The Little Mermaid By Hans Christian Anderson Overview: This is a magical tale about a young girl with a tail. A young mermaid has always dreamed about swimming up to the surface of the sea and seeing what lies there, but she is not allowed to until she reaches the age of 15. She is the youngest of her sisters and loves hearing their stories about what they had seen on the surface of the sea. When she finally turns 15, she travels to the surface and sees a great ship with a celebration going on. As she looked closer, she realized that it was a young prince's 16th birthday party. She also sees how handsome and kind the prince is and falls in love with him, but she knows that she cannot be with him so she becomes very sad. After the party was finished, a great storm hit the ship and the prince fell overboard and began to drown. The young mermaid rescued him and brought him safely to shore. After months of wishing to be with the handsome prince and have an immortal sou...