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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
The mermaid and her little companion were swimming hard, but
they were barely staying ahead of the shark's terrible jaws.
The shark lunged at them, his jaws snapping the ship's mast
as if it were a matchstick.
"Let's get out of here," said Ariel. "We can head up to the
surface to show Scuttle my new treasures."
"Do you know what this is?" Ariel asked Scuttle, handing him
the fork.
Soon it was time for Ariel and Flounder to leave. They said
good-bye to Scuttle and returned to the undersea kingdom.
Ariel went to her secret cave, where she hid all her human
treasures.
Ariel reached up and peered over the side of the ship while
Flounder looked on from the water below. Ariel saw a young
man. His shipmates were singing and dancing.
But Ariel didn't hear the sea gull. All she could think
about was the young man- the one she would someday join in
the world of humans. Ariel was falling in love.
Prince Eric sank under the water. Ariel knew that if she
didn't act at once, her handsome prince would drown.
Ariel dived into the sea. She grabbed Prince Eric and
brought him up to the surface. Holding him tightly, she swam
to shore and dragged the prince onto the sandy beach.
While the prince lay sleeping, Ariel stroked his hair and
sang him a beautiful love song. How Ariel wished she could
be with Prince Eric in the human world!
Before the prince began to stir, Ariel heard his crew
coming. She knew she had to leave before she was seen by the
humans.
Blowing the prince a kiss, Ariel turned and dived back into
the ocean.
But one day the king became very ill and could no longer
watch over his kingdom. His son, the prince, worried by his
father's bedside.
"I'm sorry," said a voice inside the armor. "I guess I got
tangled up."
After Mickey explained who he was, the prince took him into
the room so they could have a talk.
"Oh," sighed the prince, "how happy your life must me. You
never have to take any boring lessons and you can wander and
play all day."
"But you go to feasts all the time," said Mickey, whose
empty stomach was growling.
"I have a wonderful idea," said the prince. "Why don't you
and I change places for a day!"
"Oh, it's easy," the prince assured him. And soon Mickey and
the prince had exchanged clothes.
Then the prince gaily waved good-bye and dashed out the door
of the palace. This time, the captain of the guards, seeing
a boy who looked like a peasant, angrily booted him and his
dog over the wall and into a snow bank.
But the prince didn't fool Pluto. A quick sniff and a closer
look told the dog this boy was not his old friend. Pluto
sadly walked away.
"Hey, there you are!" shouted Goofy. "I've been looking all
over for you!"
"Uh, hello!" said the prince. He did not know the pauper's
friend and quickly walked away.
"Now it's time for your falconry lesson," said the tutor,
showing Mickey how to control the bird. But instead of
making the falcon fly, the angry bird chased Mickey and made
him fly- in the opposite direction!
The horseback riding lesson didn't go any better - Mickey
kept falling off the horse!
"Yes sir," said the guard when he saw the ring. But the
cruel captain and his men came dashing through the crowd,
trying to steal the food right back. They shoved the people,
and the prince as well. Luckily, Goofy came along and helped
him to escape.
The prince stared at the locked door. "If I don't get out in
time for my coronation, our kingdom will be ruined!"
Just then the door down the hall opened and a prison guard
rushed in. He was a very strange guard who stumbled and
bumped into everyone. He bumped hardest against the other
guard, who tumbled right down to the floor.
"You saved my life again," said the prince. Then the prince
took the keys and unlocked the dungeon, and everybody dashed
out.
The prince was crowned king, and his first act was to arrest
the evil captain, and all his scheming friends.
Everybody in the kingdom was happy again
especially Pluto, who was reunited with his old friend
Mickey.
From that day on, the new king, like his father, ruled with
kindness and generosity. He always remembered his day as a
pauper, and he saw to it that nobody was hungry.
Lady was a cocker spaniel who came to live with two People
called Darling and Jim Dear.
She had two neat feeding bowls of her own.
She had a basket with a blanket in it, too.
But she trained her People to feed her from the table just
a bit now and then.
And she trained them to let her sleep at the foot of their
beds.
Lady was sure that she had a very happy home. And her two
next door neighbours, Jock and Trusty by name, two
gentlemanly dogs, agreed with her.
"But where do you sleep?" Lady asked him. "And what do you
do for food?"
"Ah, that's easily arranged if you know your way around,"
said The Tramp with a jaunty air." And as for you, my proud
beauty, you'll find things very different when a baby comes
to your house to stay! For there's only so much room for
love in People's hearts. And when a baby comes in, out goes
the dog!"
His strange words worried Lady. They worried her more when a
baby really did come to her house to live. Not that Darling
and Jim Dear didn't mean to be kind, but they were very busy
now.
And worst of all, Darling's Aunt Sarah came. "That dog!" she
said. "It must stay out in the yard, and you'll have to have
a muzzle for it!"
"Oho!" said The Tramp, when he saw Lady. "So it's happened
already, just as I said. Well, I'm sorry to see it, but come
along. We'll be rid of that muzzle soon."
Lady could not imagine what The Tramp planned, but he led
her straight across town, past the guards at the gate of the
Zoo.
"That's just what we want to get rid of," said The Tramp.
"You can have it if you get it off."
So Beaver chewed the muzzle off, and when Lady and The Tramp
left, after thanking him, he was already trying it on.
"Oh, I must go home," said Lady. "I have to watch the house
and the baby you know."
"Home!" said The Tramp. "After the muzzle and all? I'll
never understand a woman's mind!" But he went along.
"The baby!" cried Lady, and in she raced, with The Tramp
right at her heels.
And The Tramp stood guard at the baby's crib while Lady woke
Jim Dear and Darling.
What a time! When Darling and Jim Dear woke up, the baby
began to cry.
At first Darling and Jim Dear blamed Lady and The Tramp. But
when they saw the fire, all that was changed.
The Tramp looked out of the window where the wide world
waited. Then he looked at Lady at his side.
"Arf!" he said, which means, All right." And he offered Jim
a paw to shake.
Now Lady and The Tramp have two families to look after.
Darling and Jim Dear and the baby are one.
The other is a family of roly-poly puppies. And The Tramp in
his collar is the proudest dog in town.
Sleeping Beauty
In a faraway land, long ago, King Stefan and his fair queen
wished for a child. At last a daughter was born and they
named her Aurora.
Waving her wand, Flora chanted, "My gift shall be the gift
of Beauty."
"And mine," said Fauna, shall be the gift of Song."
The king and queen agreed. They watched with heavy hearts as
the fairies hurried from the castle, carrying the baby
princess.
A handsome young man was riding by. When he heard Briar Rose
singing, he jumped from his horse and hid in the bushes to
watch her. Then he reached out to take her hand.
Briar Rose felt very happy. She and her admirer gazed into
each other's eyes. The young man didn't know she was
Princess Aurora. And she didn't know he was Prince Phillip,
to whom she had been betrothed many years before.
The three good fairies rushed to the rescue, but they were
too late. Aurora had touched the sharp spindle and instantly
fallen into a deep sleep. Maleficent's cruel curse had come
true. Now, with a harsh laugh, the witch vanished.
The fairies wept bitterly. "Poor King Stefan and the queen,"
said Fauna.
"They're not going to," said Flora. "We'll put them all to
sleep until the princess awakens." So the three fairies flew
back and forth, casting a dreamlike spell over everyone in
the castle.
But the good fairies had other plans for him. Using their
magic, they melted the prince's chains. They armed him with
the Shield of Virtue and the Sword of Truth. Then they sent
him racing to the castle, to awaken the princess.
When the witch saw Phillip escaping, she furiously tried to
stop him. She hurled heavy boulders at him, but the brave
prince rode on.
The good fairies were blissful, too. It had all ended just
the way it should happily ever after.
One winter's night an old beggar woman asked the prince for
shelter from the bitter cold. In return she offered him a
rose. Repulsed by the old woman, the unkind prince turned
her away.
Meanwhile, Philippe had made his way back home. Belle took
one look at the riderless horse and knew something awful had
happened to her father.
When she reached the castle, Belle burst inside and searched
frantically for her father. The enchanted objects led her to
the tower, but just as she found Maurice, the Beast
appeared. Belle let out a terrified gasp at the hideous
sight of the Beast.
Before Belle could bid her father good-bye, the Beast led
her to her room. "The castle is now your home," he said
gruffly. Belle was free to go anywhere she liked except
the West Wing.
"You will join me for dinner," the Beast ordered. "That's
not a request."
Belle was drawn to the enchanted rose she saw by the window.
When she reached out to touch it, the Beast appeared on the
balcony outside the window.
"I barely touched you," said Belle. Then she saw a look of
pain on his face. "I forgot to thank you for saving my
life," she added softly.
The beast only grunted in reply. But when Belle turned away,
the hint of a smile could be seen on his face.
The winter passed pleasantly for Belle and the Beast. Belle
thought of the Beast as her dearest friend. He thought of
little but the beautiful Belle.
One night while Belle was teaching him to dance, the beast
stammered," Belle, are you happy here - with me?"
"Yes," said Belle without hesitation, but the Beast saw a
trace of sadness in her eyes. Then Belle added," If only I
could see my father again, even for a minute."
"You can," the Beast said, handing her the magic mirror.
Belle gazed into it with wonder, for there was Maurice,
trudging through the forest. But he looked frail and old.
Even as she watched, her father collapsed in a heap.
The Beast heard her anguished plea. "I release you," he said
sadly. "But take the mirror. Then you will always have a way
to look back and remember me."
With the magic mirror to guide her, Belle soon found her
father. But their happy reunion was cut short with a
pounding on their cottage door.
The castle came alive with rejoicing. Mrs. Potts cried human
tears of joy as the handsome young prince gathered the
beautiful Belle into his arms. Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, and
Lumiere had not one doubt that the loving couple would live
happily ever after.
Peter Pan
Down below they saw golden rainbows and blue waterfalls and
mermaids singing in a lagoon. It was the most beautiful
place they had ever seen. There were beaches and deep
forests and, of course, there was the Indian camp! Yes, this
indeed was Never Land.
John and Michael played with the boys while Peter and Wendy
went to visit the beautiful mermaids in the lagoon.
Captain Hook was very angry. "That cursed Peter Pan! I shall
have my revenge against him once and for all!" he cried.
After another fierce duel, Peter Pan threw Hook and all the
pirates overboard. Hook was chased away by the crocodile,
and nobody cared to save him!
"Thank you ever so much for rescuing us, Peter," said Wendy.
"We would love to stay in Never Land a while longer, but
it's getting late and I think it's time for us to leave."
John and Michael nodded in agreement.
"Well, if that's the case," said Peter, "we sail tonight!"
Once again Peter Pan sprinkled Tinker Bell's pixie dust over
everyone, and Captain Hook's pirate ship was suddenly
sailing through the skies of Never Land heading back to the
Darling's home in London.
But before Peter Pan and Tinker Bell started off for Never
Land, they made Wendy, John and Michael promise never to
forget them. And they never did!