La Belle et la Bete

BR
Era uma vez, num país distante, um jovem príncipe que vivia num reluzente castelo. Embora tivesse tudo que quisesse, o príncipe era mimado, egoísta, grosseiro. Mas numa noite de inverno, uma velha mendiga veio ao castelo e ofereceu a ele uma simples rosa em troca de abrigo para o frio. Repugnado pela feiúra dela, o príncipe zombou da oferta e mandou a velhinha embora, porém ela o aconselhou a não se deixar enganar pelas aparências, pois a beleza está no interior das pessoas. E quando ele voltou e expulsá-la, ela se transformou numa bela feiticeira. O príncipe tentou se desculpar, mas era tarde demais, pois ela percebeu que não havia amor no coração dele e como castigo ela o transformou numa fera horrenda e rogou uma praga no castelo e em todos que lá viviam. Envergonhado de sua monstruosa aparência a fera se escondeu no castelo com o espelho mágico, que era a sua única janela para o mundo exterior. A rosa que ela ofereceu era encantada e iria florescer ate o 21º ano, se ele aprendesse a amar alguém e fosse retribuído na época em que a última pétala caísse, então o feitiço estaria desfeito. Senão, ele estaria condenado a permanecer fera para sempre. Com o passar dos anos ele caiu em desespero e perdeu toda a esperança, pois quem seria capaz de amar um monstro?

Meu conto favorito (sendo tanto disney quanto não disney)
Ilustração que fiz em um workshop de colagem.
Tive sorte de ter encontrado o desenho de uma rosa similar.


ENG
Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
A young Prince lived in a shining castle
Although he had everything his heart desired,
The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
But then, 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,
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
For beauty is found within.
And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away
To reveal a beautiful Enchantress.
The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,
For she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous Beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
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.
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.
As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope.
For who could ever learn to love a Beast?

My favourite tale ( never matter if it was the disney's version, or any other)
Illustration that I did during a workshop about collage
I got lucky to find the illustration of a rose that was simmilar with the disney's movie.