Far beneath the ocean waves in the land of the

merpeople lived a lovely young mermaid named

Ariel. Her home was an undersea palace. Although it was quite magnificent she hardly ever spent time there. In addition, she preferred to go exploring with her little friend Flounder the fish.

Ariel loved to collect objects from the world

above the little sea. She and Flounder would swim in and out of sunken ships picking up whatever caught the Little Mermaid 's fancy. 
Ariel's father King Triton ruled the undersea
kingdom. He was very proud of Ariels many
gifts especially her beautiful singing voice. He
had arranged to give a special concert to show his
daughter's wonderful talent to all the merfolk.
Ariel's sisters sang to the begin the concert. Then
they sang a special song to a introduce Ariel.
But Ariel wasn't there.
Triton was not pleased. How could Ariel have
forgotten to show up for her own debut?
As usual Ariel was off exploring.
She had found a sunken ship to play in
and had forgotten all about the concert. By
the time she returned home the guests had left.
Triton was so angry that he ordered Sebastian a
crab who was his court composer to follow Ariel and to keep her out of trouble.
Later that day Arial slipped away again, with
Sebastian following close behind. She hadn't gone
far when a huge shadow darkened the waters
above.
It's a ship she gasped with delight.
Ariel swam to the surface to get a closer look.
There were humans on board One of them
was very handsome Ariel heard the others call
him Prince Eric.
But as Ariel a sudden storm took
them all by surprise. To her horror the ship begin
to sink . Most of the people on board were able to
climb safely into a lifeboat. But the handsome
young prince was hit by a falling spar and
thrown into the charming water.
Ariel knew that humans could not live under
the sea. She had to save the unconscious prince.
There was no time to lose.
She darted through the waves toward the
prince as her friend Scuttle watched anxiously.