the Little Mermaid Retold by Sue Arengo iusrated by va Sasheva ES -yP Contents Ay~This isthe story of alittle mermaid, She lived with her father, the king, her ‘grandmother, and her five older sisters. The sisters were all beautiful, with long hair ‘and tals. The litle mermaid was the youngest ‘and she was very beautiful ‘There was a garden with wonderful flowers ‘ond trees, The little mermaid played there with all the fish and she was happy. But one day she looked up and asked, ‘What is up there? What is above the sea?” sea of air called the sky,’ sald her (grandmother. ‘And fish called birds ‘can fly! The people up there have no tails. They walk on two legs on the ground ‘Oh, said the litte mermaid, I wont tosee the sky, the birds, and the people. Not now’ her grandmother sald. ‘When you are older. When you are fitteen.