In Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid," a young mermaid princess dreams of leaving her underwater world to experience life on land and love a human prince. Captivated by the prince's beauty, she trades her voice to the sea witch for legs. However, the mermaid must face the challenges of being human, including the pain of walking and the struggle for the prince's affection, as he remains unaware of her sacrifices. The story explores themes of longing, identity, and the consequences of desire, ultimately leading to profound choices about love, self-discovery, and sacrifice. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book features in the following series: Step Into Reading, Step Into Reading Step 4 .
This book has been graded for interest at 7 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 1991 by Perfection Learning .
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his writing down of many timeless, classic fairy tales. He is Denmark's most famous author and his birthday is celebrated every year with a part called "Odin Story Day". Deborah Hautzig was born and brought up in New York City. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote journals, stories and poetry from a very young age. Her first novel, Hey Dollface, was written when she was twenty-one. Second Star to the Right was first published in 1981 and continues to be an important book today.
This book contains the following story:
The Little Mermaid
Deep, deep down in the sea lived the sea king and queen and their brood of mermaid daughters. When each child turned sixteen she was allowed to visit the surface of the sea and look out upon the human world. One by one each girl came of age, but having satisfied their curiosity, each agreed that their sea world was more enchanting than the world above the sea. Until the time came for the youngest princess to visit the sea’s surface, whereupon she saw a ship filled with beautiful people having a party and gazed upon the most handsome of all, a young prince. The youngest mermaid watched all day but then as evening drew in, a storm erupted tossing the ship this way and that. The handsome young prince was thrown into the sea and would have drowned but for the plucky young mermaid who rescued him. Scared of being discovered, the little mermaid left the unconscious prince on the beach where he was found by a lovely young woman. The prince believed that it was the young woman who had rescued
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Step Into Reading- Step 4
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