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We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.\xa0Tonight, we\u2019ll read the second and final part to the classic tale "Beauty and the Beast", taken from the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, published in 1889.\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\nWhen we left off, the merchant and father to Beauty was caught picking a rose from the Beast\u2019s garden as a gift to Beauty. In punishment, the Beast demanded that the father bring back one of his daughters.\xa0\n\nThe catch was that she must choose to come willingly. Of course, the kind-hearted Beauty offers to go despite the sacrifice it entailed.\xa0Father and daughter arrive at the Beast\u2019s castle and are about to meet him.\xa0\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices