Surfing the Inner N8

Beauty and the Beast sure does leave a lot of questions unanswered:

– How old was the prince when the enchantress cast a spell on him?
– Whatever happened to the enchantress, anyway?
– Did her supervisor file a complaint charging her with entrapment?
– How many years went by before Belle came to the castle?
– Why didn’t Belle ever ask the Beast how he became a beast? I mean, she was a reader and thinker.  Wasn’t she the least bit curious?
– If the spell had not been broken, would  the Beast have lived forever or just a regular human life span?
– Why couldn’t the Beast/prince read?
– Were charges filed in the incident of Gaston’s death?
– What kind of relationship did the Beast have with his new father-in-law, whom he had cruelly imprisoned?

I think we need a prequel.