Beau and the Beast

2. Beau

(We find ourselves in a countryside town.)
Beau: Okay, off to the bookshop it is.
Baker: Bonjour, Beau!
Beau: Oh bonjour, monsieur!
Baker: Are you off to the bookshop?
Beau: Why yes, I've read this book about an beanstalk and there was also an ogre and...
Baker: Oooh yeah, uhm Mary! The bagguets!
Beau: Ugh, why can't I just leave this town?!
(Beau has arrived to his destination.)
Bookseller: Ah Beau! There you are, love!
Beau: Bonjour! I've come to return the book I borrowd.
Bookseller: Already? My what a quick reader you are.
Beau: Hihi I just couldn't put it down. Have you got something new?
Bookseller: Hehe, not since yesterday!
Beau: That's alright, then I'll borrow this one.
Bookseller: But you've read it twice!
Beau: Because it's my favourite! Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!
Bookseller: If you really love it, you may keep it.
Beau: Oh but sir!
Bookseller: Oh no, I insist!
Beau: Oh thank you, thank you very much!
(Beau walks out of the bookshop while he's reading)
Madame 1: Would you look at that? Isn't he strange?
Madame 2: Yes, all reading and stuff.
Monsieur 1: He's such a strange guy. That Beau!
(Beau sits down at the fountain. Suddenly a little boy comes and sit with him.)
Beau: Why hello there, little fella.
Tim: Hi, Beau! What are you reading?
Beau: My favourite. Look this is my favourite part! Here's where she meets prince charming. But she won't discover that it is him, 'till chapter 3.
Madame 3: Tim! Come back here!
Tim: Yes, mommy!
(Beau and Tim say goodbye and then Beau is headed home.)
Madame 4: Y'know, his name is Beau which means beauty. Well, he is indeed beautiful.
Monsieur 2: He is, but a bit coo-coo.
(Suddenly a shot is heard. The people scream accept Beau. LeFou comes running with an open sack)
LeFou: I've got him! I've got him!
(The bird falls behind LeFou. He turns around and picks it up. Gaston comes strolling by prouldy with his gun.)
LeFou: Again, you didn't miss that bird! You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!
Gaston: I know.
LeFou: No beast will come out alive in a fight with you. I'm sure every girl is over the moon when they see you.
Gaston: Why yes they are...
(The Bimbettes are screaming and waving to Gaston)
Gaston: Accept I like the hard-to-get ones. And since all the girls are swooning, I've chosen a guy.
LeFou: A guy?
(Gaston grabs him by the collar)
Gaston: Yes, I wan to marry a guy! That is completely normal! And I've set my eyes on that one.
(He let's LeFou go and points at Beau)
LeFou: The inventor's son?!
Gaston: He's the one! Now let me get to him!
(The bimbettes are in his way. Gaston pushes them aside.)
Bimbette 1: Oh my god, he's like so handsome!
Bimbette 2: I'm totally gonna mary him!
Bimbette 3: He absolutly likes me more!
(They continue their fight. In the meantime a crowd is formed behind Beau. They are all chattering about him. Gaston tries to get Beau but he can't. So he grabs his gun and fires one or two shots in the air.)
Gaston: Step aside! I have a very special question to ask!
(The crowd steps aside and continues with their day. Gaston stands behind Beau. He tosses his gun towards LeFou and grabs Beau's book. Beau turns around.)
Beau: Gaston! May I please have my book back?
Gaston: Fairy tales, huh? Why don't you stop reading? Before you know, you start thinking and you'll get ideas... It's not right for someone like you to start thinking.
Beau: Ugh, just give me back my book, please.
Gaston: Sure.
(Gaston tosses the book on the ground. Beau grabs it and whipes off the dust.)
Beau: Now, if you will excuse me. I have to help my father.
LeFou: Who? That lunatic?!
(Gaston and LeFou laugh)
Beau: Hey! Don't talk about my father like that. He's a geniuss.
(A loud bang is heard in the distance)
Gaston: Well, that doesn't sound that geniuss.
(Gaston and LeFou walk away while laughing.)
Beau: Oh papa.
(Beau's going home.)