The Mermaid's Tale

The Mermaid's Tale is a work by Mr. Andersen in 1837.

　　The story of a mermaid

　　At a very deep, deep seabed, there was a majestic castle in which there were six mermaid princesses, all of whom were very beautiful, especially the youngest princess, who had long blond hair and was more beautiful than her sisters, and she liked to hear her sisters say a lot of new things on the surface of the sea, so the little princess often thought that one day she would be able to see the sea by herself. Waiting and waiting, just when the little princess was fifteenth birthday, she quietly swam to the surface of the sea, and there was a large ship on the sea, and many people on board were holding a grand birthday party. The people on board raised a toast to congratulations: "Prince! Happy birthday to you!" The prince was majestic and handsome. The mermaid princess was also fascinated. But...... Suddenly, "Whew!" A strong wind blew the ship over, and the prince fell into the sea and drifted to the surface. "Oops! If you don't hurry to save the prince, his life will be in danger!" So the mermaid princess worked hard to save the prince from the shore. "Prince! Wake up!" The mermaid princess touched the prince's hand and said. At this time, the mermaid princess heard footsteps approaching, so she hid behind the rock, and it was a girl who was surprised to see the prince lying on the beach, and the prince quickly woke up under her careful care. The prince smiled at the girl and said, "Thank you! Saved my life. The mermaid princess was very sad to hear this: "Prince, I am the one who saved you!" The mermaid princess could not forget the prince, because she was a mermaid and could not get close to the prince, so every night she swam outside the castle and looked at the prince from a distance.

　　The mermaid princess said to herself, "I really want to become human!" So the mermaid princess went to the witch to help her achieve her wish. The witch said, "I have a way to make you a human, but when your tail becomes a foot, it will hurt to walk like a knife, and if the prince marries someone else, you will turn into a bubble and die." "In addition, the witch also hopes that the mermaid can give her beautiful voice." Good! As long as I can be by the prince's side, I don't care about anything!" So the mermaid princess swam to the shore of the castle, drank the witch's medicine, and felt very sad and fainted; I don't know how long later, the mermaid princess's tail slowly split into feet. "Miss, what's wrong with you?" When the mermaid princess slowly opened her eyes, the person in front of her was the prince; But the mermaid princess could not answer, because she had already given the voice to the witch. The prince brought the mermaid princess back to the castle and dressed her in ornate clothes. "What a beauty!" The people of the castle praised the beauty of the mermaid princess, although the mermaid princess could not speak and sing, and her beautiful dancing style attracted everyone's attention, but no one knew that the mermaid princess endured foot pain to please the prince and everyone. The prince treated the mermaid princess like a sister and took good care of her.

　　One day, the prince came to a neighboring country with the mermaid princess, where he was rescued from the last time he fell into the sea; The prince had gone to meet the girl. The prince said very happily: "She saved my life, so I am going to marry her." "Wrong! Wrong! Prince, I saved you!" The mermaid princess shouted, but the prince still couldn't hear. The prince finally married the girl. On the boat back to China, the mermaid princess wept sadly, and at this time the voices of the sisters came from the sea: "In order to save you, we went to ask the witch, and exchanged our hair for this sword, you will use it to kill the prince, and smear the prince's blood on your feet, and you will turn back into a mermaid." "You have to summon up the courage to do it, or tomorrow morning you will turn into a bubble and die." The mermaid princess made up her mind and entered the prince's bedchamber while he was asleep; But looking at the prince's peaceful face, he couldn't get his hands on it. At dawn, the mermaid princess said to herself on the deck, "Prince! Bye. So the mermaid princess's body slowly turned into many colorful bubbles. The dawn of dawn shines on the bubbles, and the figure of the mermaid princess seems to rise faintly in the bubbles. "My lovely sister, go there!" The prince is looking around for the mermaid princess. The mermaid princess, who had turned into air, just looked at the prince and flew contentedly into the depths of the pink clouds!

　　Biography

　　The Little Mermaid

　　The Little Mermaid, not as lucky as the heroines of other fairy tales, is a tragic figure in children's literature and a sharp, vivid image set up by Hans Christian Andersen during the call. Aristotle believed that the ideal tragic figure should be someone who had some kind of flaw or a fault. As the heroine of a fairy tale, the Little Mermaid is a near-perfect character with a beautiful voice that no one else can match — and Hans Christian Andersen also had a good voice in reality. In addition, the Little Mermaid is the smallest princess in the underwater world. Also the most beloved princess, her fish tail is the most beautiful in the underwater world, but for the shore world, the fish tail is ugly and not accepted by the world. In a way, the little mermaid's fish tail is called a defect, and in order to overcome this defect, the little mermaid turned to the terrible sea witch for help, and finally exchanged her beautiful voice for two beautiful legs, and she had another flaw - dumb. The Little Mermaid has her own garden, and the other princesses have planted their own collection of strange treasures, but the Little Mermaid's garden contains only a statue of a prince. It can be seen that the little mermaid longs to be loved, she wants to fall in love with real humans, and she likes to listen to all human stories.

　　prince

　　The fairytale prince represents the ideal world of Hans Christian Andersen, who was less than 16 years old and handsome, like a statue in a mermaid garden.

The Mermaid's Tale