But then she gazed sadlyat her long flexible tail, her equivalent of legs, and said to herself: 'I cannever be like them! Hurray for his 20th birthday. Tall anddignified, he was smiling happily, and Sirenetta could not take her eyes fromhim. She followed his every movement, fascinated by all that was happening. The party went on, but the sea grew more agitated. Sirenetta anxiously realized that the men were now in danger: an icy wind was sweeping the waves, the ink black sky was torn by flashes of lightning, then a terrible stormbroke suddenly over the helpless ship.
In vain Sirenetta screamed: 'Look out! Beware of the sea. Amidst the sailors' shouts, masts and sailstoppled onto the deck, and with a sinister splintering sound, the ship sank. By the light of one oi the lamps. Sirenetta had seen the young captain fallinto the water, and she swam to his rescue. But she could not find him in thehigh waves and, tired out, was about to glve up, when suddenly there he was onthe crest of a nearby wave.
In an instant, he was swept straight into themermaid's arms. The young man was unconscious and the mermaid held his head above water inthe stormy sea, in an effort to save his life. She clung to him for hourstrying to fight the tiredness that was overtaklng her. Then, as suddenly as it had sprung up, the storm died away. Aided by the motion of the waves, she pushed the captain's body onto theshore, beyond the water's edge.
Unable herself to walk, the mermaid satwringing her hands, her tail lapped by the rippling water, trying to warm theyoung captain with her own body. Then the sound of approaching voices startledSlrenetta and she slipped back into deeper water. Look, I think he's unconscious! Better get help. From the sea Sirenetta watched the man she had snatched from the waves turntowards the castle, without knowing that a mermaid had saved his life.
Slowlyswimming out to sea, Sirenetta felt that there on the beach she had leftbehind something she could never bring herself to forget. How wonderful thosetremendous hours in the storm had been, as she had battled with the elements.
And as she swam down towards her father's palace, her sisters came to meether, anxious to know what had kept her so long on the surface. Sirenetta started to tell her story, but suddenly a lump came to her throat and, bursting into tears, she fled to her room.
She stayed there for days, refusingto see anyone or to touch food. She knew that her love for the young captainwas without hope, for she was a mermaid and could never marry a human. Onlythe Witch of the Deeps could help her. But what price would she have to pay? Sirenetta decided to ask the Witch. I expect you'dlike to have a pair of woman's legs, isn't that so? And every time you place your feet on the earth, you willfeel dreadful pain!
You'll never be able to utter a word again! And don't forget! If the man you love marries someone else, you will not beable to turn into a mermaid again. You will just dissolve in water like thefoam on the wave! The Witch had told Sirenetta that the young captain was actuallya prince, and the mermaid left the water at a spot not far from the castle. She pulled herself onto the beach, then drank the magic potion. An agonizingpain made her faint, and when she came to her senses, she could mistily seethe face she loved, smiling down at her.
The witch's magic had worked the spell, for the prince had felt a strangedesire to go down to the beach, just as Sirenetta was arriving. There he hadstumbled on her, and recalling how he too had once been washed up on the shore,gently laid his cloak over the still body, cast up by the waves. Where have youcome from? In the days thatfollowed, the mermaid started a new life. She wore splendid dresses and oftenwent out on horseback with the prince.
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EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Publication date Usage Public Domain Mark 1. Read in English by Phil Chenevert The Little Mermaid" Danish: Den lille havfrue, literally: "the little sea lady" is a very well known fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince.
The tale was first published in and has been adapted to various media including musical theatre and animated film. But this tale is not the Disney version, all cleaned up and made pretty.
This is the way Andersen wrote it. The Little Mermaid is indeed at the happy wedding of her beloved prince, but she is not the bride.
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