Deep beneath the sea lived a mermaid named Ariel. She loved exploring her underwater home with her friend Flounder but dreamed of living on land as a human. Ariel was always searching for human treasures. When she and Flounder found a strange forked object, they swam to the surface to find the Scuttle the seagull. “It’s a dinglehopper!” he proclaimed. Read more about The Little Mermaid.
Ariel’s father was King Triton, ruler of the sea. He thought humans were dangerous. When he learned that Ariel had been to the surface, he forbade her to ever go again. Then he asked Sebastian the crab to keep an eye on her. But Ariel continued to go to the surface. One night, a terrible storm swept across the sea. Ariel and...