The Mermaid Princess
美人鱼公主
In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid princess.
在深海王宫里，生活着一位美丽的美人鱼公主。
Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyone envied her.
每当她用美丽的歌喉唱歌时，所有的人都羡慕她。
However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world.
然而，美人鱼公主却想要去看看外面的世界。
"I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds. "The king promised her.
"我想听听小鸟的歌声。"国王应允了她。
"When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea."
"当你15岁的时候，你可以去看看大海以外的景象。"！
"Oh, I can't wait!"
"我都有点迫不及待了呢！"
Finally, it was the mermaid princess' 15th birthday.
终于等到美人鱼公主的十五岁生日了。
She went up to the sea. The princess saw a great ship.
这一天她浮上海面看见了一艘大船。
And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship.
船上的甲板上站着一位英俊的王子。
The princess fell in love with him at first sight.
公主对王子一见钟情。
However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side.
然而，突然间雷电袭来将船击沉了。
The prince lost his consciousness and fell deep into the sea.
王子失去知觉掉进了海里。
"Oh, no! The prince fell into the water. Let me hurry and save him."
"哦，不！王子掉进了海里了。我得赶快去救他！"
The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand.
美人鱼公主救了王子并将他放在沙滩上。
The princess took care of him all night.
公主照顾了他一整晚。
When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him. She thought he might get scared by her tail.
当王子睁开眼睛的时候，美人鱼公主怕王子会被她的尾巴吓到而躲了起来。
Just then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.
就在这时，一位邻国的公主出海游玩，她看见了王子。
The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night.
公主远远的望了一眼总是在晚上出海游玩的王子。
The princess was very sad. She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.
公主很伤心，她想成为一个人类，这样她就可以和王子在一起。
She asked the witch.
她找到并询问女巫。
Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice.
好吧，我可以让你变成人，但是你必须用你美丽的声音作交换。
If the prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble.
如果王子娶了别人，你就会变成泡沫。
You must marry the prince.
所以你必须要嫁给王子。
On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her.
在沙滩上，美人鱼喝下了女巫给她的药。
With the big sudden pain, she turned into a human.
伴随着剧痛，她慢慢变成人类。
Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.
就在这时，王子出来后看到了美人鱼公主。
The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace.
王子带着不能说话的公主，回到了他的宫殿。
Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince.
即使不能说话，她也很高兴能伴随在王子身边。
The prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.
可是，王子却要和一位来自邻居的公主结婚。
"I will be marrying the princess that saved my life."
"我要和一位救了我性命的公主结婚"
I am the one that saved your life.
救你的那个人是我啊！
But, her voice could not be heard.
可是，她说不出来。
At night, the mermaid princess' older sisters came up to the sea.
晚上，美人鱼公主的姐姐们来到海边。
They gave the mermaid princess a knife and said,
他们给了美人鱼公主一把刀说：
"If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again. If you don't, you will become a water bubble."
"用这把刀刺死王子，你可以再次成为美人鱼！否则的话，你会变成泡沫的。"
On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife.
在婚礼之夜，美人鱼公主握着刀子走向正在熟睡的王子。
But, she could not kill the loving prince.
但那是她心爱的王子，她下不了手。
"It's best that I just turn into a water bubble. "
"我变成泡沫是最好的结果。"
When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.
第二天清晨来临时，美人鱼变化美丽的泡沫，缓缓地升上了天堂。
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