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[cloze] She got up and dressed hastily, and then she suddenly heard her father’s voice, and rushed out and greeted him joyfully. She was home. Her brothers and sisters were all astonished to see her, as they had never expected to see her again, and there was no end to the questions they asked her. When they heard that she had only come to be with them for a short time, and then must go back to the Beast’s palace forever, they wept loudly. Then Beauty asked her father what he thought could be _________1________, and why the Prince constantly begged her not to trust to appearances. After much thought, he answered: “You tell me yourself that the Beast, frightful as he is, loves you dearly, and deserves your love and gratitude for his gentleness and kindness; I think the Prince must mean you to understand that you ought to reward him by doing as he wishes you to, in spite of his ugliness.”
Beauty could not help seeing that this seemed very probable; still, when she thought of her dear Prince who was so handsome, she did not feel at all _________2________. At any rate, for two months she need not decide, but could enjoy herself with her sisters. But all the while, Beuty found that she contantly thought of the palace.
When the two months were almost over, her brothers begged her to stay. She found she had not the courage to dissapoint them, until at last she had a dismal dream which helped her to make up her mind. She thought she was wandering in a lonely path in the palace gardens, when she heard groans which seemed to come from some _________3________, and running quickly to see what could be the matter, she found the Beast stretched out upon his side, apparently dying. He reproached her faintly with being the cause of his distress, and at the same moment a stately lady appeared, and said very gravely:
“Ah! Beauty, you are only just in time to save his life. See what happens when people do not keep their promises! If you had delayed one day more, you would have found him dead.”
Beauty was so terrified by this dream that the next morning she announced her plan of going back at once, and that very night she said goodbye to her father and all her brothers and sisters, and as soon as she was in bed she _________4________, and said firmly, “I wish to go back to my palace and see my Beast again,” as she had been told to do. [/cloze]
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