this classic fairy tale, starting with the violent, twisted events that lead up to a boy becoming a beast.

This is the first of two prequel episodes to Beauty and the Beast. Kidnapping. Lies. Lust. Tragedy. The original story of Beauty and the Beast is quite different than the story you know today. We go back to one of the oldest recorded versions of this classic fairy tale, starting with the violent, twisted events that lead up to a boy becoming a beast. 

This is the second of two prequel episodes to Beauty and the Beast. Despite different social standings, King Ernest marries a commoner, Alice. But Alice has a secret, and this secret causes her to disappear overnight, leaving the king and their daughter alone. And Alice doesn’t just disappear; her lies and secrecy get her imprisoned, and leave her poor daughter cursed. 

The Frog Prince. Sleeping Beauty. Beauty and the Beast.You think you know these stories, but do you really? Every Wednesday, Tales presents the original versions of fairy tales, not the popular, watered-down versions.

The Frog Prince. Sleeping Beauty. Beauty and the Beast.You think you know these stories, but do you really? Every Wednesday, Tales presents the original versions of fairy tales, not the popular, watered-down versions.

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