Once upon a time there was a rich merchant. he had three beautiful daughters, but the youngest was the most beautiful. When she was a child everyone called her Beauty and the name stuck with her over the years. her sisters envied her because she was also the kindest and the smartest of the three. Their father lost all his money because his ships sank at sea. The family had to move to a small cottage in a small village. The man went to the fields every morning to work, while Beauty did the cleaning and prepared lunch for her family every day. The only thing her sisters did was wake up late, wander around all day and complain that they had no lovely clothes to wear anymore. A year passed. One day the father received a letter saying that one of the ships he owned had returned undamaged. It meant that the family was rich again. When they heard the news, the older sisters made a list of things they wanted their father to buy for them dresses, hats, shoes, earrings, bracelets and lots more. Would you like me to buy something for you too? her father asked Beauty. She thought that the money they had wouldn't be enough for her sisters' lists, so she replied kindly, Since you ask, I would like you to bring me a rose, because they don't flower here. When the man arrived at the ship, it was undamaged, but it was empty and so the man had to go back home as poor as he was before. There was only ten miles left to his housewhen suddenly a blizzard started.