Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast, brought to you by WakeMed Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11's Jonah Kaplan.

Once upon a time, in a castle, there lived a spoiled, selfish prince.

One cold, rainy night, a haggard old woman knocked on the door, seeking shelter from the bitter cold in exchange for a single rose.

Repulsed by her appearance, the prince turned her away. She warned him not to be deceived by

appearances, for true beauty lies far within.

When he scorned her again, the woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress.

The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late. She had seen there, there was no love in his heart she transformed him

into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell in the castle and all who

lived there the beast concealed himself in his castle with a magic mirror as his

only window to the outside world the rose she had given him would bloom for many years.

If he could learn to love and earn another's love in return by the time the last pedal fell,

the curse would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.

Nearby, a girl named Belle lived in a small French town with her father, Maurice, who was an inventor.

Bell loved reading because the stories in her books took her on adventures she couldn't get in her small town.

One day, Maurice hitched the wagon to their horse, Philippe, and took his invention through the woods to enter it to the fair. But along the way they got lost,

and Philippe got spooked and bolted, leaving Maurice all alone. Then wolves attacked, and Maurice

had to seek shelter in a dark and gloomy castle.

Inside the castle, Maurice was amazed to find that the servants were enchanted objects.

The clock, candelabra, and teapot could all talk.

They put it by the fire to warm up, but just then, the master of the

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