Chapter 3 woodcutter, lost in the woods and belle again
Last time: Don't talk about my father that way!
GASTON: Yeah, don't talk about her father that way! (He conks LEFOU on the head.)
BELLE: My father is not crazy! He's a genius! (An explosion comes from
the direction of BELLE's cottage. BELLE hurries off, leaving
GASTON and LEFOU to continue laughing.
Belle and storm huff in sink about Gaston and lefou laughing at Maurice cogsworth said he sure is piece of work agreed everyone from castle and storm said I like to whack him upside the heard with a broom or a wet mop it is one reason I didn't being him here said storm with a gale at the screen where is he anyway I haven't seen him since we stormed the castle? asked lefou there are three reasons he is not here one I want too whack so scene into him ,two he would have annoyed belle and Adams and everyone else to much three you find out later.
BELLE, once she gets home,
opens the basement door, is momentarily startled by the smoke
issuing from it, then descends into the basement, waving away the
smoke, where she finds MAURICE upside-down in a barrel. He
bounces a few of times, breaks the barrel and ends up wearing it.)
BELLE: Papa?
MAURICE: How on earth did that happen? Dog-gonnit! (He pulls the barrel
off his waist, along with his pants. Oh, papa chucked belle everyone gives a light laugh as well.
He quickly pulls his pants
back up again and shakes the broken barrel from around his ankle.)
BELLE: Are you alright, Papa?
MAURICE: I'm about ready to give up on this hunk of junk! (Kicks machine)
BELLE: You always say that.
MAURICE: I mean it this time. I'll never get this bone-headed contraption
to work!
BELLE: Yes, you will. And you'll win first prize at the fair tomorrow.
MAURICE: Humph!
BELLE: ... and become a world-famous inventor!
MAURICE: You really believe that?
BELLE: I always have.
MAURICE: Well, what are we waitin' for? I'll have this thing fixed in no
time! (He slides under the machine) Hand me that ... that
dog-legged clencher thing ... So, did you have a good time in town
today?
BELLE: I got a new book. Papa ... do you think I'm odd?
MAURICE: My daughter? Odd? (He appears from under the machine wearing a
bizarre goggle contraption that distorts his eyes ... and making
him look very odd.) Where'd you get an idea like that?
BELLE: Oh, I don't know. It's just that I'm not sure I fit in here.
There's no-one I can really talk to.
MAURICE: What about that Gaston? He's a handsome fellow ...
BELLE: He's handsome alright, and rude and conceited and ... oh, Papa,
he's not for me.
MAURICE: Well, don't you worry, cause this invention's gonna be the start
of a new life for us. (He comes out from under the machine) I
I think that's done it. Now ... let's give it a try. (He pulls a
lever on the machine and it starts working. Both MAURICE and
BELLE duck at first, until they realize the machine is actually
chopping wood, the way it should. It throws the wood over them
heads to land in a pile against the wall.)
BELLE: It works!
MAURICE: It does? It does!
BELLE: You did it! You really did it!
MAURICE: Hitch up Phillipe, girl. I'm off to the fair! (A piece of wood
hits him in the head on the way past, knocking him out. Fade to
later in the day. MAURICE and PHILLIPE are setting off.)
BELLE: Goodbye, Papa! Good luck!
MAURICE: Goodbye, Belle! And take care while I'm gone! Why do invent asked Adam to Maurice I like to make things to helps other and hopefully to make a better life for belle and me since belle's mothers passed away with, she was a young girl. MAURICE and PHILLIPE continue along their way until they become lost.)
MAURICE: We should be there by now. Maybe we missed a turn. I guess I
should have taken a ... wait a minute. (He lifts his lantern to
illuminate the signpost they've arrived at. One side says
ANAHEIM, the other says VALENCIA.) Let's go this way. (PHILLIPE looks right, down a dark, overgrown passage, the one MAURICE wants
him to take, then left, down a sunny path where birds are singing. He goes left.)
MAURICE: Come on, Phillipe, it's a short-cut! We'll be there in no time.
(MAURICE and PHILLIPE continue down the dark path.)
Ahh so that is how you lost your way in the woods said lurmince to Maurice yes that as well as the wolfs that chased me all the way to the gate.
MAURICE: This can't be right ... where have you taken us, Phillipe? We'd
better turn around ... and ... whoa ... whoa ... whoa boy, whoa
Phillipe. Oh, oh! Look out! (PHILLIPE backs into a tree,
causing a swarm of bats to fly out. They dash through the forest,
avoiding everything until they end up on the edge of a cliff.)
MAURICE: Back up! Back up! Back up! Good boy, good boy. That's good,
that's - back up! Steady. Steady! Hey now. Steady. (PHILLIPE
finally bucks MAURICE off) Phillipe! (PHILLIPE turns and races
back through the forest, leaving MAURICE on the edge of the
cliff.) Phillipe? Oh no! (He looks up and sees a pack of WOLVES
growling at him. MAURICE runs away, being chased by the WOLVES.
He stumbles down a hill and lands at the gate of a dark castle.
He grabs the gate and tries to shake it open.)
MAURICE: Help! Is someone there?
(The gate swings open and MAURICE enters. He slams the gate in the faces of
the WOLVES. They pull at his shoe, but he manages to get free. Leaving his
hat on the ground, he runs to the castle door as it starts raining. He bangs
on the castle door and it creaks open. MAURICE steps inside, cautiously.)
MAURICE: Hello? Hello?
(On a table near the entrance stand LUMIERE and COGSWORTH, watching MAURICE.)
LUMIERE: (Whispering) Old fellow must have lost his way in the woods.
COGSWORTH: (Also whispering) Keep quiet ... maybe he'll go away.
MAURICE: Is someone there?
COGSWORTH: Not a word, Lumiere, not one word!
MAURICE: I don't mean to intrude ... but I've lost my horse ... and I need
a place to stay for the night.
LUMIERE: (Looking at COGSWORTH like a child having just found a lost
kitten) Oh, Cogsworth ... have a heart.
COGSWORTH: Shhhhhh! (COGSWORTH puts a hand over LUMIERE'S mouth, who
promptly touches his lit candle to COGSWORTH'S hand.) Ow Ow Ow Ow
OW OW OUCH!
LUMIERE: (No longer whispering) Of course, monsieur, you are welcome here!
MAURICE: (Looking around in confusion) Who-who said that? (He picks up
the candlestick for light, not realizing the speaker is in his
hand.)
LUMIERE: Over here!
MAURICE: (Spins around, putting LUMIERE on the other side.) Where?
LUMIERE: (Taps MAURICE on top of his head. MAURICE looks at him.) Allo.
MAURICE: Oh! (He drops LUMIERE, startled.) Incredible!
COGSWORTH: (Hopping over) Well, now you've done it, Lumiere! Splendid, just
peachy - aaaarrgh! (MAURICE has picked up COGSWORTH.)
MAURICE: How is this accomplished? (He examines COGSWORTH.)
COGSWORTH: Put me down! At once! (MAURICE starts to tickle the bottoms of
his feet.) Stop that! (He laughs) Stop that, I say! (MAURICE
then shakes COGSWORTH, upside-down, making LUMIERE chuckle. Then
MAURICE starts to wind the spring on the back of COGSWORTH'S head,
twisting his face around with the clock hands. MAURICE opens the
front of COGSWORTH and starts playing with the pendulum.) Sir!
Close that at once! (He slams the door shut on MAURICE'S finger)
Do you mind!
MAURICE: I beg your pardon, it's just that I've never seen a clock that -
aah - I mean - aah aah aah-choo! (MAURICE sneezes in COGWORTH'S
face, who proceeds to wipe his face clean with the clock hands
like windscreen wipers. MAURICE sniffles.)
LUMIERE: Oh, you are soaked to the bone, monsieur. Come ... warm yourself
by the fire.
MAURICE: Thank you.
(LUMIERE leads MAURICE towards the den, with COGSWORTH running after them.)
COGSWORTH: No, no, no, do you know what the master would do if he finds you
in here? (BEAST watches from overhead as the trio enter the den.)
I demand that you stop - right - there! (COGSWORTH tumbles down
the steps. LUMIERE shows MAURICE to a seat in a large chair by a
roaring fire.) Oh no, not the master's chair! (The FOOTSTOOL
runs past COGSWORTH, barking.) I am not seeing this ... I am not
seeing this!
MAURICE: (As FOOTSTOOL rushes up to him) Well ... hello there, boy! (The
FOOTSTOOL props himself under MAURICE'S feet, and the COATRACK
puts a cloak around MAURICE'S shoulders.) What service!
COGSWORTH: Alright, this has gone far enough! I'm in charge here, and - (He
is run over by MRS. POTTS' tea cart.)
MRS. POTTS: (Arriving at MAURICE'S side) How'd you like a nice spot of tea,
sir? It'll warm you up in no time. (She pours tea into CHIP.)
COGSWORTH: (From face-down on the rug) No! No tea, no tea!
CHIP: (When MAURICE picks him up and takes a drink) Ha ha! His
moustache tickles, momma!
MAURICE: (Startled by the cup) Tickle - oh! Hello!
(The door to the den slams open and a strong gust of wind blows into the room,
extinguishing LUMIERE'S flames and the fire in the fireplace. COGSWORTH dives
for cover. MRS. POTTS begins to shake and CHIP takes refuge behind her.)
CHIP: Uh-oh!
(The BEAST enters, and we see him in full for the first time. He is down on all
fours. He looks around the darkened den.)
BEAST: (Growling) There's a stranger here ...
LUMIERE: (Who has re-lit his flames) Master, allow me to explain. The
gentleman was lost in the woods and he was cold and wet ... (His
last sentence is drowned out by a fierce growl from the BEAST,
which puts out his flames again. He looks down, dejected.)
COGSWORTH: (Coming out from under the rug) Master, I'd like to take this
moment to say ... I was against this from the start! (He points
at LUMIERE) It was all his fault - I tried to stop them, but
would they listen to me? No, no, no! (Once again, BEAST growls
fiercely, sending COGSWORTH quivering back under the rug.)
(MAURICE looks from one side of the chair to the other and sees the BEAST.)
BEAST: Who are you? What are you doing here?!
MAURICE: (Petrified, backing away from the advancing BEAST) I was lost in
the woods and ... (He can't help staring at the BEAST.)
BEAST: (Still advancing) You are not welcome here!
MAURICE: I'm sorry ...
BEAST: What are you staring at?!
MAURICE: (Cowering under BEAST) N-n-n-nothing! (He turns to leave.)
BEAST: (Races around and blocks the entrance with remarkable speed)
So ... you've come to stare at the beast, have you?!
MAURICE: Please, I meant no harm! I just needed a place to stay ...
BEAST: I'll give you a place to stay! (BEAST picks MAURICE up and
carries him out of the room, slamming the door behind him,
plunging the den, along with COGSWORTH, LUMIERE, MRS. POTTS and
CHIP into darkness. Fade out.)
Adam gets a remorse look on his face as turns to face Maurice I sorry Maurice I shouldn't have reacted like that. It is forgiven Adam I can seen you have changed for the better and I can unstand I did come in to your home uninvited even if I needed to get way from the wolfs Adam sigh I get at the time my temper got away from me yes can see it did said belle breaching into the conversation I least by now you got a handle on it.
(Fade into BELLE'S cottage, seen from GASTON and LEFOU'S point-of-view.)
LEFOU: Heh! Oh boy! Belle's gonna get the surprise of her life, huh,
Gaston?
GASTON: Yep. This is her lucky day!
(GASTON lets go of a branch, which flies back and hits LEFOU in the mouth.
GASTON turns to the band and wedding guests, gathered around the cottage.)
GASTON: I'd like to thank you all for coming to my wedding. But first, I
better go in there and ... propose to the girl! (The MINISTER,
BAKER and others laugh heartily. The camera pans to show the
BIMBETTES, crying their eyes out. To LEFOU) Now you, Lefou -
when Belle and I come out that door -
LEFOU: Oh, I know, I know! I strike up the band! (He turns to the band
and begins directing them in 'Here Comes the Bride'. GASTON slams
a tuba over his head.)
GASTON: Not yet!
LEFOU: (From inside the instrument, his lips sticking out the mouthpiece)
Sorry!
Oh, why can't he take a hint that no means no said belle angerly.
(Cut to the interior of the cottage. BELLE is sitting in a chair reading her
new book. We hear a knock at the door. BELLE puts the book down, marks her
page, and goes to answer it. She reaches up and pulls down a viewing device,
seeing a fish-eye view of GASTON. She groans but opens the door for him.)
BELLE: Gaston. What a pleasant ... surprise.
GASTON: Isn't it, though? I'm just full of surprises. Y'know, Belle,
there's not a girl in town who wouldn't love to be in your shoes.
This is the day ... uh ... hmmm ... (He pauses in front of a
mirror and licks his teeth clean.) Ah. This is the day your
dreams come true.
BELLE: What do you know about my dreams, Gaston?
GASTON: Plenty! Here ... picture this. (He plops himself down in a
chair and puts his muddy boots on BELLE'S book. He kicks off his
boots and wiggles his toes through his hole-y socks.) A rustic
hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting over the fire, and my
little wife, massaging my feet ... while the little ones play on
the floor with the dogs. (BELLE looks disgusted, and delicately
holds her nose against the odor of GASTON'S feet. GASTON gets
up next to her and she grins innocently at him.) We'll have six
or seven.
BELLE: Dogs?
GASTON: No, Belle! Strapping boys ... like me!
BELLE: Imagine that. (She picks up her book, marks her page with a
book-mark and puts it back on the shelf. Gaston follows her.)
GASTON: And do you know who that little wife will be?
BELLE: Let me think ...
GASTON: (Cornering BELLE) YOU, Belle!
BELLE: (Ducks under GASTON'S arms) Gaston ... I'm ... speechless! I
really don't know what to say.
GASTON: (Pushing chairs and things out of the way until he reaches BELLE,
trapping her against the door.) Say you'll marry me.
BELLE: I'm very sorry, Gaston ... but ... (She reaches for the doorknob
behind her, as GASTON tries to kiss her) ... but ... I just don't
deserve you! (Finding the doorknob, she turns it and opens the
door, outwards this time, causing GASTON to topple into the mud.)
GASTON: Whoa! Everyone on from the castle and storm busted out laughing at the sight of Gaston falling in the mud. Adam asked do you do that ot all who have proposal to you yes said belle, but Gaston is only one to proposal to me so far. Ahh say Adam
(The band, led by LEFOU, starts to play 'Here Comes the Bride'. GASTON'S boots
are thrown out the door, now opened inward, and the door is slammed shut again.
LEFOU, still conducting, looks down and sees GASTON'S legs sticking up, and
PIERRE'S head sticking up. LEFOU cuts the band off and GASTON'S head pops up
out of the mud, PIERRE on top of him. GASTON tilts his head and the pig slides
down his back.)
LEFOU: So ... how'd it goes?
GASTON: (Picking LEFOU up by the neck and standing up) I'll have Belle
for my wife ... make no mistake about that! (He drops LEFOU into
the mud and walks off.)
LEFOU: (To PIERRE) Touchy.
PIERRE: Grunt grunt.
(GASTON passes the camera as the focus returns to the cottage. BELLE pokes her
head out the door, to make sure everyone is gone)
BELLE: (To the chickens) Is he gone? (Seeing he is, she steps outside,
a bucket of chicken feed in her hand.) Can you imagine? He asked
me to marry him! Me! The wife of that boorish ... brainless ...
Madame Gaston, can't you just see it?
Madame Gaston, his little wife
No sir, not me, I guarantee it
I want so much more than this provincial life ...
(BELLE has walked into the animal pen and fed the chickens, then runs off
singing into an open field overlooking a beautiful valley.)
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere,
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned ... (A neigh is heard, and PHILLIPE runs into the field. BELLE looks up at him,
disturbed that MAURICE is not with him.)