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Brief Summary: The Little Mermaid

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“The Little Mermaid”
Once upon a time, far into the deep blue Ocean, there lived the Sea King in his glorious Kingdom with his five beautiful mermaid daughters. The Sea Queen passed away long time ago when her daughter’s were too young and King’s mother looked after the five daughter. They were five beautiful children but Ariel was the youngest and the loveliest among them. She had a beautiful voice and everybody from far and wide came to hear her sing and praised her voice and her beauty.
The five daughters have their own garden decorated with beautiful flowers and objects that they had found from shipwrecked. But the youngest has a different from others which was a handsome statue decorated by a marbles. She longed to see the land above the …show more content…

With the witch’s magic spell, Ariel fainted and when she woke up she found herself lying on the beach with the pretty legs and the prince looking down at her. He asked, “Where are you from?” But she could not reply. The prince took her to his palace as he found her so beautiful and dressed her in a servant dress and looked after her. They became good friends and had a wonderful time together. Every step Ariel took hurt, but she bore it all silently. She loved the prince but the prince was in love with the beautiful maiden who had saved him. The prince did not realize it had been Ariel and she couldn’t tell him.
Obeying the wishes of his father, the prince went to meet the daughter of a neighboring king. Enchanted by her beauty the prince was convinced this was the same maiden who rescued him. He asked the princess to marry him. A grand wedding took place.
Ariel was heartbroken. Ariel knew that this would be her last night to spend as a human before she turned into foam in the sea. During the celebration, she danced very gracefully. She smiled and laughed with others for she knew this was the last night she would spend in the human world.
At midnight, crying she ran to the seashore. There she saw her four mermaid sisters. One of them handed her a knife and said, “Here, Ariel! This is a magic knife! We gave our long hair locks to the witch of the Deep Sea and she gave this to us in return. Kill your prince and you shall turn into a mermaid again! …show more content…

She could felt herself rising higher into the sky and she heard unearthly voices around her. “Where am I’ asked Ariel, for now she could talk. The beautiful fairies replied, “We are the air fairies, although we do not possess an immortal soul but we fly countries and spread the health and happiness, once we have done as much good as we can for three hundred years we receive an immortal soul. You are now one of us because you did a good deed for the person you love. Come with us.” Ariel was happy beyond her tears and she lifted her glorified eyes towards the sun. From then on, the little mermaid, Ariel, lived in the sky with the

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