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Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® Comprehension Passages Two Little Mermaids By Brianna Ren [1] In Copenhagen, Denmark, a statue of a mermaid sits on a rock in the harbor. She’s the beloved character from the fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” Denmark’s famous author, Hans Christian Andersen, wrote the story almost 200 years ago. Today, children worldwide know the tale of the little mermaid. They even know her name—Ariel. But Andersen never named his main character. Ariel is familiar only from Disney’s 1989 animated movie The Little Mermaid. The movie tells a different story. [2] Disney’s The Little Mermaid is only loosely based on Andersen’s tale. Ariel, like Andersen’s little mermaid, is the daughter of the Sea King. In both tales, she has a beautiful singing voice. In both, she dreams of being part of the human world. Ariel rescues a handsome prince from a shipwreck and falls in love with him. So does Andersen’s little mermaid. Ariel asks a sea witch to transform her fishtail into legs and gives up her voice in exchange. That event is also in the original. Ariel has three days to get a true-love kiss from her prince. If she fails, she’ll become an eel-like creature under the sea witch’s control. But Andersen’s sea witch warns the little mermaid of a different outcome if the prince marries someone else. “Your heart will break, and you will become foam on the crest of the waves.” [3] Any Disney fairy tale requires a happy ending. So Ariel gets her voice back and marries the prince. Andersen’s little mermaid, however, is a tragic character. Every step on her human feet brings knifelike pain. She watches sadly as her prince takes another bride. She learns that she can avoid death by killing the prince. But she cannot do that. Instead, she leaps into the sea and dies. [4] The purpose of Disney’s movie is to entertain audiences. Children laugh at the antics of Ariel’s helpers, a flounder and a crab. There’s plenty of danger and action. There are lively songs. People admire the beautiful animation and creative storytelling. [5]Andersen wrote his tale to entertain children and teach a lesson, too. Andersen’s little mermaid finds out that being human in every way comes with pain and sadness. In the end, she never gets the prince. ©2019 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. Lexia®, PowerUp Literacy®, and other trademarks, names, and logos used herein are the property of Rosetta Stone Ltd. and/or its subsidiaries, and are registered and/or used in the United States and other countries. LEXILE® is a of MetaMetrics, Inc., and is registered in the United States and abroad. The trademarks and names of other companies and products mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. page 46.

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