Far beneath the ocean's surface lived the enchanting merpeople. Their ruler was King Namjoon. He had seven sons; and Jimin, his youngest, loved to sing.

Namjoon was so proud of Jimin's voice that he had planned a royal concert. All the merpeople would be there. And Jin, the court composer, was really looking forward to conducting his new symphony before the King.

The day of the concert finally arrived. To introduce Jimin, his six brothers swam in front of a large seashell. When Jin gave the sign, they opened the shell. But instead of Jimin appearing, the shell was empty!

"Jimin!" King Namjoon yelled.

But Jimin didn't hear him. He had forgotten all about the royal concert and was far away from the royal palace.

Jimin and his best friend Yoongi, spent most of their time exploring sunken shipwrecks. Whenever they found a small human treasure, Jimin added it to his hidden collection.

On this particular day, Jimin and Yoongi were exploring an old shipwreck.

Yoongi thought the place was scary, but Jimin was very excited. He even found an object he had never seen before-a fork.

"What is it?" Yoongi asked.

"I don't know," replied Jimin excitedly. "But I bet Taehyung will!"

So, the two of them swam to the water's surface to find Jimin's friend-a seagull named Taehyung.

Jimin showed Taehyung his new treasure.

"I do believe this is a dinglehopper," said Taehyung. "Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out."

Just then Jimin remembered that he was supposed to sing at the concert, and he and Yoongi hurried home.

Back at the palace, King Namjoon was so angry that he ordered Jin to follow Jimin and keep him out of trouble.

Later that day, a huge shadow darkened the water above his secret cave.

"What do you suppose…?" began Jimin. Before Jin could stop him, Jimin swam to the surface and discovered that the shadow was actually a ship!

Jimin pulled himself up to the edge of the deck, where he saw humans. He was fascinated by the handsome young man the others called Prince Hoseok. He was looking at his birthday present: a huge, foolish statue of himself.

"Huh," said Hoseok. "It's really…something."

"Hurricane a-comin'!" a sailor suddenly shouted.

The ship began to pitch and roll in the storm. Then a bolt of lightening struck the mast and set the ship on fire.

"Look out!" yelled Hoseok as the ship hit some tall rocks. The men jumped into the life boats. But before Hoseok could leap from the deck, an explosion knocked him unconscious and threw him into the sea.

Jimin dove into the fiery debris to save Hoseok. Using all his strength, he swam with him towards shore and pulled him onto the sand.

"Is he dead?" Jimin asked.

"It's hard to say," replied Taehyung as he listened for Hoseok's heartbeat. Unfortunatly, Taehyung was listening to Hoseok's foot!

But Jimin saw that he was breathing and sang softly to him.

When Jimin heard voices approaching, he quickly disappeard into the water. Then Jimin and his friends watched from a large rock.

Hoseok had never seen Jimin. He had only heard his beautiful voice. But Jimin had fallen in love with him!

After Jimin returned to his cave, his father showed up. Without meaning to, Jin told the king that Jimin was in love-with a human!

Namjoon was furious. "Contact between the human world and the merworld is strictly forbidden!" he thundered.

"Daddy, I love him!" Jimin protested.

Stunned, Namjoon raised his trident and shattered all of Jimin's special human treasures.

After his father left, Jimin was very unhappy.

Then two evil eels, Flotsam and Jetsam, slithered out from behind some rocks.

"Don't be scared," said Jetsam. "We represent someone who can help. Someone who can make all your dreams come true."

Before he knew it, Jimin was inside the deep, dark cave of Ursula the sea witch!

The sea witch offered to help Jimin visit the Prince-for a fee.

"Now," said Ursula, "here's the deal: I'll make you a potion that will turn you into a human for three days. If the prince kisses you before sunset on the third day, you'll remain human permanently."

"But if he doesn't," Ursula added, "you'll turn back into a merman, and you'll belong to me!"

Like all witches, Ursula wanted something in return. "What I want from you is your voice!" Ursula exclaimed. Then Ursula recited a magic spell and a mist rose up, surrounding Jimin. Reluctantly, Jimin signed his name to Ursula's "deal".

The little merman's voice was sucked from his throat into a shell necklace around Ursula's neck.

Suddenly Jimin couldn't talk or sing. Then a bright light flashed, and Jimin's tail was transformed into two legs!

Now Jimin could no longer live underwater. Jin and Yoongi helped him to the surface so that he could breathe. Jimin stared with wonder at his new legs.

Since the storm, Prince Hoseok had searched every day for the person who had rescued him. "That voice-I can't get it out of by head," he said to his dog, Jungkook.

When Hoseok saw Jimin, he thought he had finally found his rescuer. But because he couldn't speak, he said, "You can't be who I thought you were."

Still, Hoseok invited him for dinner at his castle. That night, Jimin found a dinglehopper next to his plate. Not knowing any better, he started combing his hair with it!

The next day, Hoseok took Jimin on a romantic boat ride in a sparkling lagoon. They had a wonderful time.

But just as the prince was about to kiss Jimin-SPLASH!-Flotsam and Jetsam tipped over the rowboat!

Ursula saw it all through her magic bubble. "Nice work, boys," she said. "That was a close one. Too close."

Worried that the prince would kiss Jimin before sunset the next day, Ursula came up with a wicked plan.

She turned herself into a beautiful young woman and called herself Vanessa. With Jimin's voice locked inside the shell necklace, Ursula sounded just like Jimin!

When Ursula walked near Hoseok's castle, the prince thought she was his rescuer. She sang with the same beautiful voice of the person who had had pulled him from the sea.

The sea witch quickly put a spell on Hoseok, and he decided to marry her right away.

Jimin was brokenhearted when he heard the news. But there was nothing Jimin could do. He didn't know that Vanessa was really Ursula in disguise.

On the day of the wedding, Jimin, Yoongi, and Jin were near the water's edge when Taehyung arrived.

"The prince is marrying the sea witch in disguise!" announced Taehyung.

Jimin and his friends hurried to the ship. In the middle of the wedding, a group of birds attacked the sea witch. Then Taehyung snatched away the shell necklace.

The necklace fell onto the deck. A golden mist streamed from the broken shell and into Jimin's throat.

Overwhelmed with joy, Jimin started to sing, and Hoseok rushed towards him to kiss him.

"You're too late!" bragged Ursula, who turned back into her mean self.

Jimin tried to run, but he fell because he was a merman again. Ursula dragged helpless Jimin back into the sea.

Suddenly King Namjoon emerged from the depths and confronted the sea witch. "Let him go!" he demanded.

"Not a chance, Namjoon!" said Ursula. "We made a deal." Ursula showed him the golden scroll signed by Jimin.

Without thinking twice, King Namjoon pointed his glowing trident at the scroll and changed Jimin's name into his own. He was now Ursula's prisoner, and Jimin was free.

"At last!" Ursula cried and grabbed the golden trident. Now she was the ruler of all of the seas! Ursula grew to an enormous size. With the trident, she stirred the water into a raging whirlpool and even raised a ship from the bottom of the sea.

Hoseok climbed aboard and steered the ship straight towards the sea witch.

"AAAAHHH!" Ursula screamed in pain when the ship struck her. Within a few seconds only a few tentacles were left floating around the ship.

The sea witch's spell was broken, and Namjoon retrieved his trident. He was once again ruler of the underwater world.

With wicked Ursula gone, everything returned to normal in King Namjoon's undersea kingdom. But now that Jimin was a merman again, he couldn't be with his beloved Prince Hoseok.

King Namjoon saw how unhappy Jimin was and used his magic powers to give him legs. King Namjoon, Yoongi, and Taehyung all knew they would miss Jimin, but they also knew he would be happiest on land with his Prince.

Soon Prince Hoseok and Jimin were married, and they lived happily ever after.

THE END