| Beauty sat by the pond holding the tiny bird within her delicate
hands stroking it lovingly. The Beast hovered over her. "Its wing is broken
Beauty whispered, her voice barely audible. What shall I do? How can I
bear to let it go?"
The Beast moved closer and grunted loudly, shifting his large frame awkwardly. "Aghhh, my Beauty, there are some things one cannot change. Too much emphasis on nothing!" Beauty quickly jumped up, the bird tightly in her grasp."You uncompassionate Beast! What is nothing to some is everything to others. Do not speak such words to me. You with a heart of steel and no soul. How dare you tell me what I cannot change." "Aghhh, my Beauty" the Beast repeated. "Stop with this foolishness, believing you can change what has been done. Do not cry. Wipe those tears for they are in vain." "Tears", Beauty shouted. "Your eyes deceive you selfish Beast for I am not capable of tears!" The Beast angrily pounded his large paw against his huge chest and storming off looked down upon Beauty once more clutching the tiny helpless bird closely to her... covered in droplets of .. Blood? - Ginny Brancato |
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