小美人鱼.42 | The Little Mermaid Chapter 42

有声英语儿童童话故事 海的女儿 第42章 “After we have striven for three hundred years to do all the good inour power, we receive an immortal soul and take part in the happiness ofmankind. You, poor little mermaid, have tried with your whole heart to do as weare doing. You have suffered and endured, and raised yourself to the spiritworld by your good deeds, and now, by striving for three hundred years in thesame way, you may obtain an immortal soul.”The little mermaid lifted herglorified eyes toward the sun and, for the first time, felt them filling withtears.On the ship in whichshe had left the prince there were life and noise, and she saw him and hisbeautiful bride searching for her. Sorrowfully they gazed at the pearly foam,as if they knew she had thrown herself into the waves. Unseen she kissed theforehead of the bride and fanned the prince, and then mounted with the otherchildren of the air to a rosy cloud that floated above.