As all fairy tales do, this story begins
with the simplest of words: once upon a
time.But that is where our story, a
different type of fairy tale, takes a turn.
It is the story of two people drawn together
under the most interesting of circumstances,
two people who learn to truly see what
matters only after they meet each other and
their tale—one both as old as time and as
fresh as a rose—begins.
So our story starts, once upon a time,
in the hidden heart of France……
由美国迪士尼公司所著的《美女与野兽(迪士尼
英文原版)》一书中的这个故事和所有的童话故事一
样,也是从“很久很久以前”这句话开始说起的。但
这个故事又和其他童话不同,因为就在这句话之后,
一切都不一样了。在这个故事里,两个主人公在非常
奇妙的情况下,相互吸引,相互靠近,学习如何看到
对方外表下真正重要的东西。于是,一个和时间一样
古老、又和玫瑰一样鲜活的故事,就这样拉开了帷幕
。
所以,我们的故事就要开始了—— 很久很久以
前,在法国中心深处的一个地方……