
Soldiers find unusual lodging for the night in a large concrete tank near Riencourt, France, 1918. (via http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/NA001631/soldiers-enter-large-concrete-tank )

Soldiers find unusual lodging for the night in a large concrete tank near Riencourt, France, 1918. (via http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/NA001631/soldiers-enter-large-concrete-tank )

If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?