Belle smiled. “I was going to save him for last. He is the best part after all.” She laughed some. “One day my father went to go enter his invention in a fair. He hoped to win. I bet he would have too if he and Phillipe hadn’t gotten lost.” Even in re-telling the tale, Belle looked extremely worried. “Phillipe is our horse” She added. “Anyway, my father got lost and found this castle. It was huge. And it was not a very inviting place. Of course, it was a dark and stormy night when I first saw the castle. I remember how abandoned it looked. And there were signs to stay out. But I had to go in. I had to make sure my father was safe.”
She paused for a bit. She was glad he was interested in her story. She hoped it took his mind off of the food they were waiting for. She had started to feel hungry too, and glanced around a bit for the server. “He was locked up in a cold room. He looked so small. He kept telling me to run, but I couldn’t leave him there. And all of a sudden there was this voice, screaming at me to get out and that my father is his prisoner. I couldn’t let my father stay there though. He was old and he looked sick from getting caught in the cold. So I offered to take his place as prisoner. The person that the voice belonged to was very surprised at my offer. I asked him to step into the light so that I could see him.”
“He was a huge beast. He had horns coming out of his head and teeth so sharp they looked like they could bite right through me. Seeing him just about stopped my heart. I wasn’t expecting to see a monster. All I could think of was how I might never see my father again and that I would be this things dinner. It was an unfair thought really, but what else was I supposed to think? He wasn’t being nice at all. He sent my father off to the village and it was just him and me. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. But I wasn’t about to let him see that. Of course, if I had thought it through I would have realized that he could probably smell it.” She laughed a bit. “He didn’t make me stay in that cold room. He brought me to a lovely room with a great room. I was confused at first. Why would a beast, give me such a great room if he was going to eat me? But it was in this room when I first discovered that the castle was enchanted. I was crying on the bed when the dresser started talking to me. She was just about the nicest dresser you could meet too.”
Belle thought that after hearing this part, Subaru might think she was crazy and not want to hear any more about it. She paused just in case. She knew he wasn’t having the best of times and didn’t want to annoy him with a story he thought she was making up. Most of the men she had met, wouldn’t like such a story.
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She paused for a bit. She was glad he was interested in her story. She hoped it took his mind off of the food they were waiting for. She had started to feel hungry too, and glanced around a bit for the server. “He was locked up in a cold room. He looked so small. He kept telling me to run, but I couldn’t leave him there. And all of a sudden there was this voice, screaming at me to get out and that my father is his prisoner. I couldn’t let my father stay there though. He was old and he looked sick from getting caught in the cold. So I offered to take his place as prisoner. The person that the voice belonged to was very surprised at my offer. I asked him to step into the light so that I could see him.”
“He was a huge beast. He had horns coming out of his head and teeth so sharp they looked like they could bite right through me. Seeing him just about stopped my heart. I wasn’t expecting to see a monster. All I could think of was how I might never see my father again and that I would be this things dinner. It was an unfair thought really, but what else was I supposed to think? He wasn’t being nice at all. He sent my father off to the village and it was just him and me. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. But I wasn’t about to let him see that. Of course, if I had thought it through I would have realized that he could probably smell it.” She laughed a bit. “He didn’t make me stay in that cold room. He brought me to a lovely room with a great room. I was confused at first. Why would a beast, give me such a great room if he was going to eat me? But it was in this room when I first discovered that the castle was enchanted. I was crying on the bed when the dresser started talking to me. She was just about the nicest dresser you could meet too.”
Belle thought that after hearing this part, Subaru might think she was crazy and not want to hear any more about it. She paused just in case. She knew he wasn’t having the best of times and didn’t want to annoy him with a story he thought she was making up. Most of the men she had met, wouldn’t like such a story.