Fairy Tale

Mesmerising Mermaid
(Students will use alliteration to form a title of their own.)

Once upon a time, there was a simple and beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her
evil stepmother and two stepsisters. The stepmother did not like her and made her do all the
household work. Her stepsisters just never had to work, they just roamed around the house in
their fancy dresses. They always made fun of Cinderella because of her plain dressing.

One day, a letter from the king came to their house which said that the king is having a ball
tonight and his son ‘The Prince’ would be choosing a wife; every girl in the kingdom must
be aware. Everyone got excited about reading this, Cinderella too wanted to go to the ball.
Her stepmother told her that she can go if she completes all her work on time and also helps
her stepsisters with their dresses for the ball. Cinderella worked as fast as she could to get
everything done but there was always something left. At last, she was left at home
disappointed.

She was so sad that she ran to the garden and said, “wishes never come true”. “Never my
dear?” said a voice, as Cinderella looked up a little woman with a wand and a kind smile
stood in front of her. She was her fairy godmother.

She wanted to help Cinderella go to the ball. With a wave of her hand, she made Cinderella
looked like a princess. She gave her a beautiful new gown, glass slippers, and shiny black
horses to reach the ball.  Before leaving, the fairy godmother said “this magic will only last
until midnight! You must reach back home by then!”.

When Cinderella entered the palace, everybody was awestruck by her beauty, she was the
prettiest girl in the ball. Even her stepsisters didn’t recognize her. The handsome prince also
saw her and fell in love with her. All the other girls were very jealous of her because the
prince danced with her the whole night. She enjoyed herself so much that she almost forgot
what the fairy godmother had told her about her magic. However, when she saw the time and
remembered godmother’s words she quickly left the palace and ran away.  In all the hurry,
one glass slipper which she was wearing was left on the castle steps.

The prince had fallen in love with her and wanted to find out who she was as he wanted to
marry her. Next day, he ordered his king’s men to go to every house in the land and find the
girl whose foot fits in the glass slipper. When they reached Cinderella’s house, the two
stepsisters tried their best to squeeze their big feet into the slippers, but they could not make
it. Finally, when Cinderella tried the slipper, her foot fit perfectly into the glass slipper. The
prince recognized her from the ball night. He married Cinderella soon in a grand ceremony
and they lived happily ever after.
Long ago there lived a Sea King in the coral palace at the bottom of the sea. He had six
mermaid daughters. While five of them were happy, his youngest princess didn’t smile even
once.

The Little Mermaid loved the surface world. She would often swim up to see the blue sky
and the green trees of the distant land. She felt that without the wonders of the world above
she would be unhappy. Beautiful fish, shells of various sizes and shapes of the wondrous sea,
failed to satisfy her. Not even stories told by her father would make her smile.

One night, the Little Mermaid left her home and came to the surface, secretly. In the stormy
night, the waves crashed wildly against the rocks. The lightning threw the light on a ship
rolling and pitching at sea. Besides the ship, a young man was signalling for help. Little
Mermaid immediately rescued him. She brought him to the shore and rested him gently
against the rock. She fell in love with this young man. On seeing a beautiful young girl
approaching, she left for the sea palace.

The first thing the young man saw when he opened his eyes was the beautiful girl with
lovely hair. He was very grateful to her, thinking that she rescued him. The beautiful girl was
the princess.

The Little Mermaid always thought about the young man. One day she visited the Witches of
the Seashore and asked her to grant a wish. She wanted to walk and dance on the land. The
witch listened, stirring her portion. The witch agreed to grant her the wish on one condition.
She will be able to walk and dance, but not talk and sing. She would lose the power of her
speech. The Mermaid agreed and was soon transformed.

The Little Mermaid reached the royal palace hoping the prince would remember her. A
grand ball was being held in the palace. Not knowing the girl, the palace guards refused to let
her inside. Listening to the music coming from the palace, she started dancing merrily.
Seeing her beautiful dance, the guards allowed her inside the palace.

Bright lamps lit the garden where the air was filled with music and laughter. Little Mermaid
finally found the prince on the prince’s throne. Beside him, sat the beautiful princess with
lovely hair. When the prince saw her, he did not realize she was his rescuer.

The king announced the princess as the future bride of the kingdom. That announcement left
the Mermaid in tears. She ran out of the palace back to the sea. It is believed that the sad
Little Mermaid still visits the place where she first saw the handsome prince.
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