Andersen's Fairy Tales Interpretation Version -- Excellent Reading Material for Primary School Students under the New Curriculum Standards

Author: Cui Zhonglei
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: In the deep blue sea, there lives a family of the Sea King. The Sea King has six daughters, and they live with their grandmother. The six sea princesses are all very intelligent and beautiful, with the youngest being the most beautiful among them. The sea princesses live happily in the sea, and they love to listen to their grandmother tell them stories about humans. The grandmother tells them that when they turn fifteen, they can swim to the surface to see the outside world. The five older sisters have all reached the age of fifteen and have gone to the surface. The little princess also longs to see the world of humans. Finally, her fifteenth birthday arrives. It is also the sixteenth birthday of a prince. Late at night, people are celebrating his birthday on a boat. Suddenly, a storm hits! The people on the boat fall into the water one after another, and the prince also sinks into the sea. The little princess sees this and swims hard to the prince's side, holding his head above the water, letting the waves carry them wherever they go. When dawn comes, the storm stops. The little princess takes the prince to a clean beach. A bell rings, and several lively and lovely girls walk onto the beach. The little princess quickly swims away and hides behind the rocks. Shortly after, a beautiful girl discovers the prince and walks towards him. At this moment, the prince wakes up and smiles at the girl, thanking her for saving him. The little princess sees this and silently returns to the underwater palace. From then on, the little princess often surfaces to that beach, but she never sees the prince again. The little princess is very sad and becomes even more quiet. How much the little princess longs for life among humans! She wishes she had a pair of human legs and could live with the prince! So, she goes to the sea witch and begs her for help. The witch agrees to turn her into a human, but she must give up her beautiful voice as payment and tells her, "If the prince marries someone else, you will turn into sea foam." The little princess agrees to the witch's conditions and finally has a pair of beautiful legs, but every step she takes feels like stepping on sharp blades. Even so, the little princess is willing to endure it. The prince discovers her and takes her to the palace. But she only smiles at the prince. Although she cannot sing or speak, she can dance gracefully. The prince likes being with her and confides in her, but he does not know she is the one who saved his life. The prince is about to marry someone else, and the bride is the beautiful girl on the beach, a princess from a neighboring country. The prince always thought she saved his life and considered her his goddess in his heart. On the day of the prince's wedding, the little princess dances with all her might for the groom, because she knows, this is the last night she will spend in this world. When the first rays of dawn appear, she will turn into sea foam. At night, when everyone is resting, the five older sisters come to the little princess. They give her a knife and tell her to stab the prince's heart, so she can return to being a happy sea princess and go back to the underwater palace. But how can the little princess bear to do that? She throws the knife into the sea and jumps into the sea herself. She feels her body melting into foam, but...