Beauty and the Beastly Children by Michael O Tunnell pictures by John Emil Cymerman
Most folks know the story of Beauty and the Beast or at least they think they do Oh they know about Beauty taking old bristle-face into her arms and promising to marry him just in time to keep Mr Beast from croaking And most people know that the Beast was transformed into a rather nice-looking prince And that the castle suddenly changed from a dank and gloomy fortress into a place worth coming home to And finally that Beauty and her new love his real name was Auguste were married and began to live happily ever after Yes most folks think that’s the end of the story but it’s not
