Belle Takes Her Fathers Place
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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Characters
Beast
Feather Duster
Belle
Lumiere
Chip
Maurice
Cogsworth
Mrs. Potts
Transcript
[Belle]
What is this place? Please, please. Steady! Steady. Papa...
[Cogsworth]
Couldn't keep quiet, could we? Just had to invite him to stay, didn't we? Serve him tea, sit in the master's chair, pet the pooch.
[Lumiere]
I was trying to be hospitable.
[Belle]
Hello? Is anyone here? Hello? Papa? Papa, are you here?
[Chip]
Mama, there's a girl in the castle.
[Mrs. Potts]
Now Chip, I'll not have you making up such wild stories.
[Chip]
Really, Mama, I saw her.
[Mrs. Potts]
Not another word. Into the tub.
[Feather Duster]
A girl! I saw a girl in the castle.
[Chip]
See, I told ya.
[Cogsworth]
Irresponsible. Diddle may care, waxy eared, slack jawed.
[Belle]
Papa?
[Lumiere]
Did you see that? It's a girl.
[Cogsworth]
I know it's a girl.
[Lumiere]
Don't you see? She's the one, the girl we have been waiting for! She has come to break the spell!
[Cogsworth]
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
[Belle]
Papa? Papa? Hello? Is someone here? Wait, I'm looking for my father. I— That's funny. I'm sure there was someone... Is anyone here?
[Maurice]
Belle?
[Belle]
Papa!
[Maurice]
How did you find me?
[Belle]
Oh, your hands are like ice. We have to get you out of there.
[Maurice]
Belle, I want you to leave this place.
[Belle]
Who's done this to you?
[Maurice]
No time to explain. You must go. Now!
[Belle]
I won't leave you.
[Beast]
What are you doing here?
[Maurice]
Run Belle!
[Belle]
Who's there? Who are you?
[Beast]
The master of this castle.
[Belle]
I've come for my father. Please let him out. Can't you see he's sick?
[Beast]
Then he shouldn't have trespassed here.
[Belle]
But he could die. Please, I'll do anything.
[Beast]
There's nothing you can do. He's my prisoner.
[Belle]
Oh, there must be some way I can— Wait! Take me instead.
[Beast]
You... You would take his place?
[Maurice]
Belle, no! You don't know what you're doing!
[Belle]
If I did, would you let him go?
[Beast]
Yes. But you must promise to stay here forever.
[Belle]
Come into the light.
[Maurice]
No, Belle, I won't let you do this.
[Belle]
You have my word.
[Beast]
Done!
[Maurice]
No, Belle, listen to me. I'm old. I've lived my life.
[Belle]
Wait.
[Maurice]
Belle!
[Belle]
Wait!
[Maurice]
No, please, spare my daughter. Please!
[Beast]
She's no longer your concern. Take him to the village.
[Maurice]
Let me out! Please let me out! Let me out! Please! Please!
Clip Context
Belles’ father is missing, so she wanders into Beast’s castle looking for him.
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Vocabulary
Read each word out loud.
hospitable
/ˈhɒs pɪ tə bəl/
adjective
friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests
Example:
My mother is so hospitable, she cooked dinner and invited all of my friends to stay over.
spare
/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/
verb
to not harm someone; to show mercy
Example:
The soldier decided to spare his enemy’s life.
you have my word
/yu hæv maɪ wɜrd/
phrase
a formal promise; a guarantee that someone will do what they say
Example:
I will never steal candy again, you have my word.
trespass
/ˈtrɛs pəs/
verb
to enter someone else's property without permission
Example:
I decided to get a 'keep out' sign after I caught someone trespassing on my property last weekend.
take [someone's] place
/teɪk ˈsʌmwʌnz pleɪs/
phrase
to substitute or exchange yourself for another person; to be put in someone else's position
Example:
My coworker was sick this morning, so I offered to take her place and attend the meeting for her.
break the spell
/breɪk ðə spɛl/
idiom
to stop the effects of magic; to end a curse
Example:
When the clock strikes twelve, it will break the spell on the magic that helped Cinderella.
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Conversation Practice
Working with a tutor? Try asking or answering these questions out loud with them.
Working alone? Try speaking your answers out loud or write them in the lesson discussion below.
1. Would you have offered to take your fathers place in prison?
2. Would you have been afraid of the Beast when he stepped into the light?
3. Have you ever gotten in trouble for trespassing?
4. Has anyone ever broken a promise after giving you their word?
5. If someone shows up to your house unannounced, are you hospitable or would you prefer that they leave?
Lesson updated:
May 16, 2026
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