The Little Mermaid
there is a great kingdom under the sea. where all the merpeople live and swim free. the king of the mermaids1, poseidon the great, has six pretty daughters-the youngest is eight.
her name is titania. she's golden2 hair. she likes to hear stories from grandmother fair. she tells her stories of a land far away where people don't swim-they walk, as they say.
"when can i see them? can we go now?" "when you're sixteen, deer, but not right now.”
so every night, when it's time to sleep, she dreams of this land and then falls a sleep.
在深深的海底,有一个伟大的国度。在这里,人鱼们自由自在的生活着。统治着人鱼王国的海神有六个美丽的女儿,最小的8岁。
她的名字叫泰坦尼亚,她长着一头金黄的长发。她喜欢听祖母讲故事。祖母经常给她讲一个遥远国度的故事。在那个国度里,人们不是游,而是走——他们这样说。
“我什么时候能见到他们?我们现在可以去吗?”
“亲爱的,你需要等到16岁。现在还不行。”
每当夜幕降临时,小美人鱼都会幻想那个陌生的国度,然后沉沉睡去。
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