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Beast said with a big grin.
    â€œOh, dear. What has Chip done now?” a new voice asked. Mrs. Potts was standing in the doorway, with Lumiere right behind her.
    â€œChip’s great idea made my charm even better,” the Beast said.
    â€œThat’s wonderful news!” Mrs. Potts exclaimed. “You’ve finished just in time to give Belle the bracelet before she gets dressed!” Lumiere carefully cradled the bracelet, Mrs. Potts’s shimmery teacup charm, and his own sparkling star charm. Cogsworth leaped forward to add his charm to the pile, too.
    â€œHere is my holly sprig!” Cogsworth announced.
    â€œAnd my winter rose,” added the Beast.
    â€œOh, lovely,” Mrs. Potts said as she admired each charm. Then she turned to Chip. “What about your charm, dear? Where’s your snowflake?”
    Chip’s mouth dropped open. He’d been so busy helping everyone else that he had forgotten to make his own charm! The snowflake charm on Belle’s old bracelet had been her favorite—and now her new bracelet wouldn’t have one.
    Chip had never felt worse in his entire life!

“I ruined Belle’s bracelet!” Chip cried. Two big tears splashed onto the floor. “I promised to make her favorite charm…and I didn’t do it!”
    â€œOh, dear me,” Mrs. Potts replied. “There’s no need for tears. After all, we wouldn’t have my teacup charm without your help!”
    â€œOr my star,” Lumiere spoke up.
    â€œOr my holly,” added Cogsworth.
    â€œOr my winter rose,” the Beast said.
    â€œIt seems only right that we help you make your charm, Chip,” Mrs. Potts said.
    â€œReally?” Chip sniffed.
    â€œBut of course!” Lumiere responded.
    â€œCome, come,” Cogsworth urged. “There’s not much time.”
    â€œThe other charm was made from a sheet of silver,” Chip said. “Can we hammer some silver for the new snowflake?”
    â€œThat might take too long,” the Beast said. “We’ll have to think of something else.”
    â€œWhat if we used wire instead of silver?” asked Mrs. Potts.
    â€œThere’s a spool of jewelry wire in the Royal Jewelry Chamber,” Cogsworth said. “I saw it this morning.”
    â€œWe could twist thin strands of wire into the shape of a snowflake,” Mrs. Potts continued.
    â€œPerhaps we could add some beads,” Lumiere suggested.
    â€œThat’s a wonderful idea,” Mrs. Potts said.
    â€œCogsworth, come with me to the jewelry room so you can show me where the wire is,” said the Beast. He bounded out of the room. Cogsworth followed behind him.
    When the Beast and Cogsworth returned with the supplies, they gave everyone a thin piece of jewelry wire. The group worked in silence as they strung silver and diamond beads onto their wires. When each strand glittered with beads, they twisted the wires together into the shape of a snowflake.

    At last, Mrs. Potts held the charm up to the light so that everyone could see it. The delicate wire was so thin that it was almost invisible, and the beads glittered like crystals of ice. The charm was utterly enchanting!
    â€œHow beautiful!” Mrs. Potts exclaimed. “Chip, I think you should be the one to present the bracelet to Belle. After all, you helped make every single charm!”
    Everyone smiled—except Chip—as the Beast dropped the charms and the bracelet into the little teacup. “Do you think Belle will like the snowflake?” Chip asked in a worried voice. “It’s pretty, but it’s not like the charm she had on her other bracelet. That one was made from a sheet of silver and it didn’t have any beads and it—”

    â€œOf course she will,” Cogsworth said, smiling. “Now we’ve got to give Belle her bracelet before she finishes getting ready for the ball.”
    â€œHurry, everyone,” the Beast said