A/N: WELL! I haven't written in what seems like DECADES, have I? I was just reading over my old work and decided to add some more stories to this particular little fic. I really am rather fond of it. Ciao!
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Once upon a time there lived the king of the Mer-People.
He had seven daughters, the youngest of which was named Ariel.
She was a troublemaker because she was obsessed with the strange beings of the world beyond the sea—humans.
One day a ship got caught in a storm and sank.
Ariel, having been watching the ship because it had humans on it, saw a certain human man get thrown overboard and immediately fell in love with him because he was incredibly handsome.
She didn't know this, but he happened to be a prince.
Ariel took him to shore and sang a bit until he woke up, then disappeared back into the ocean where she moped for a while.
Then she went to the sea-witch Ursula, who turned Ariel into a human for three days in exchange for her voice.
Ariel was rescued from the beach by the prince, who was intrigued by her beauty and the fact that she was mute.
They became quite good friends during the next three days, but then Ursula got jealous and decided to turn herself into a human, and bewitched the prince—Eric—into loving her, using a spell and Ariel's voice.
On the ship that Ursula and Eric were going to get married on, there was a big commotion set up by sea animals that were friends of Ariel's.
She magically got her voice back when Ursula's shell smashed.
Ariel turned back into a mermaid, and Ursula grew herself to about the size of a small mountain.
Eric took the sea king's trident and tried to kill Ursula, but then she made a whirlpool and the ship's prow skewered her.
Everybody was happy, and Ariel married Eric.
THE END
(If that wasn't the most confusing thing you've EVER read, please let me know.)