"In the distance of the sea, the sea water is so blue, like the most beautiful cornflower petals, and at the same time it is so clear, like the brightest glass. However, it is too deep, and no anchor chain can reach the finish line. To reach the surface from the bottom of the sea, there must be many church spires, one after another. People under the sea live here. " People at the bottom of the sea-we think so. People in our world don't know how beautiful, magnificent and peaceful they and their world are. That is the true eternal depth of the sea, which our greatest exploration and excavation can't reach, and all our joy and prosperity can't be induced and changed. People at the bottom of the sea-we think so; But in their view, they live in the most beautiful, pure and free blue sky, while we live in the bottom of hysteria, chaos, filth, and sometimes war and crime-the endless bottom that can never be earned.
From the endless past to the endless future, people under the sea live like this. Of course, some of them will die, but they won't become ugly zombies after death, and they don't need to cry, veil and grave. They will become water drops, and the water drops that a good person becomes will be purer-with the people they love and the sea they love forever.
People on land don't know all this, so they make up many mysterious and fascinating stories about the ocean. One of the best stories comes from Denmark, a grandfather who is best at making up stories. He is a very good grandfather and loves children very much. Although he had no children in his own life, children all over the world listened to his stories until he became a grandfather. His story about the sea is almost the same as the fact!
You see, Neptune has six daughters-just like his story; They have no legs, they are mermaids-just like his story; They are all beautiful-just like his stories; The smallest one is the most beautiful-just like his story!
Everything is the same as his story. Hai's daughters live at the bottom of the sea. They can only go to the world beyond the sea if they are over 15 years old. First the oldest one, then one by one, until the end, the youngest and most beautiful one can freely surface and look at the world from a distance.
Looking at the world from a distance-she just looks at the world from a distance. When she looks at the world from a distance, she has unspeakable love in her heart. But she never thought about it and never dared to go near it. She is afraid of the smoke and noise there. She is afraid of people who are not quite like them … strange and unpredictable people. Compared with this, she prefers the bottom of the sea, the quiet and cool blue world. On the seabed covered with soft and delicate sand, plants with branches as soft as mermaid's long hair grow. Colorful and clever fish swim around. There is a home that the little mermaid is familiar with and attached to. She lives a quiet and happy life here, and she hopes that everything will never change-that's what she hoped before love came. ? No one knows why the little mermaid fell in love with the prince on earth. Grandpa, who can tell stories, described their first meeting. But people meet for the first time every day in the world. Love is the heart, which is incomprehensible. It is hidden in the most secret place of the body, like a pearl hidden in a tightly closed clam shell, and then covered by the deep sea. The only thing we can be sure of is that because we love someone, we will feel pain in our hearts-nothing can alleviate this pain except being loved back.
"I know what you want," said the sea witch. "You are a silly thing! Because you fell in love with a man! " The sea witch gave an abominable laugh. Her ugly face and frightening place of residence are exactly the same as what we read from grandpa's story.
"You want to be with him, you want to get his love, so you must first become like him, grow two stupid legs and walk around on land! Oh! Oh! Oh! " The sea witch laughed to death. "Don't you want your beautiful tail? Are you willing to give up the freedom to wander like dancing? " The little mermaid said, "I do." "Stupid," said the sea witch. "Love is stupid! Nothing is more stupid than this! ..... However, I am willing to help you, because I like to see how a woman's love dream is broken! I can give you a bottle of medicine and turn your tail into two beautiful legs. Of course you have to pay the price, and you will pay for it-""What? The little mermaid said, "I do." ? "Would you like to ... but I want to reward. It is justified to ask for remuneration for helping others; I once heard a story made up by an old man. There is a witch as hateful as me. She asked for the beautiful voice of the little princess-her tongue. what do you think? Oh! Oh! This witch really wants it! So the little princess can't talk, can't tell her that she once saved him, can't tell her love ... "The little mermaid's face began to turn pale. Her body is shaking.
However, she said again, "I do." I know.
She said, "I don't care. I can't say any more. If you really love someone, you can not tell him. " "Ha ha! How sad and beautiful it sounds. However, I hope to have a truly tragic ending! " The sea witch approached the little mermaid. She looks ugly and evil. "I don't want your tongue. I want something better-your best, your face, as fresh and beautiful as Bai Baihe. No one doesn't like this face, but it's useless to grow on your simple head-ah, why are you trembling, my little sea princess? You're scared, aren't you? " ? "But if I give you my face, then-""I can give you my face. Of course not as good as yours. I can decorate it a little. But don't expect too much. " The little mermaid was silent for a long time and whispered, "But …" "But, without beauty, how can you get his love, isn't it? You don't believe that he loves your heart, do you? Hehe! " "I do have a sincere and kind heart." ? "Then, try your sincere and kind heart!" The sea witch smiled strangely again. "Men's sincerity and kindness to women are as indispensable as air and turn a deaf ear. -Don't count on it! See how much I can make my face look good. " ? The sea witch took off her head and gently stroked her hand: "In fact, any woman's face is beautiful. As long as it looks natural and square, others have no right to despise it and ask for it." But beauty is always a good thing, so it is also happy to make a little modification when you are happy and voluntary-well, this is a sound face, lacking nothing; Eyes-very bright, you can see clearly the expression of your lover: passion, shyness or hesitation; Mouth-big enough to sing and kiss; Nose-a little crooked, but it doesn't affect breathing; Oh, there are too many wrinkles on this face. It looks as delicate as your dew. Please give me some mud to smooth it out, but I can't control these spots. Finally, the hair-I'll comb it flat and supple-""? But still so ugly! " ? " Of course, it is not so easy for God to strive for equality, to have beauty and a kind heart! Unless you give me that kind heart-of course I don't want it-you can go to the world with your beauty, but then it will be difficult for you to love a person sincerely and endure all the pain for him. " ? " Then, can you make me more beautiful so that I can be closer to his love? " ? The witch smiled coldly: "What a poor and lovely request! I have heard countless women make such requests, which makes me sick and tired. Of course, I'm not tired of reading stories about women's lovelorn dreams. I am willing to help them realize this story. I'm willing to help you, too. But if you must bargain with me, we don't have to say more. " ? In this way, when the little mermaid returned to the sea palace tightly holding the bottle of medicine, she had become a very ugly woman-but the heart hidden inside was still so kind, gentle and sensitive! What will be the end of waiting for her? ..... "If you pay all this, but you can't get the prince's love", the sea witch's words rang in her ear: "You will die of a broken heart-you will become a bubble on the water, you will no longer feel, and you will not get a soul. "The little mermaid has some fears, but no one can share this fear, just as no one can share her love. Now, she is going to die. She wants to say goodbye to her father and sisters. The night is not very deep, and every window looks at her like bright eyes. But she can't say goodbye. They won't recognize her. How sad they should be when they know all this. " However, I am heading for happiness, she thought. I will finally get the prince's love-because I love him so strongly and beautifully. How can such a strong and beautiful love not be loved? "As long as the prince loves you," the witch said to her, "as long as he hugs you and kisses you with true love, even a little, you will feel extremely happy. It will make my magic disappear and bring my beautiful face back to you. " ? She believes that day will come.
The young prince has been waiting for a long time. He is waiting for a story. A beautiful and romantic story. The story will begin when she wakes up. The woman crouched under the marble steps of his seaside palace, although he had not seen her face yet. But how touching her hair and slim figure are. This is the spirit brought by the sea. ……
When the little mermaid woke up from a great pain similar to body division, she looked up and saw the man who missed her day and night. The prince was startled by her face and didn't know what to do. That's not the story in those beautiful sheepskin books. Those stories are: the handsome and brave prince met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her, and lived happily ever after. ..... The prince hesitated. In the end, his years of upbringing prevailed. He asked her where she came from in a gentle voice.
Poor little mermaid! She shook her head gently and couldn't say a word. Although she kept her voice, the gentlest and most beautiful voice on the bottom of the sea and in the world, "You can tell all the sweet words, but you can't tell the secrets." This is what the sea witch told her. -Where did she come from? From a place where you can never go back. She chose love and chose a road of no return. Her ugly eyes showed deep sadness, which made the prince forgive her silence. He is a kind man, and everyone believes that he will be a kind king in the future. He waved and two guards came over. He asked them to arrange the poor girl well.
The little mermaid found that her tail was gone and replaced by two slender legs that only human women have. When she started walking, her foot seemed to step on a sharp knife, and she felt that she was bleeding. "Yes, the sea witch said I would suffer," she thought. That's it-every step is like walking on a steel knife-every step leading to love is walking on a steel knife! However, the way she walks like this is really beautiful, like dancing … dancing on a steel knife!
Now, the little mermaid finally came to her lover's palace from the deep sea, but she was only allowed to work in the laundry room. She is too ugly to do meticulous and decent work in the gorgeous hall like those beautiful women. Her only contact with him is to wash his clothes. Her fingers rub repeatedly between those clothes ... she likes such close contact.
Sometimes, after a hard day, she will go to the seaside to let the waves of the sea gently soothe her feet and make her burning little feet feel a little clear. At this time, she couldn't help thinking of her relatives at the bottom of the sea. But now that she has become so ugly, will they recognize her and love her? They will-their love is the most tolerant and gentle love in the world, and their love is innate and will never change. But even so, she still needs the love of another person, the love of a man. For his love, she would rather suffer, because he kept an agreement: without his love, she would die of a broken heart.
As the days passed, the palace suddenly became busy. There are always countless luxuriant and elegant silks, woolen goods, brocade and fine embroidered linen in the laundry room, waiting to be cleaned. People are whispering because there are more and more parties in the palace, and these parties are all for the prince-he has reached the age of choosing a wife. The prince will choose his future wife among the beautiful women like a cloud. ? The vibration in The Little Mermaid is beyond words. Poor her! Every day, with hopes and dreams without sources. She can't feel the passage of time, she just wants to be like this forever. She forgot that the prince and she lived in different worlds. He is the only one in her world, and he doesn't know anything about it. His world is vast and crowded-he will never see her. Time has passed, and she is still waiting here, but the prince has his own trajectory-she doesn't know and can't get involved. Only then did she feel a strong sense of urgency and pain. She is so far away from him, out of reach! Among this stranger, no one knows her, no one helps her, and there is no change or miracle. ? That night, she came to the seaside again, and the waves of the sea gently comforted her feet, making her burning feet feel a little clear. She once again thought of her relatives at the bottom of the sea and left them to love her, but now she and her love are ignored. ? The little mermaid sang softly, and the beautiful and sad song fluttered on the deserted seaside. This is the end of the day ... the little mermaid sings alone, with faint hope of love. She has the most beautiful sound under the sea and on the earth, but she is a silent child-and love makes her even more silent. She can only sing. Sing it. In singing, she feels that the pain is no longer so intense, and there is a beautiful thing growing up in singing. Because we know that love is beautiful, even if we can't get it back-it is still beautiful in our own hearts ...?
Is this a song from heaven?
The young prince heard the song again. This is the most beautiful song that he has never heard. It is soft, subtle and profound. It seems to be approaching him through a long road. This song aroused some passion in his heart and made him feel the peace and fragrance of life. He is a smart, passionate and romantic person. He is a man who longs for legend. The stories handed down by human beings are full of legendary experiences. Many nights, he waited to find out the origin of this song. ? He finally saw the back of a woman, how touching her hair and slim figure were. She is like an elf brought by the sea, so mysterious. He stood quietly, waiting, waiting, waiting for the moment when she turned around. ? Ah, we really don't want to describe the disappointment of the prince! Because he is really a handsome and excellent man, such a man will always meet beautiful women in legends and stories. ……
But the little mermaid sang so beautifully that she was taken back to the palace by the prince. Her singing and ugliness are regarded as miracles and mysteries.
From then on, the little mermaid got the position of royal singer. Whether it is a banquet in a gorgeous palace or a small gathering in the depths of the courtyard, she is required to present a beautiful song. Tired as she is, she is still willing. In this way, she can often see the prince. When she sings well, she can see the prince smiling. Her heart is unusually calm.
When the strike ended, she returned to her gorgeous and cold residence alone, and the silver moonlight spilled on the bed from the window like white satin. She would think of the blue moonlight she saw through the water when she was at the bottom of the sea, and the happy years as quiet as that blue moonlight. Now all this has changed-because love has changed her fate. For him, in order to open her relatives and family, she handed over a beautiful face. She endured endless pain at her feet, but she didn't know it.
..... She remembered her agreement with the witch again, the mysterious agreement that she exchanged all her life and joy for hopeless love.
She must get his love. But how difficult it is! We don't like telling such stories! Every step is so difficult, just like her feet walking on a sharp knife. If she is a beautiful woman, it will be much easier for us to talk-a look back and a slight smile from a beautiful woman can lead to a love, a love affair; When a beautiful woman meets a man, no matter the region, language, indifference or even hatred, they may come together. In the ancient royal library, there are countless such beautiful stories in folklore. We think that only beautiful people have peerless love, but we never know what kind of pain a gentle and affectionate heart thousands of times stronger than this will endure when it grows in an ugly body! ? But the ugly little mermaid is still approaching the prince. Yes, she is not beautiful, but her voice is beautiful. Beauty, from heaven, means that heaven especially likes and loves some women; The sound of beauty comes from the deep heart, which shows the quality and accomplishment of tenacious tempering in the heart. Every time the prince hears unsatisfactory words and sounds from those beautiful lips, he becomes more aware of the cuteness of the little mermaid-he is not a superficial and ignorant person ... they start talking while walking. The little mermaid seldom talks. She speaks slowly and seriously, because she is not used to human language and can't use those beautiful words as easily as we do-or she is not like that at all.
If only she were more beautiful, the little mermaid hoped she would be more beautiful! If she is still as beautiful as before-but if she is still as beautiful as before, she can't change from a princess of the sea to a girl on earth to love him. If she still has her former beauty, she will be surrounded by admiration and pursuit, then her eyes will be cold and wandering, and her heart will no longer be sensitive and affectionate.
..... all this is still good.
A mysterious and beautiful woman was suddenly born at the palace dance. Like a strong wind blowing through the Woods, she caused overlapping exclamations and echoes. The little mermaid who is singing can't help looking for who it is and how beautiful it is. She finally saw her-the one dancing with the prince, her eyes, nose and lips, and the little mermaid almost screamed-eyes, nose and lips like that, which were her own in the past.
She froze and couldn't sing any more. But no one found that her singing had stopped and people were firmly attracted by the dancer. People praised her and the prince for being such a good couple. Who would have thought that this mysterious beauty was a witch from the underwater world? People like to associate beauty with truth and goodness, just as they like to associate ugliness with falsehood and evil. She saw her infatuated smile with the prince-she had never seen him with such a smile or such a beautiful woman-and no one in the world was more beautiful than herself. ? She quietly withdrew from the radiant and beaming hall and couldn't help crying in the garden. After a long time, she heard a voice: "How are you, my little sea princess?" ? She knows who is talking to her. ? "I have been alone at the bottom of the sea for too long. You know, staying alone for a long time is always a little lonely-especially beautiful women. Of course, I'm not looking for a stupid person. I came for you. I said I like watching women's love dreams die. Do you regret it? If you regret it, you can come back with me now-otherwise, I won't help you in the future. ? The little mermaid turned pale and said nothing. ? "Ah, you still love him! But you know there is no need to love men. They just like female beauty, and some interesting tricks will fascinate them. You are not beautiful now, and you lack scheming. It seems I must help you. But don't think I mean well, I just like sad stories! I must leave first, I won't go back to the hall, or the prince will propose to me-but I'm not sure yet; I'm sure that if I spend these days-men are always fascinated by women who are not easy to get! " ? The prince is really crazy about her. "She just mysteriously disappeared, just like she mysteriously came! "When he talked to the little mermaid, everything he said was in her heart." She left in such a hurry that I didn't have time to propose to her! Oh, my friend, you have met her. You know how innocent her smile is. There is a gentle light in her eyes. She's like an angel ... He doesn't know that angels are around him ... he can't know. When angels appear with ugly faces. He can't know that he is hurting her. How did he know? She is so ugly. We only take care of those beautiful girls and delicate flowers. We will not associate an ugly girl with a tender and delicate heart, just as we will not believe that a stone will be bruised and bleed. ? Expectation and waiting strengthen people's love. "Let's start the party and light all the lights!" The prince ordered, "Maybe she will come again!" ? Therefore, the little mermaid must sing every night. She sang herself hoarse. But the prince didn't listen to her singing. He no longer wanted to give her applause or an encouraging smile. He fell into the pain of lovesickness. His pain was so deep and helpless that the little mermaid couldn't help praying for his good luck. She stood beside him and listened to his sigh; She sang by his pillow, which made the frustrated people feel some weak comfort and fell asleep early. However, this did not alleviate his pain. He is like a patient in a coma. She doesn't exist-all her efforts, all her love and patience don't exist, which can't compare with the fleeting smile of the beautiful woman in his dream. Although she loves her with all her heart-but she loves him with all her heart, love has nothing to do with her heart. ? Love is never an exchange of hearts. ? When the little mermaid sat alone in the empty hall, her eyes looked through the window and saw the sunshine and trees outside-another summer came. Her time is running out. She has foreseen the ending. She remembers the clarity and tranquility of the underwater world. Sunlight through the seabed is purple-blue, and moonlight is light blue. But she can't go back, her future-extinction. She will no longer love and hate. Without consciousness. Eternal silence and boundless nothingness-no, it's impossible. She can't die without love. But-what can she do? She can't tell the secret, nor can she tell that she loves him-she can't, though, she can talk, unlike the little mermaid in grandpa's fairy tale, she can talk. But love is love, not just talk! ..... Love is always deeper than saying love. If she speaks the deepest, how will she love him? ? But the witch appeared again. She came late, as if to make the little mermaid's heart suffer more, and let the prince's love for her increase to the extreme, and he no longer hesitated. ? "I will never let you disappear quietly like the night!" He held her tightly in his arms. "Marry me! I love you and I want to be with you forever! " ?
The church bell rang to announce the prince's engagement on horseback in the street. The wedding will be held on a gorgeous ship at sea, which is requested by the beautiful and mysterious bride. As a royal singer, the little mermaid got on the boat with them. She has light steps and a smile, but her heart hurts. She knew that this was the last time she grieved for him. Although, love is still in her heart-love is still in her heart.
Love is always in her heart.
After the banquet, the bride and groom walked hand in hand to the gorgeous wedding tent. Even their backs are so beautiful ... The little mermaid held back her sadness. She has put up with too much. Now, it is the last drop in the bitter cup. She will die of a broken heart, so she will always smile until the end-she wants to make her love complete.
She looked at his back silently. She knew that this was the last night she saw him-for him, she left her relatives and family, she handed over her beautiful face, she endured endless pain every day, but he didn't know it at all. This is the last night that she can breathe the same air as him, and this is the last night that she can see the deep sea and the starry sky. An eternal night without thoughts and dreams awaits her-she has no soul and can't get it.
Bride, she suddenly turned around and smiled meaningfully at the little mermaid. Almost at the same time, the little mermaid felt her feet shaking violently.
All the people felt it and screamed. The waves are rough, heavy clouds are floating, and lightning is shining in the distance. Ah, a terrible storm is coming! The ship is breaking up now; Its thick wooden wall was interrupted by rough waves. The mast broke like a reed in the middle. The big storm at sea swept away the gorgeous ships and the dreams in people's hearts. Mysterious beauty and strange love are fleeting, and the little mermaid is finally held tightly in the prince's arms.
"You saved me!" Said the prince. "When she left me-when she swam so lightly and so fast! She won't even pull me. She said, you idiot, you will kill me, too! Ah, even in retrospect, I can still feel severe pain! But you saved me, swimming between those floating beams and boards. I didn't expect them to kill you. You, my kind, brave and loyal friend! " ? The little mermaid felt the prince's embrace. This is the first time he has held him like this. How comfortable. All the pain seems to have disappeared quietly. He finally proposed to her. "Marry me, my clown girl. You will be a gentle wife, a mother who dares to sacrifice and a virtuous queen in the future! " He left his kiss on her lips. He didn't know that this loving kiss would make the sea witch's magic disappear and turn this ugly girl into the most beautiful woman. The sacred moment has finally arrived. He left his kiss on her lips.
But the little mermaid didn't feel the warmth of the kiss. Instead, she heard her heart breaking. She heard you. She wants to believe that he loves her, but God rules everything. He doesn't love her. She went through many hardships, and she got his respect, pity and return, but she couldn't get love, a man's natural passion and true love from the heart. Maybe she can marry him, love him all her life and work hard for him; Maybe he will finally know that she is his only, lovely and important woman-he knows. But he just knows. If he doesn't love her, she will still be heartbroken.
She looked at him with a wry smile. She looked at him, he was still so nice, and she still loved him. Love is her own, and she can never take it. She just wants to look at him, look at him, in order to remember him. For many days, she wanted to leave the dust again and again and stopped again and again. She can't remember his face. She never remembers. She always wants to take another look, and then she will remember. But she still doesn't remember. Yes, she heard her heart broken, like glass, broken into countless tiny sharp lobes, which shot into every corner of her body and became her secret and eternal pain.
Time to go. ? It's time to leave.-forever. In this world, she has paid great expectations, love and pain, and she will never come again.
She comes from the sea. ? She returned to the sea. ? She came from the sea again. ? She felt like a drop of water. With countless drops of water. Boundless. Ignorance and no sleep. Ningning. Forever. And when we see the sea, we can't know which drop of water is the little mermaid, nor can we know the story of each drop of water. ? We can't know the sadness and hurt there.
Two. Brief introduction of the author
Hans christian andersen (1805- 1875) is a man who combines folklore, moral preaching and humor.
As a Danish writer who combines harmony with his extraordinary imagination, his fairy tales are of great significance not only to children but also to adults. He was born in the slums of odense. His father is a shoemaker, but he has a good education.