Belle Act I Flashcards
(BAKER) Good morning, Belle!
Good morning monsieur.
Where are you off to?
The bookshope. I just finished the most wonderful story about a hunchback in Paris who—
(BOOKKEEPER) Ah, Belle!
Good morning. I’ve come to return the book I borrowed.
Finished already?
Oh, I couldn’t put it down. Have you got anything new?
Not since yesterday.
That’s alright. I’ll borrow… this one!
That one? But you’ve read it. Twice!
Well, it’s my favourite. Far-off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise…
If you like it that much, it’s yours.
But sir!
I insist.
Well, thank you. Thank you very much!
(GASTON) Hello… Belle.
Bonjour, Gaston. Excuse me. Gaston, may I have my book please?
How can you read this? There’s no pictures.
Well, some people use their imagination!
Hint… hint.
Like you?
Exactly! The whole town is talking about it! It’s not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas… and thinking… for herself!
Gaston, you are positively primeval!
Why thank you, Belle. WHat do you say you and me take a walk over to the tavern? I can show you my trophies.
Maybe later, I have to go help my father.
That crazy old fool. He needs all the help he can get!
Don’t talk about my father that way!
Yeah, don’t talk about her father that way!
My father’s not crazy, he’s a genius!
(MAURICE) Belle! Belle!
It’s working!
But I hate the woods! It’s dark and spooky, and there’s bugs and spiders!
Papa are you alright?
I can’t for the life of me figure out why that happened! I’m about to give up on this hunk of junk.
Oh you always say that.
I mean it this time. I’ll never get this bone-headed contraption to work!
Yes, you will. And you’ll win first prize at the fair tomorrow.
(MAURICE) Hmmph!
And become a world famous inventor
You really think so?
You know I do. I always have.
We’ll we’d better get cracking. This thing’s not gonna fix itself. Now let’s see… So did you have a good time in town today?
I got a new book.
You do love those books.
Well they take me away to wonderful places where there’s adventure and mystery and romance and… happy endings.
Papa… if I ask you something, will you answer me honestly?
Don’t I always?
Do you think I’m… odd?
My daughter? Odd? Now, where would you get an idea like that?
I don’t know. It’s just that well, people talk.
(MAURICE) You’re not happy here.
I’m surrounded by people but I’ve never felt so alone.
I felt that way before I met your mother.
How did you know she was the one for you?
After we met, I felt changed… transformed. And I knew I could never be wihout her. The same thing will happen to you.
I don’t know.
It will. Trust your papa.
I love you.
My daughter, my beautiful beautiful Belle. Now… what do you say we give her a try? All right. Stand back?
It works! Papa, you did it! You really did it! You’ll win first prize at the fair tomorrow, I know it!
Who knows, maybe I will at that!
Oh, I almost forgot, I made you a scarf for good luck.
Now I know I’ll win. And then we’ll get out of this town adn travel to all those places you’ve read about in your books. Well, I’m off!
Goodbye papa.
(MAURICE) Bye-bye Belle.
Be careful.
Belle! Oh Belle, anyone home? HELLOOOOOOOO
Gaston? What a pleasant surpise.
Isn’t it though? You know Belle, this is the day your dreams come true!
What could you possibly know about my dreams Gaston?
(GASTON)… The little ones play on the floor with the dogs. Oh, we’ll have six or seven.
Dogs?
No Belle! Strapping boys, like me!
Imagine that!
So Belle, what’ll it be? Is it “yes” or is it “ohhh yes”?
I just don’t deserve you.
(LES FILLES) Get out of my way! Ow! Let go! Gaston!
Is he gone? Can you imagine… he asked me to marry him! Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless…
Belle! Have you seen Gaston?
You just missed him. Wait a minute, where did you get that scarf?
This? In the woods. It’s pretty nice huh?
That belongs to my father!
Yeah, well, finder’s-keepers.
Lefou, I want you to think hard and tell me exactly where you found that.
(LEFOU) No!
Think!
Somewhere in the woods!
Harder!