The little mermaid lives in a beautiful castle in the deep blue sea. She lives with her five sisters and her father, the Merking. Her sisters tell her stories of the world.

在深藍色的大海，美麗的城堡小美人魚生活。她和她的五個姐妹和她父親的生活，merking。她的姐妹們告訴她世界的故事。

They tell her stories of ships and people, stories of music and songs, stories of the sun, the moon and the stars. The little mermaid wants to go and see the world. ‘when can I swim up to see the world?’ says the little mermaid. ‘on your birthday,’ says her father.

他們告訴她，船和人的故事，音樂和歌曲的故事，故事中的太陽，月亮和星星。小美人魚想去看世界。“當我可以游到看世界？小美人魚說。在你的生日，”她父親說。

Very soon it is the little mermaid’s birthday. ‘I’m so happy,’ she says to her sisters. ‘Now I’m old enough to swim up and see the world.’ ‘yes, today is a special day,’ say her sisters.

很快，這是小美人魚的生日。“我很高興，”她說，她的姐妹。“現(xiàn)在我是足夠老游泳和看世界。”“是的，今天是個特殊的日子，說她的姐妹。

The little mermaid swims up and up and up! She sees the sun in the sky and birds flying in the sky. She hears the birds singing and the water splashing on the beach. She sees children playing on the beach and laughing. ‘The world is wonderful!’ she says.

小美人魚游了起來！她看到在天空中的鳥兒在天空中飛翔的太陽。她聽到鳥兒歌唱，水濺在海灘上。她看到孩子們在海灘上玩笑。“世界是美好的！她說。

The next day the little mermaid tells her sisters that she wants to swim up and see the world at night. ‘Please come with me ,’ she says.

第二天，小美人魚告訴她的姐妹，她想游泳，晚上看世界。“請跟我來，”她說。

‘The world is dark at night.’ Says one of her sisters. ‘There’s nothing to see,’ says another sister. ‘Our world here at the bottom of the sea is always colorful and beautiful. Stay here with us.’ ‘No,’ she says. ‘I can go alone. I want to see the moon and the stars!’

“世界是黑暗的夜晚。”她的一個姐妹說。“沒什么可看的，”另一個妹妹。我們的世界在海底的始終是豐富多彩的，美麗的。留下來和我們在一起。”“不，”她說。“我可以單獨去。我想看到月亮和星星！'

The little mermaid swims up and up and up! She sees the dark blue sky. The moon and thousands of stars. ‘The world at night is wonderful!’ she says. Then she sees a big ship. There are beautiful lights on the ship. She hears music playing and sees people dancing. It’s the Prince’s birthday party. The Prince is very handsome. The little mermaid wants to dance with him. But mermaids with tails can’t dance…

小美人魚游了起來！她看到蔚藍的天空。月亮和繁星。“夜晚的世界是美好的！她說。然后她看到一艘大船。船上有漂亮的燈。她聽到播放的音樂和看人跳舞。這是王子的生日聚會。王子很英俊。小美人魚想跟他跳舞。但是美人魚的尾巴不會跳舞…

Suddenly the sky becomes dark and the wind blows. The sea becomes rough, and there are big waves. The little mermaid hears thunder, and she sees lightning in the sky. There is a storm, a terrible storm!

突然天空變得黑暗和風吹。大海變得粗糙，有大的波。小美人魚聽到雷聲，她看到天空中的閃電。有一場風暴，一場可怕的風暴！

The big waves hit the ship! The wind blows and blows and the ship turns over. The Prince falls into the sea. He falls down, down, down to the bottom of the deep blue sea! The little mermaid quickly swims down, down, down and saves the Prince.

大浪打到船上！風吹呀吹和船翻。王子落入海中。他掉下來，下來，下來的深藍色的大海的底部！小美人魚很快游下來，下來，下來，拯救王子。

The little mermaid swims to the beach with the Prince. The Prince is very tired. He opens his eyes and smiles at the little mermaid. ‘Thank you,’ he says. ‘But please don’t go. Stay here with me.’

小美人魚游到海灘的王子。王子很累。他打開他的眼睛和微笑的小美人魚。“謝謝你，”他說。但請不要走。我呆在這里。”

‘I can’t,’ says the little mermaid. And she swims home to her sisters. ‘I must tell you about the storm,’ says the little mermaid. And she tells her sisters the story of the Prince’s birthday party, the beautiful lights, the music, the dancing and the terrible storm.

“我不能，”說，小美人魚。她游回到她的姐妹。“我必須告訴你有關的風暴，”說，小美人魚。她告訴她的姐妹的王子的生日聚會的故事，美麗的燈光，音樂，舞蹈和可怕的暴風雨。

‘I don’t want to be a mermaid, I want to be a girl. I want to have legs and dance with the handsome Prince,’ says the little mermaid. ‘That’s impossible!’ say her sisters. ‘You’re a silly little mermaid. Mermaids can never be girls!’

“我不想成為一個美人魚，我想成為一個女孩。我想和英俊的王子有腿和舞蹈，'說，小美人魚。“那是不可能的！說她的姐妹。你是一個愚蠢的小美人魚。美人魚不能女孩！'

‘Come here,’ says one sister. ‘I want to tell you a secret! You can have legs and you can be a girl. You must go to the Merwitch. She can help you, but you must give her your tail!’

“到這里來，”一個妹妹。“我想告訴你一個秘密！你可以有腿，你可以是一個女孩。你必須去merwitch。她可以幫助你，但你必須給她你的尾巴！'

The little mermaid swims to a dark, ugly place. There are no beautiful, colorful sea plants. There is ugly, grey seaweed. There are no beautiful, colorful fish. There are ugly, grey sea worms and … a tree with mermaids’ tails!

小美人魚游到一個黑暗的，丑陋的地方。沒有美麗的，豐富多彩的海洋植物。這是丑陋的，灰色的海藻。沒有美麗的，五顏六色的魚。這是丑陋的，灰色的海洋蠕蟲和美人魚的尾巴一棵樹…！

‘What do you want?’ says the Merwitch. ‘I want to be a girl,’ says the little mermaid. ‘I can give you a magic drink, but… you must give me your beautiful tail!’ says the Mertitch.

你想怎么樣？“說merwitch。“我想成為一個女孩說，小美人魚。“我可以給你一個神奇的飲料，但……你必須給我你那漂亮的尾巴！“說mertitch。

The little mermaid says goodbye to her sisters. ‘Don’t go,’ they say. ‘Don’t drink the magic drink. Don’t give your beautiful tail to the Merwitch. Please stay here with us!’ ‘I can’t,’ says the little mermaid. ‘I want to go to the Prince.’

小美人魚姐姐說再見。不要去，他們說。“不要喝神奇的飲料。不要把你的美麗的尾巴的merwitch。請跟我們一起呆在這里！“我不能，”說，小美人魚。“我想去王子。”

The little mermaid swims to the beach and drinks the magic drink. Her sisters stay behind a rock. They see the Merwitch swim home with the little mermaid’s beautiful tail. ‘Our little sister’s a girl now,’ say the sisters.

小美人魚游到海灘和飲料的神奇的飲料。她的姐妹們留下一個巖石。他們看到小美人魚的美麗的尾巴的merwitch游回家。“我的小妹妹是個女孩現(xiàn)在，'說，姐妹。

In the morning the Prince sees the little mermaid sleeping. He goes to her and looks at her beautiful face. The little mermaid opens her eyes and smiles. ‘I know you,’ says the Prince! ‘You’re the mermaid! The beautiful mermaid from the storm!’

在早上，王子看到了美人魚睡。他走到她，看著她美麗的臉。小美人魚打開她的眼睛和微笑。“我知道，”王子說！“你的美人魚！風雨中的美麗的美人魚！'

‘I’m not a mermaid now,’ she says. ‘I’m a girl.’ ‘You’re my beautiful mermaid from the sea,’ says the Prince. ‘I’m a very happy man and I want to stay with you forever!’

“我不是一個美人魚現(xiàn)在，”她說。“我是一個女孩。”“你是我美麗的美人魚從海上，”王子說。“我是個非常快樂的人，我想和你永遠在一起！'