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Deep under the sea is a lost city called Atlantis. 

The king of this great city, King Triton, had a 

beautiful wife, Queen Athena. They had seven 

daughters; Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, 

Andrina and Ariel. The youngest, Ariel, was the 

most like her mother; adventurous, brave, 

caring and loved to sing. But when Ariel was 

young her mother died. King Triton knew Ariel's 

potential, since she was like her mother, so he 

always wanted the best for her.

Ariel loved to adventure and find cool things. 

She was so curious about the world above, but 

her father never let her go to the surface. King 

Triton was very protective of Ariel because he 

loved her and she reminded him of his wife. 

King Triton always worried about Ariel since she 

went on so many adventures and never was 

where she was supposed to be. Ariel was never 

alone though, her best friend Flounder was 

always there exploring with her. Flounder 

wasn't as brave as Ariel, but had fun. 

King Triton didn't allow mermaids to go to the 

surface but that didn't stop Ariel. When 

exploring Ariel would find human things and 

being so curious she would seek the help of her 

friend Scuttle. "What is this thing?" Ariel asked. 

"That's a Dinggle-Hopper" said Scuttle "It's for 

brushing your hair." Ariel didn't know that 

Sebastian, King Triton's right hand crab, saw 

her go up to the surface. Sebastian swam off to 

go tell King Triton.

King Triton confronted Ariel "You are never to 

go to the surface!" Ariel didn't understand why 

her father was so strict "You are so mean!" 

King Triton thought humans were dangerous so 

he was just trying to protect her. "Ariel, it's for 

your own good" he said trying to comfort her. 

"Your so unfair" Ariel said and swam off. King 

Triton was worried about Ariel so he told 

Sebastian to keep an eye on her. 

Ariel swam to a hidden cave where she keeps 

her collection of human things she finds. Ariel 

loves her collection but has to keep it a secret 

from her father. Sebastian saw that Ariel wasn't 

disobeying her father out of spite but out of 

curiosity. He felt guilty that he told King Triton 

she went to the surface. Ariel didn't plan on 

listening to her father, she was going to go to 

the surface any way. 

Ariel would only go to the surface if she was 

getting information from Scuttle or checking 

something out. Sebastian tried to convince her 

that there is nothing on the surface worth 

seeing and that she should focus on down 

under the sea. Ariel appreciated his advice but 

she thought that life might be better if she was 

a human and lived up above. Flounder was 

worried about Ariel because now she wasn't 

just learning about the humans she was 

thinking about being one.

Ariel spotted a boat over head, it was about to 

start getting dark, so she thought she would go 

up and take a look. She sat and watched as the 

boat lowered the anchors and set up for some 

kind of party. When night fell they had fire 

works and music. Ariel was curious and wanted 

to take a closer look. "Ariel no, you can't" said 

Flounder. Ariel smiled and teased "Are you a 

cod fish Flounder?" Sebastian was upset that 

Ariel didn't take his advice and stay under the 

sea.

On deck was a handsome man that the crew 

called Prince Eric and his dog. There was a 

large statue of him in the center of the ship. 

Ariel watched as the prince played with his dog 

and interacted with the crew. The crew set off 

more fireworks but one misfired and it started a 

fire on board. The rough sea didn't help, it 

threw the crew and Eric around. The flames 

could not be tamed and they ragged out of 

control sinking the ship. Eric threw his dog to 

safety but couldn't make it overboard. 

Ariel knew she had to save the prince so she 

swam as fast as she could after the sinking 

ship. Ariel found Eric unconscious so she pulled 

him to shore. As she sat on the beach watching 

him she sang to him softly. Eric started to wake 

up so Ariel jumped back into the sea and 

watched from afar as a rescue team found him. 

Though Eric was unconscious, he had seen a 

glimpse and herd the voice of his savior sing to 

him and he wanted to find her. He had never 

heard such a beautiful voice and he thought he 

might be in love.

Ariel also thought she might be in love with Eric and 

she wanted to see him again. The fact Ariel couldn't 

see him again made her very sad. To cheer Ariel up 

Flounder and Sebastian rescued the statue of Eric 

from the boat wreckage and brought it to Ariel's 

secret cave. Ariel was so happy but she still longed 

to see the prince. Sebastian reported to King Triton 

Ariel had fallen in love but the King wanted to know 

more details. When Sebastian gave him more details 

about the prince he accidentally mentioned how he 

was human.

King Triton was furious and forced Sebastian to 

tell him everything. The King went and 

confronted Ariel who told him she was in love 

with Eric. The King became so enraged he 

swam to Ariel's secret cave. When he saw the 

statue of Eric he took his trident and zapped it 

into rubble. He looked around and all of the 

human things Ariel had collected and then 

destroyed them with his trident. Ariel was so 

upset, she couldn't believe what her father had 

done. 

Ariel swam off and cried. She was so upset and 

she didn't understand why her father had 

destroyed her cave. Then two creepy eels came 

up and asked "Why are you crying?" Ariel was 

taken back but she really needed someone to 

talk to so she told them how she fell in love 

with a human but could never be with him. 

"Well we may know some one who could help 

you" replied the eels. Ariel was overjoyed so 

she asked "Who?" The eels looked at each 

other then said "Ursula can solve your little 

problem"

Ariel was shocked, she knew who Ursula was 

"The sea witch, no" said Ariel. The eels were 

expecting this reaction "OK, but she is the only 

one who can help you" the eels said swimming 

off. Ariel didn't want anything to do with the sea 

witch but she was her only hope. "Wait" Ariel 

yelled after them, "Take me to her." The eels led 

Ariel deep into the darkness of a ravine and into 

an even darker cave. "Follow us" said the sly 

eels. Ariel got a bad feeling in her stomach as 

she entered the cave. 

What Ariel didn't know was that Ursula had 

been watching her. Ursula had sent out her eels 

to persuade Ariel to come to her for help. 

Ursula was a wicked witch who was banished 

long ago by King Triton for tampering with dark 

magic. Ariel knew all about why Ursula was bad 

but also knew that the only other person who 

could help her was her father. Ariel knew her 

father would never help her so she would turn 

to dark magic instead. 

Ursula was waiting inside she smiled and said  

"Ariel, sweet heart you look just like your 

mother." Ariel didn't know that Ursula knew her 

mother or her name. "How do you know my 

name?" Ariel asked cautiously. Ursula had a 

devilish grin, she said "Darling, your a princess, 

now how can I help you?" Ariel was hesitant 

but was desperate to see Prince Eric again, "I 

fell in love with a human prince" she said. "So 

you want me to make you human, no problem" 

said Ursula slyly. "Can you do that?" Ariel didn't 

think that was possible. 

Ursula got out a cauldron "of course I can 

sweetie" she continued "there is a price." Ariel 

knew there would be "name your price." Ursula's 

smile faded "your voice" she said plainly. Ariel 

loved to sing and she replied "But how will I talk 

to Eric?" Ursula tried to convince Ariel, "You have 

your looks, but most of all, body language." Ariel 

knew she had no choice so she agreed. Ursula 

had a catch though "If you do not kiss the prince 

by sunset on the third day you will turn back into 

a mermaid." Ariel didn't like it but signed the 

contract anyway. 

Ursula put all of the ingredients needed into her 

cauldron "Now sing" she demanded. Ursula 

begun the spell "Paluga, sarruga, come winds 

of the Caspian Sea; Now rings us glossitis and 

max laryngitis, La voce to me!" Green smoke 

swirled around Ariel as she sung. "Keep 

singing" yelled Ursula. Ariel's throat started to 

glow and so did Ursula's necklace. Ariel 

watched ad her voice floated over to Ursula and 

then her fins transformed into feet. Ariel could 

no longer breath under water and she gasped 

for air. 

Flounder and Sebastian got there just in time to 

rescue Ariel and pull her to shore. "Ariel what 

have you done?" asked Sebastian as he 

inspected her legs. Ariel couldn't talk so she 

tried to tell them through hand motions. By the 

time thy figured out what she was saying they 

had attracted the attention of Scuttle. "Ariel 

something new about you" he said jokingly. 

"We need to put some cloths on you" said 

Scuttle flying off to grab something for her to 

where.

When Scuttle returned Ariel was trying out her 

new legs. Scuttle rapped her in an old potato 

sack with rope. Ariel saw a castle on the beach 

in the distance so she began walking slowly and 

wobbly towards it. She saw Eric and his dog in 

the distance playing but she fell over since she 

was just learning to walk. Eric came over and 

helped her up. "Are you ok miss?" asked Eric. 

Ariel tried to answer him but she couldn't talk 

so she nodded her head. "Oh you can't talk" 

said Eric kindly, "Here let me take you to my 

castle and get you cleaned up."

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