Once upon a time there was a beast

But one day hunters came into the forest and caught the beast.

They closed him in the big cage…

… and brought him in their town.

A prince of the town was proud of his prey. The beast was ill and sad in his cage.

One young man, his name was Joseph, saw the beast in the cage and felt sorry for him….

… but he couldn’t help him, because his master didn’t allow him even to get closer to the cage, so Joseph came home.

But at night he ran away from home…

…and tried to come up to the beast.

Unfortunately, the beast was angry at people, so he growled at the man…

…and he fell down on the ground.

But Joseph didn’t give up and had an idea. He stole a key from the master while he was sleeping…

…opened the kitchen, took a piece of meat…

…and brought it to the beast!

Firstly, the beast was afraid to eat it, because he didn’t trust people anymore.

But then the man bit the meat, showing the beast, that the food is OK…

…and the beast believed him and ate it.

Then Joseph cleaned beast’s wounds.

He started to bind these wounds…

… but the beast again was afraid and didn’t trust him.

So the young man showed him that it’s just healing oh the wound.

The beast looked at it, hesitating…

…and finally gave Joseph his paw for binding.

After it Joseph came to the beast every night in any weather – when it was raining…

…and even snowing.

And every night he brought food for his friend.

But one day his master found him near the cage…

…took away the key…

…and was so angry at Joseph that he hit the young man!

The beast didn’t like it, he was furious!

His anger awake his strength and the animal broke the cage…

…and attacked Joseph’s master!

Now the beast was free, so he flew away.

Joseph was sad – he didn’t want let his new friend go.

And, suddenly, the beast flew down on the ground and came back to Joseph!

Two friends hugged each other and were very happy to be together again!

Joseph climbed on the beast’s back…