The Little Mermaid dwells in an underwater kingdom with her father (the sea king or merking), her grandmother,

and her five sisters. Her five sisters are each born one year apart.
When a mermaid turns 15, she is permitted to swim to the surface to watch the world above,
and when the sisters become old enough, each of them visits the upper world every year. As
each of them returns, the Little Mermaid listens longingly to their various descriptions of the
surface and of human beings.
When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she rises up to the surface, sees a ship with a
handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a distance. A great storm hits, and the Little
Mermaid saves the prince from nearly drowning. She delivers him unconscious to the shore
near a temple. Here she waits until a young girl from the temple finds him. The prince never
sees the Little Mermaid.
The Little Mermaid asks her grandmother if humans can live forever if they could breathe
under water. The grandmother explains that humans have a much shorter lifespan than
merfolks' 300 years, but that when mermaids die they turn to sea foam and cease to exist,
while humans have an eternal soul that lives on in Heaven. The Little Mermaid, longing for
the prince and an eternal soul, eventually visits the Sea Witch, who sells her a potion that
gives her legs in exchange for her tongue (as the Little Mermaid has the most enchanting
voice in the world). The Sea Witch warns, however, that once she becomes a human, she will
never be able to return to the sea. Drinking the potion will make her feel as if a sword is
being passed through her, yet when she recovers she will have two beautiful legs, and will be
able to dance like no human has ever danced before. However, it will constantly feel like she
is walking on sharp swords hard enough to make her feet bleed most terribly. In addition, she
will only obtain a soul if she finds true love's kiss and if the prince loves her and marries her,
for then a part of his soul will flow into her. Otherwise, at dawn on the first day after he
marries another woman, the Little Mermaid will die brokenhearted and disintegrate into sea
foam.
The Little Mermaid drinks the potion and meets the prince, who is mesmerised by her beauty
and grace even though she is mute. Most of all he likes to see her dance, and she dances for
him despite her suffering excruciating pain. When the prince's father orders his son to marry
the neighboring king's daughter, the prince tells the Little Mermaid he will not because he
does not love the princess. He goes on to say he can only love the young woman from the
temple, who he believes rescued him. It turns out that the princess is the temple girl, who had
been sent to the temple to be educated. The prince loves her, and the wedding is announced.
The prince and princess marry, and the Little Mermaid's heart breaks. She thinks of all that
she has given up and of all the pain she has suffered. She despairs, thinking of the death that
awaits her, but before dawn, her sisters bring her a knife that the Sea Witch has given them in
exchange for their long hair. If the Little Mermaid slays the prince with the knife and lets his
blood drip on her feet, she will become a mermaid again, all her suffering will end, and she
will live out her full life.
However the Little Mermaid cannot bring herself to kill the sleeping prince lying with his
bride, and she throws herself into the sea as dawn breaks. Her body dissolves into foam, but
instead of ceasing to exist, she feels the sun; she has turned into a spirit, a daughter of the air.
The other daughters tell her she has become like them because she strove with all her heart to
obtain an immortal soul. She will earn her own soul by doing good deeds and she will
eventually rise up into the kingdom of God.

The Little Mermaid woon in 'n onderwater koninkryk met haar pa (die see koning of
mer-koning), haar ouma en haar vyf susters. Haar vyf susters is elke gebore een jaar
uitmekaar. Wanneer 'n meermin draai 15, is sy toegelaat om te swem na die
oppervlak om die wreld te bo kyk, en toe die susters oud genoeg, elkeen van hulle
besoek die boonste wreld elke jaar. As elkeen van hulle terugkeer, die Little
Mermaid luister verlange na hul verskillende beskrywings van die oppervlak en van
menslike beings.When die Little Mermaid se beurt kom, het sy styg na die oppervlak,
sien 'n skip met 'n aantreklike prins, en val in die liefde met hom op 'n afstand. 'N
Groot storm treffers, en die Little Mermaid slaan die prins van byna verdrink. Sy
lewer hom bewusteloos na die kus naby 'n tempel. Hier is sy wag totdat 'n jong
meisie uit die tempel bevind hom. Die prins het nooit sien die Little Mermaid.The
Little Mermaid vra haar ouma as mens kan vir ewig lewe as hulle kon asemhaal
onder die water. Die ouma verduidelik dat die mens het 'n baie korter lewensduur as
merfolks '300 jaar, maar dat wanneer meerminne sterf hulle draai na die see skuim
en ophou om te bestaan, terwyl die mens 'n ewige siel wat woon in die Hemel. The
Little Mermaid, verlange vir die prins en 'n ewige siel, besoek uiteindelik die Sea
heks, wat verkoop haar 'n doepa wat aan haar bene in ruil vir haar tong (soos die
Little Mermaid het die mooiste stem in die wreld). Die Sea heks waarsku egter dat
wanneer sy 'n mens, sy sal nooit in staat wees om terug te keer na die see. Drink die
doepa sal maak dat haar voel asof 'n swaard word deur haar, maar toe sy herstel het
sy twee mooi bene sal h, en sal in staat wees om te dans soos geen mens nog ooit
gedans voor. Dit sal egter voortdurend voel soos sy loop op die skerp swaarde hard
genoeg om te maak haar voete mees verskriklik bloei. Daarbenewens het sy sal
slegs 'n siel as sy bevind ware liefde se soen en as die vors is lief vir haar en met
haar trou, want dan 'n deel van sy siel sal vloei in haar. Andersins, teen dagbreek op
die eerste dag nadat hy trou met 'n ander vrou, sal die Little Mermaid sterf
gebrokenes en disintegreer in die see foam.The Little Mermaid drankies die doepa
en voldoen aan die vors, wat deur haar skoonheid en genade betower word, selfs al
is sy stom . Die meeste van alles wat hy daarvan hou om haar dans om te sien, en
sy dans vir hom ten spyte van haar lyding verskriklike pyn. Wanneer die prins se pa
bestellings sy seun die naburige koning se dogter te trou, die vors vertel die Little
Mermaid sal hy nie, omdat hy nie die prinses lief te h. Hy gaan voort om te s hy
kan slegs die jong vrou van die tempel, wat hom glo hy gered liefhet. Dit blyk dat die
prinses is die tempel meisie, wat na die tempel om opgelei te word gestuur is. Die
prins is lief vir haar, en die huwelik is announced.The prins en prinses trou, en die
Little Mermaid se hart breek. Sy dink van alles wat sy gegee het en van al die pyn
wat sy gely het. Sy wanhoop, dink aan die dood wat wag vir haar, maar voor
dagbreek, haar susters vir haar 'n mes wat die Sea heks hulle gegee het in ruil vir
hul lang hare. As die Little Mermaid George die prins met die mes en laat sy bloed
drup op haar voete, sy sal 'n meermin weer te word, al haar lyding sal eindig, en sy
sal lewe uit haar volle life.However die Little Mermaid nie kan bring om haarself te
dood die slapende prins l met sy bruid, en sy gooi haarself in die see as dagbreek.
Haar liggaam los in die skuim, maar in plaas van ophou om te bestaan, voel sy die
son, sy het verander in 'n gees, 'n dogter van die lug. Die ander dogters vir haar s
sy het geword soos hulle nie, want sy het getwis met haar hele hart 'n onsterflike siel
te verkry. Sy sal haar eie lewe te verdien deur goeie dade en sy sal uiteindelik
opstaan in die koninkryk van God.

Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariel, youngest daughter of King Triton, is dissatisfied
with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface, and is often caught in
arguments with her father over those "barbaric fish-eaters". She goes to meet Ursula, the Sea Witch,
to strike a deal, but Ursula has bigger plans for this mermaid and her father.
This is the story of a little mermaid named Ariel, who dreams of going on land. She longs to be with
the humans above the surface, and is often caught in arguments with her father over those "barbaric
fish-eaters". When her father, King Triton, Forbids her to go on land, Ariel visits Ursula who her father
had banished.
She helped her get to land but Ursula had plans to destroy her to get revenge on her father.

Dit is die verhaal van 'n klein meermin Ariel genoem, wat droom van gaan op die
land. Sy verlang om te wees met die mens bo die oppervlak, en word dikwels
vasgevang in argumente met haar vader oor die "barbaarse viseters". Toe haar
vader, Koning Triton, verbied haar om te gaan op die land, Ariel besoek Ursula wat
haar vader verban het. Selfs al het sy haar help om aan land, wat Ariel weet nie, is
dat Ursula het planne om te vernietig haar wraak op haar pa te kry.

Die klein Meermin

Dit is die verhaal van 'n klein meermin wie Ariel genoem het.
Sy het in 'n onderwater koninkryk met haar pa ,die see koning haar ouma en haar vyf
susters gewoon.
Sy het gedroom van op die land gaan
Sy het verlang om met die mens bo die oppervlak te wees, en word dikwels
vasgevang in argumente met haar vader oor die "barbaarse viseters".
Toe haar vader, Koning Triton, verbied haar om op die land te gaan, Ariel besoek
Ursula wat haar vader verban het.

Sy het haar gehelp om land te gaan, maar Ursula het planne te vernietig om haar
wraak op haar pa te kry.