The little mermaid drew aside the purple curtain from the tent and looked at the beautiful bride asleep with her head on the prince's breast.

Then the little mermaid swam farther off behind some high rocks and covered her hair and breast with foam, so that no one should see her little face.

Dahut, the ballad continues, became a mermaid and haunted the waters which roll over the site of the city where she loved and feasted.

The little mermaid sang more sweetly than any of them.

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His limbs were numbed, his beautiful eyes were closing, and he must have died if the little mermaid had not come to the rescue.

Then she saw her sisters rise from the water, they were as pale as she was, their beautiful long hair no longer floated on the breeze, for it had been cut off. "We have given it to the witch to obtain her help, so that you may not die to-night! she has given us a knife, here it is, look how sharp it is! Before the sun rises, you must plunge it into the prince's heart, and when his warm blood sprinkles your feet they will join together and grow into a tail, and you will once more be a mermaid."

That made the little mermaid very sad, for she knew that she used to sing far better herself.

The little mermaid sighed and looked sadly at her fish tail.

The little mermaid thought it a most amusing race, but not so the sailors.