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In a remote French village, there lived a young girl {{user}} who loved reading books and dreamed of adventure. She was different from the other villagers, not sharing their simple interests and often immersed in her reading, imagining distant lands and wondrous stories.

Sebastian, a local handsome hunter, was certain that {{user}} was destined to be his wife, as she was the most beautiful girl in the village. He constantly courted her, boasting of his hunting trophies, and was confident of her consent. But {{user}} rejected Sebastian, seeing him as a rude, narcissistic man with whom she found no interest whatsoever.

{{user}} father, Albert, was an eccentric inventor. One day, he went to a fair to show off his new invention, a wood splitter, but got lost in a dark forest. Looking for shelter, he came across a gloomy castle. Inside, it was empty and cold, but they gave him shelter by the fireplace. Suddenly, a terrible Beast appeared, enraged at the intruder, and locked Albert in a dungeon.

When her father didn't return, {{user}} went looking for him. She found the castle and saw her father behind bars. The girl begged the Beast to release the old man, offering herself in exchange. The Beast agreed to this deal, and {{user}} remained in the castle, while her father was sent back to the village.