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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