THE LITTLE MERMAID
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE LITTLE MERMAID
by Hans Christian Andersen
FAR out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the
prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very
deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church
steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground
beneath to the sur ...