Scene 4a: Exterior of Belle’s Cottage
(Silly Girls, Gaston, Belle)

(We hear the sounds of hysterical sobbing. The lights come up to reveal Gaston and the three Silly Girls.)

SILLY GIRL #1
It can’t be true! I don’t believe it.

SILLY GIRL #2
Why would you go and do a thing like that?

SILLY GIRL #3
I can’t bear it! I simply can’t bear it!

SILLY GIRL #1
Oh, Gaston, say it isn’t so!

GASTON
It’s so.

SILLY GIRLS
WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

GASTON
Girls…I’m just getting married. Don’t tell me a little thing like that’s going to change your feelings for me?
SILLY GIRL #1
Oh no!

SILLY GIRL #2
No!

SILLY GIRL #3
Never!

GASTON
And we’ll still have our little…(mispronouncing it)…rendezvous. Won’t we?

SILLY GIRL #1
Oh yes!

SILLY GIRL #2
Yes!

SILLY GIRL #3
Always!

GASTON
Good. (rubbing his hands together) Well…if we’re going to have a wedding, I guess I’d better propose to the bride!

(He laughs…a big hearty booming laugh. The girls burst into a new round of tears.)
4b. Gaston’s Crossover

SILLY GIRLS
WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

GASTON
Run along now.

(They go off, still sobbing.)

GASTON
Belle! Oh, Belle…anyone home?

(She comes around the corner of the house carrying a flowerpot. She spots Gaston, makes a face and ducks back.)

GASTON
Helllloooooo!

(There is no getting out of it. Belle reappears with a fake smile on her face.)

BELLE
Gaston? What a …pleasant surprise.

GASTON
Isn’t it though? I’m just full of surprises. For you…Mademoiselle.
BELLE
A miniature portrait…(looking closer)..of you. You shouldn’t have.

GASTON
Don’t mention it. You know, Belle there isn’t a girl in town who wouldn’t love to be in your shoes. This is the day your dreams come true!

BELLE
What could you possibly know about my dreams, Gaston?

GASTON
Plenty!

5. Me!

GASTON:
You've been dreaming, just one dream
Nearly all your life
Hoping, scheming, just one theme:
Will you be a wife?
Will you be some he-man's property?
Good news! That he-man's me!

This equation, girl plus man
Doesn't help just you
On occasion, women can
Have their uses too
Mainly to extend the fam'ly tree
Pumpkin, extend with me!

GASTON:
We'll be raising sons galore

BELLE:
Inconceivable!

GASTON:
Each built six foot four!

BELLE:
Unbelievable!

GASTON:
Each stuffed with ev'ry Gaston gene!

BELLE:
I'm not hearing this!

GASTON:
You'll be keeping house with pride!

BELLE:
Just incredible!

GASTON:
Each day gratified

BELLE:
So unweddable!

GASTON:
That you are a part of this idyllic scene.

GASTON:
Picture this:
A rustic hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting over the fire, my little wife massaging my feet, while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs. We'll have six or seven!

BELLE:
Dogs?

GASTON:
No, Belle! Strapping boys...like me!

BELLE:
Imagine that!

GASTON:
I can see that we will share
All that love implies
We shall be a perfect pair
Rather like my thighs
You are face to face with destiny!
All roads lead to...
The best things in life are...
All's well that ends with me!
Escape me? There's no way
Certain as "Do, Re,"
Belle, when you marry...


GASTON:
So Belle, what’ll it be?
Is it "yes", or is it "oh, yes"?

BELLE:
I...I just don't deserve you!

GASTON:
Who does?
ME!

BELLE
But thanks for asking!

(And she ducks into the house. The Silly Girls return.)

SILLY GIRL #1
So…how’d it go?

GASTON
You know that Belle…always playing hard to get.

SILLY GIRLS
SHE TURNED YOU DOWN??

GASTON
For now. But I’ll have Belle for my wife. Make no mistake about that!

SILLY GIRL #1
Well, gee…if she turned him down, then maybe I still have a chance.

SILLY GIRLS
Get out of my way! OW! Stop it! Let go! Oh no, you don’t! He’s mine!