Will you marry me ? '' `` Oh ! what shall I say ? '' cried Beauty , for she was afraid to make the Beast angry by refusing . `` Say ` yes ' or ` no ' without fear , '' he replied . `` Oh ! no , Beast , '' said Beauty hastily . `` Since you will not , good-night , Beauty , '' he said . And she answered , `` Good-night , Beast , '' very glad to find that her refusal had not provoked him . And after he was gone she was very soon in bed and asleep , and dreaming of her unknown Prince . She thought he came and said to her : `` Ah , Beauty ! why are you so unkind to me ? I fear I am fated to be unhappy for many a long day still . '' And then her dreams changed , but the charming Prince figured in them all ; and when morning came her first thought was to look at the portrait , and see if it was really like him , and she found that it certainly was . This morning she decided to amuse herself in the garden , for the sun shone , and all the fountains were playing ; but she was astonished to find that every place was familiar to her , and presently she came to the brook where the myrtle trees were growing where she had first met the Prince in her dream , and that made her think more than ever that he must be kept a prisoner by the Beast . When she was tired she went back to the palace , and found a new room full of materials for every kind of work -- ribbons to make into bows , and silks to work into flowers . Then there was an aviary full of rare birds , which were so tame that they flew to Beauty as soon as they saw her , and perched upon her shoulders and her head . `` Pretty little creatures , '' she said , `` how I wish that your cage was nearer to my room , that I might often hear you sing ! '' So saying she opened a door , and found , to her delight , that it led into her own room , though she had thought it was quite the other side of the palace . There were more birds in a room farther on , parrots and cockatoos that could talk , and they greeted Beauty by name ; indeed , she found them so entertaining that she took one or two back to her room , and they talked to her while she was at supper ; after which the Beast paid her his usual visit , and asked her the same questions as before , and then with a gruff `` good-night '' he took his departure , and Beauty went to bed to dream of her mysterious Prince .
The days passed swiftly in different amusements , and after a while Beauty found out another strange thing in the palace , which often pleased her when she was tired XXXXX being alone .
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