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The Little Mermaid
Far
out
in
the
ocean
,
where
the
water
is
as
blue
as
the
prettiest
cornflower
,
and
as
clear
as
crystal
,
it
is
very
,
very
deep
;
so
deep
,
indeed
,
that
no
cable
could
fathom
it
:
many
church
steeples
,
piled
one
upon
another
,
would
not
reach
from
the
ground
beneath
to
the
surface
of
the
water
above
.
There
dwell
the
Sea
King
and
his
subjects
.
We
must
not
imagine
that
there
is
nothing
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
but
bare
yellow
sand
.
No
,
indeed
;
the
most
singular
flowers
and
plants
grow
there
;
the
leaves
and
stems
of
which
are
so
pliant
,
that
the
slightest
agitation
of
the
water
causes
them
to
stir
as
if
they
had
life
.
Fishes
,
both
large
and
small
,
glide
between
the
branches
,
as
birds
fly
among
the
trees
here
upon
land
.
In
the
deepest
spot
of
all
,
stands
the
castle
of
the
Sea
King
.
Its
walls
are
built
of
coral
,
and
the
long
,
gothic
windows
are
of
the
clearest
amber
.
The
roof
is
formed
of
shells
,
that
open
and
close
as
the
water
flows
over
them
.
Their
appearance
is
very
beautiful
,
for
in
each
lies
a
glittering
pearl
,
which
would
be
fit
for
the
diadem
of
a
queen
.
The
Sea
King
had
been
a
widower
for
many
years
,
and
his
aged
mother
kept
house
for
him
.
She
was
a
very
wise
woman
,
and
exceedingly
proud
of
her
high
birth
;
on
that
account
she
wore
twelve
oysters
on
her
tail
;
while
others
,
also
of
high
rank
,
were
only
allowed
to
wear
six
.
She
was
,
however
,
deserving
of
very
great
praise
,
especially
for
her
care
of
the
little
sea-princesses
,
her
grand-daughters
.
They
were
six
beautiful
children
;
but
the
youngest
was
the
prettiest
of
them
all
;
her
skin
was
as
clear
and
delicate
as
a
rose-leaf
,
and
her
eyes
as
blue
as
the
deepest
sea
;
but
,
like
all
the
others
,
she
had
no
feet
,
and
her
body
ended
in
a
fish
's
tail
.
All
day
long
they
played
in
the
great
halls
of
the
castle
,
or
among
the
living
flowers
that
grew
out
of
the
walls
.
The
large
amber
windows
were
open
,
and
the
fish
swam
in
,
just
as
the
swallows
fly
into
our
houses
when
we
open
the
windows
,
excepting
that
the
fishes
swam
up
to
the
princesses
,
ate
out
of
their
hands
,
and
allowed
themselves
to
be
stroked
.
Outside
the
castle
there
was
a
beautiful
garden
,
in
which
grew
bright
red
and
dark
blue
flowers
,
and
blossoms
like
flames
of
fire
;
the
fruit
glittered
like
gold
,
and
the
leaves
and
stems
waved
to
and
fro
continually
.
The
earth
itself
was
the
finest
sand
,
but
blue
as
the
flame
of
burning
sulphur
.
Over
everything
lay
a
peculiar
blue
radiance
,
as
if
it
were
surrounded
by
the
air
from
above
,
through
which
the
blue
sky
shone
,
instead
of
the
dark
depths
of
the
sea
.
In
calm
weather
the
sun
could
be
seen
,
looking
like
a
purple
flower
,
with
the
light
streaming
from
the
calyx
.
Each
of
the
young
princesses
had
a
little
plot
of
ground
in
the
garden
,
where
she
might
dig
and
plant
as
she
pleased
.
One
arranged
her
flower-bed
into
the
form
of
a
whale
;
another
thought
it
better
to
make
hers
like
the
figure
of
a
little
mermaid
;
but
that
of
the
youngest
was
round
like
the
sun
,
and
contained
flowers
as
red
as
his
rays
at
sunset
.
She
was
a
strange
child
,
quiet
and
thoughtful
;
and
while
her
sisters
would
be
delighted
with
the
wonderful
things
which
they
obtained
from
the
wrecks
of
vessels
,
she
cared
for
nothing
but
her
pretty
red
flowers
,
like
the
sun
,
excepting
a
beautiful
marble
statue
.
It
was
the
representation
of
a
handsome
boy
,
carved
out
of
pure
white
stone
,
which
had
fallen
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea
from
a
wreck
.
She
planted
by
the
statue
a
rose-colored
weeping
willow
.
It
grew
splendidly
,
and
very
soon
hung
its
fresh
branches
over
the
statue
,
almost
down
to
the
blue
sands
.
The
shadow
had
a
violet
tint
,
and
waved
to
and
fro
like
the
branches
;
it
seemed
as
if
the
crown
of
the
tree
and
the
root
were
at
play
,
and
trying
to
kiss
each
other
.
Nothing
gave
her
so
much
pleasure
as
to
hear
about
the
world
above
the
sea
.
She
made
her
old
grandmother
tell
her
all
she
knew
of
the
ships
and
of
the
towns
,
the
people
and
the
animals
.
To
her
it
seemed
most
wonderful
and
beautiful
to
hear
that
the
flowers
of
the
land
should
have
fragrance
,
and
not
those
below
the
sea
;
that
the
trees
of
the
forest
should
be
green
;
and
that
the
fishes
among
the
trees
could
sing
so
sweetly
,
that
it
was
quite
a
pleasure
to
hear
them
.
Her
grandmother
called
the
little
birds
fishes
,
or
she
would
not
have
understood
her
;
for
she
had
never
seen
birds
.
"
When
you
have
reached
your
fifteenth
year
,
"
said
the
grand-mother
,
"
you
will
have
permission
to
rise
up
out
of
the
sea
,
to
sit
on
the
rocks
in
the
moonlight
,
while
the
great
ships
are
sailing
by
;
and
then
you
will
see
both
forests
and
towns
.
"
In
the
following
year
,
one
of
the
sisters
would
be
fifteen
:
but
as
each
was
a
year
younger
than
the
other
,
the
youngest
would
have
to
wait
five
years
before
her
turn
came
to
rise
up
from
the
bottom
of
the
ocean
,
and
see
the
earth
as
we
do
.
However
,
each
promised
to
tell
the
others
what
she
saw
on
her
first
visit
,
and
what
she
thought
the
most
beautiful
;
for
their
grandmother
could
not
tell
them
enough
;
there
were
so
many
things
on
which
they
wanted
information
.
None
of
them
longed
so
much
for
her
turn
to
come
as
the
youngest
,
she
who
had
the
longest
time
to
wait
,
and
who
was
so
quiet
and
thoughtful
.
Many
nights
she
stood
by
the
open
window
,
looking
up
through
the
dark
blue
water
,
and
watching
the
fish
as
they
splashed
about
with
their
fins
and
tails
.
She
could
see
the
moon
and
stars
shining
faintly
;
but
through
the
water
they
looked
larger
than
they
do
to
our
eyes
.
When
something
like
a
black
cloud
passed
between
her
and
them
,
she
knew
that
it
was
either
a
whale
swimming
over
her
head
,
or
a
ship
full
of
human
beings
,
who
never
imagined
that
a
pretty
little
mermaid
was
standing
beneath
them
,
holding
out
her
white
hands
towards
the
keel
of
their
ship
.
As
soon
as
the
eldest
was
fifteen
,
she
was
allowed
to
rise
to
the
surface
of
the
ocean
.
When
she
came
back
,
she
had
hundreds
of
things
to
talk
about
;
but
the
most
beautiful
,
she
said
,
was
to
lie
in
the
moonlight
,
on
a
sandbank
,
in
the
quiet
sea
,
near
the
coast
,
and
to
gaze
on
a
large
town
nearby
,
where
the
lights
were
twinkling
like
hundreds
of
stars
;
to
listen
to
the
sounds
of
the
music
,
the
noise
of
carriages
,
and
the
voices
of
human
beings
,
and
then
to
hear
the
merry
bells
peal
out
from
the
church
steeples
;
and
because
she
could
not
go
near
to
all
those
wonderful
things
,
she
longed
for
them
more
than
ever
.
Oh
,
did
not
the
youngest
sister
listen
eagerly
to
all
these
descriptions
and
afterwards
,
when
she
stood
at
the
open
window
looking
up
through
the
dark
blue
water
,
she
thought
of
the
great
city
,
with
all
its
bustle
and
noise
,
and
even
fancied
she
could
hear
the
sound
of
the
church
bells
,
down
in
the
depths
of
the
sea
.
In
another
year
the
second
sister
received
permission
to
rise
to
the
surface
of
the
water
,
and
to
swim
about
where
she
pleased
.
She
rose
just
as
the
sun
was
setting
,
and
this
,
she
said
,
was
the
most
beautiful
sight
of
all
.
The
whole
sky
looked
like
gold
,
while
violet
and
rose-colored
clouds
,
which
she
could
not
describe
,
floated
over
her
;
and
,
still
more
rapidly
than
the
clouds
,
flew
a
large
flock
of
wild
swans
towards
the
setting
sun
,
looking
like
a
long
white
veil
across
the
sea
.
She
also
swam
towards
the
sun
;
but
it
sunk
into
the
waves
,
and
the
rosy
tints
faded
from
the
clouds
and
from
the
sea
.
The
third
sister
's
turn
followed
;
she
was
the
boldest
of
them
all
,
and
she
swam
up
a
broad
river
that
emptied
itself
into
the
sea
.
On
the
banks
she
saw
green
hills
covered
with
beautiful
vines
;
palaces
and
castles
peeped
out
from
amid
the
proud
trees
of
the
forest
;
she
heard
the
birds
singing
,
and
the
rays
of
the
sun
were
so
powerful
that
she
was
obliged
often
to
dive
down
under
the
water
to
cool
her
burning
face
.
In
a
narrow
creek
she
found
a
whole
troop
of
little
human
children
,
quite
naked
,
and
sporting
about
in
the
water
;
she
wanted
to
play
with
them
,
but
they
fled
in
a
great
fright
;
and
then
a
little
black
animal
came
to
the
water
;
it
was
a
dog
,
but
she
did
not
know
that
,
for
she
had
never
before
seen
one
.
This
animal
barked
at
her
so
terribly
that
she
became
frightened
,
and
rushed
back
to
the
open
sea
.
But
she
said
she
should
never
forget
the
beautiful
forest
,
the
green
hills
,
and
the
pretty
little
children
who
could
swim
in
the
water
,
although
they
had
not
fish
's
tails
.
The
fourth
sister
was
more
timid
;
she
remained
in
the
midst
of
the
sea
,
but
she
said
it
was
quite
as
beautiful
there
as
nearer
the
land
.
She
could
see
for
so
many
miles
around
her
,
and
the
sky
above
looked
like
a
bell
of
glass
.
She
had
seen
the
ships
,
but
at
such
a
great
distance
that
they
looked
like
sea-gulls
.
The
dolphins
sported
in
the
waves
,
and
the
great
whales
spouted
water
from
their
nostrils
till
it
seemed
as
if
a
hundred
fountains
were
playing
in
every
direction
.
