CONTENTS Little Mermaid Once upon a time in the heart of the deep blue sea, there was a beautiful kingdom of the sea king, who lived with his six daughters and his old mother The king loved all of his.
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Medusa and The Love Contract 20
Little Mouse and Princess 40
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Trang 2Once upon a time in the heart of the deep blue sea, there was abeautiful kingdom of the sea king, who lived with his six daughtersand his old mother The king loved all of his daughters But he wasmore attached to the youngest one, the Little Mermaid, Eva! Oneday, there was the birthday of his fifth daughter Everyone wasgathered in the king's court to celebrate their birthday.
The sea king: Happy birthday my sweet child I feel proud to
announce that my fifth daughter, Karina turned 18 today I am sending her to the surface to enjoy the sunlight and fresh breeze Cheers to all!
Karina: Thank you very much daddy!
The sea king: Just remember! There are certain rules of the sea
world and we must obey them! The human world is not like the sea world We belong to the sea and will remain in the sea Be careful and don't go near the humans.
Eva: Ummm daddy, can I go with Karina?
The sea king: It's not your turn darling!
Eva: But I want to see the humans!
The sea king: Oh Eva, when you turn eighteen, I promise that I will
let you go there.
Little Mermaid
Trang 3Eva: Oh no!
The little mermaid, Eva was very beautiful She was very kind to allthe sea creatures Everyone was fond of her
Eva: Grandma! Do humans look like us?
The grandma: No… they have legs… but we don't.
Eva: Oh! So humans are superior to us?
The grandma: No… they have not learned how to protect the
environment They have made our sea polluted
Eva: I heard they live longer than us
The grandma: Not really! A human’s age is limited to just a
hundred years or less.
Eva: And how long do we live?
The grandma: With God's grace we could live up to 300 years But
when mermaids died, they turn into sea foam and cease to exist But the most important thing, if we do good deeds throughout our lives,
we become immortal and the Air God ferries take us to heaven to live with them.
Eva: Oh really grandma?
The grandma: Now go to sleep it's too late Good night!
Eva: Good night, Grandma!
Little Mermaid
Trang 4With the wish of seeing humans, Eva was counting each day As thedays passed, The Little Mermaid became more and more eager to seethe humans The night before her eighteenth birthday, she couldn'tsleep all night As soon as she reached the King’s Court, her sistersrush towards her and wished her Happy Birthday!
The sea king: I feel very proud that my youngest daughter has
turned 18 today.
Eva: Is the right time to keep your promise, Majesty?
The sea king: Yes, little Princess Let's go I will show you the
world
Eva: Ohh Noo Daddy You allowed everyone to go alone
The sea king: I want to see the world with you my darling!
Eva: No! When you will turn 80, I promise I will take you with me The sea king: You mischievous child! Go and take care of yourself!
Be careful and don't go near humans You can get in trouble!
A shrimp: Don’t worry King I will take care of her.
The sea king: Good but come back before sunset or I will make a
meal out of you.
The shrimp: We will get back by evening majesty!
Little Mermaid
Trang 5Eva: Thank you, father! Bye bye!
The Little Mermaid was very excited to see the outside world Shewas swimming faster than shrimp Soon the Little Mermaid reachedthe surface of the sea Everything was so new to her The blue sky,the bright sun, and the pretty birds
Eva: Oh my God! This is sooooo awesome! Better than my dreams!
Hey, what's that sound?
The shrimp: That's a ship.
Eva: And that man? Oh my god! He looks just like my doll.
The shrimp: I think he’s a prince Seems like he’s celebrating his
birthday.
She was so mesmerized by the charm of the prince that she startedsinging Suddenly the black clouds gathered into the sky The wholesea started roaring with its high tide
The shrimp: Look! A Storm!
Eva: Oh! I can feel the strong waves Oh! The Ship! Be careful
princes! Be careful!
But nobody heard her screaming The wind was so strong that itrocked the ship and the ship finally sank
Little Mermaid
Trang 6The Little Mermaid saved the prince, and swam with the handsomeprince to the beach She was waiting for the prince to becomeconscious again.
The shrimp: Eva! Rush! Someone is coming!
Eva: Oh! I have to go Prince! Take care.
The people: Oh, someone has died in the sea He is still alive! Let's
take him to the temple.
Just then the Prince woke up and he saw one of the girls
The prince: Thank you for saving my life!
The prince didn't even realize that it was the little mermaid whosaved him
The shrimp: Oh no… You saved him and she's getting all the credit The prince: Let it be I'm just happy to see that he is alive.
The Sun was setting down so they went back to the kingdom TheLittle Mermaid was sad as she knew she will never be able to see theprince again
Eva: I love you my prince I just want to be with you There is a pain
inside me! Is love that bad?
Little Mermaid
Trang 7Eva: I guess… I want to live with my love!
The shrimp: It's against the sea law.
Eva: I don't care I can't live without him
The shrimp: Now I have one idea but it's risky to help you King will
make a meal out of me.
Eva: Tell me Don't worry about my father!
The shrimp: Okay, there is one person who might help you! But it's
too dangerous to deal with her
Eva: I am willing to risk anything for my prince Tell me Who is
The sea switch: Poor girl!
The magic ball: It's over now The princess the most loved and
helpful creature of the sea And because of her good deed she will become an air fairy in the afterlife And that will be the end of all your sins As soon as she will become a fairy, you will lose your life.
Little Mermaid
Trang 8The sea switch: Noooooo! I will never let this happen!
The sea switch: Oh my my! Why has the King's daughter come to the
Witch's Den?
Eva: I have a wish to be a human I fell in love with the prince The sea switch: It will bring you sorrow, pretty princess!
Eva: I don't care I just want to be with him!
The sea switch: Are you sure? Will you be able to win his heart? Eva: Yes, I will!
The sea switch: Well! I can turn you into a human but for this you
have to pay a price.
Eva: I will pay whatever I can.
The sea switch: Alright then, I will take your beautiful voice in
return And remember, if the Prince falls truly in love with you then you will become a human and your voice will be back But if you fail
to win his love, you will die with a broken heart and dissolve into sea foam.
Eva: I can sacrifice anything for him
The sea switch: Okkk… Then take this magic potion Drink it when
you reach the sea shore.
Little Mermaid
Trang 9The Little Mermaid took the potion and went to the beach Shereached the surface and drank the potion Suddenly a strong painmade her unconscious and her tail changed into legs
When she woke up, she saw the prince beside her
The price: Open your eyes beautiful lady! You are safe But where
did you come from? I found you on the beach and brought you here Please rest for a while.
The next day, the little mermaid started walking The prince saw herand he looked very happy
Then, he saw the King came back from his journeys The princecame to the King and introduced the girl who had saved him the daybefore, whom he had first seen while awake on the beach during theshipwreck
The price: Welcome back father, I want you to meet the love of my
life She saved my life! I love her father I want to marry her.
The Little Mermaid was heartbroken, that girl is not her!
Eva: I loved him forever! And now, the first ray of dawn will bring
me death and I will disappear into the ocean
Little Mermaid
Trang 10The shrimp reached the palace and told everything to the sea Kingand his daughters The king prayed to the sea Goddess and took hisTrident and swam towards the surface with the shrimp At the sametime, all the sisters started swimming towards the witch's den.
Eva’s sister: My sister is really in trouble now We all request you to
take back your magic spell We will never forget your kindness!
The sea switch: How shameful! The princess of the great sea
begging to a witch! Well! I have a counter spell but for that she needs to murder the prince If the little mermaid will kill the prince with this magical dagger only then she can come back to her mermaid life.
The sisters swam towards the surface and told the father about thecounter spell They found Eva sitting under a tree on the beachlooking at the toy
The sea king: Evaaa! Don't cry my child If you want to undo the
witch's magic You have to do as I say You will have to kill the Prince and then you will turn into a mermaid again.
Eva: Noooo daddy!
Little Mermaid
Trang 11The sea king: I know that you love him my child but he can never be
yours Do it for your father, Eva Without you I will die, my baby!
The Little Mermaid looks at her father and sisters who were crying.She took that dagger and went towards the palace The prince wassleeping in his room She took that dagger towards the prince’s chest
to kill him
Eva: Ohhh Oh … God I can't do this with my love! I'll happily die
rather than kill him He can marry his love and live happily Good luck my love!
She went back to her father and her sisters All were shocked to seethe dagger without the blood The Sun was about to rise She reachednear the beach and jumped into the sea with her toy
Eva: I want to disappear and turn into foam Goodbye my love,
goodbye my daddy, my sisters! Please forgive me, goodbye!
Suddenly a mysterious force got her out of the water The air fairiesappeared and took her out of the sea
The sea king: Oh God mothers! Thank you so much you saved my
daughter's life
Eva: Where am I?
Little Mermaid
Trang 12The air fairies: You are with us in the sky We are the air fairy We
are here to reward you for your kindness Your love towards humans and sea creatures You now may obtain an immortal soul and you will be born as a human in the future.
Eva: Thank you so much godmothers
The Little Mermaid waved the last goodbye to everyone
Eva: I will always love you my sweet prince! In your next birth you
will be my love again Goodbye my love goodbye!
She went up and up into heaven with the air fairies!
This is a story of pure love and faith It was a beautiful summermorning, Count Alaric was on his horse, trotting towards hiskingdom He came upon an open field
Count Alaric: Hello! Are you okay, Miss? Miss, are you hurt? Can
you speak?
The girl: No, I am not hurt Look at the sun! Doesn't it look
beautiful!
Count Alaric: It very surely does, yes
But count Alaric hadn't even looked at the mighty son He wasmesmerized with the lady's beauty! Her pale skin and bright eyeswere all he could see He instantly fell in love with her!
The Lost Fairy
Trang 13Count Alaric: Miss, are you lost? What's your name?
The girl: I… I don't know!
Count Alaric: You don't know your name? How did you come here? The girl: I don't remember anything When I woke up, I was already
in this field looking at this beautiful sunrise I don't remember anything else.
Count Alaric knew he had to help her There was no way he wasgoing to leave her alone in the field
Count Alaric: Miss, please come with me to the castle You will be
taking good care of And meanwhile I will try to find your family.
The girl: You're very kind! I will come with you!
Count Alaric was so happy to hear those words But he couldn't takehis gaze off the Lady She seemed to be looking at him but her eyeswere lost As if she was thinking of something else
They rode to the castle, count Alaric commanded his servants to takespecial care of his guests He soon realized that he has to name thebeautiful lady He immediately named her Catherine for he could notthink of a name more suitable
The Lost Fairy
Trang 14Catherine: That's a beautiful name Thank you!
Katherine was happy but not entirely She seemed to be thinking ofsomething else Days, weeks, months passed, but there was no news
of Katherine's family Nobody even in the neighboring kingdoms hadheard of her The Count desperately wanted to help her He couldn'tbear the look in her eyes Like there is something she is missing Hewanted to make her happy
Count Alaric thought: What if I asked her to marry me? Will she
say yes? I must tell her that I love her I have everything to keep her happy.
The Count immediately asked Katherine to marry him Katherinesmiled She liked this kind man who had helped her She obliged…and soon, they were married The Count had the fanciest marriageceremonies, the kingdom had ever seen! After all, the Count wasmarrying the love of his life At least a thousand people attended thewedding, he could see the awe on all of their faces
The people: Wow! The Countess is the luckiest woman in the world!
Look at this grand arrangement! He must really love her She must
be really happy!
The Lost Fairy
Trang 15The count smiled, but one look at the Countess, and his heart sank alittle.
Count Alaric: My dear, aren't you happy?
Catherine: Of course, my love!
Count Alaric believed her, but there was that look in her eyes again
As if she was thinking of something else Count Alaric had run out
of excuses to comfort himself The Kingdom could not have had abetter Countess than Katherine Everybody loved her She treatedeveryone with love and respect But Count Alaric was sad, he knewshe didn't wholly belong to him
Each year, that Count threw a ball for his people Everybody dancedtheir hearts out Even those who didn't know how to dance! But theCountess was quiet, she was neither dancing nor smiling The look inher eyes killed the Count each day He tried asking her several times,
but she always held him tight, smiled and said: “I love you, dear! And I am happy with you” Though she looked at him, the Count
knew she was thinking of something else
Then one night, as the Count entered his room He was surprised tosee that Katherine was dancing!
The Lost Fairy
Trang 16Count Alaric: Dear! Why don't you ever dance with me?
Catherine: What? I never dance, you know that.
Count Alaric: Oh, my sweetheart! But you were dancing just now
when I entered the room Don't you remember!
Catherine: What? No! I don't dance! But I sometimes do hear soft
music As if it's playing somewhere far away As if it's calling me.
Count Alaric was confused A year passed, soon, it was theiranniversary! The Count thought of surprising his beloved Countess
A night before the anniversary, he rode up to the very field they firstmet in
Count Alaric: Katherine will be so happy! Wait! What is that? I
have never heard such a beautiful tune in my life! What! The fairy people! I thought there were all stories! This is such a strange scene! Wait! Who is that? Is that…
And there, dressed in a beautiful pink gown, was the love of his life,Katherine! But before he could take a closer look, his horse bolted.Theodore was scared to his wits! He started running into the jungle The Lost Fairy
Trang 17Count Alaric: Oh quiet, Theodore! Calm down! You're taking me
away from the fairies
Count Alaric was relieved to see that the Countess was sleepingpeacefully in their bedroom
Count Alaric: My love! Where were you?
Catherine: Eh… what? I was sleeping! You seemed tired! You must
sleep too It's late!
Count Alaric thought: Wait, I am NOT wrong! It was her! Why is
she lying to me? She looks so happy there! Oh what do I do now? Only one person can help me! Magda!
The count trusted Magda She knew all the secrets to this world!After traveling for two whole days, he reached a small hut deepinside the jungle
Magda: Oh! Count Alaric! What brought you here?
Count Alaric: It's the countess, Magda I need your help!
The Count narrated the whole story to Magda He also explained thelook in Catherine's eyes that always pained him
The Lost Fairy
Trang 18Count Alaric: She looks at me but she's always thinking about
something else! What do I do?
Magda: Oh, my dear! There is nothing you can do Your wife is one
of the fairy people! She must have stayed behind last summer when you found her They call out to her! She will go to them every summer to dance! She may come back for now But there will come a day when she won't.
Count Alaric: What! No! She belongs with me! Isn't there anyway
that she can forget that life completely and become mine forever! Give me some herbs! Some magic potion! Anything!
Magda: My child! No herb or magic is strong enough to make one
forget their past! She would always be connected to where she came from But there is one thing!
Count Alaric: What? I will do that right away! Tell me!
Magda: Your love has to be perfect Only then she will forget her
past.
Count Alaric: Isn’t my love perfect? How do I make it perfect? Magda: That only time will teach you Don't worry, my child! Go
home and have faith in your love!
The Lost Fairy
Trang 19Count Alaric went back to the castle He now was politer and kind tohis wife Yet, every night, she left the castle The count had severalsleepless nights Wondering if this is the night… that takes hisbeloved wife away.
Then, one fine day! He followed Catherine and showed his love!
Count Alaric: Catherine! It's me! Your husband I have come to take
you away Come with me! Don't you remember, my love!
Catherine realized that the Count was too strong for her She smiledbrightly!
Catherine: Dear! Let me finish my dance and I promise I will come
with you after.
Count Alaric: No! You are lying!
Catherine: Look at me! There are tears in my eyes! Fairies don't
know how to cry! Your love taught me that!
Count Alaric: No, Catherine! You belong with me!
Catherine: You are too strong for me I cannot leave you!
The count was happy! But the Countess didn't speak, she crouchedand moaned It killed the Count to see his lady unhappy
The Lost Fairy
Trang 20Count Alaric: Catherine, if you stay with me, will you remember
your people and be sad?
Catherine: I shall only faintly remember them I shall not be sad, but
I shall always feel there is something I have lost.
Count Alaric: And if you went back to your people, would you
Count Alaric: Who is that? Catherine!
Catherine: Oh, my love! What happened? When I woke up I was
alone in the field! How did I go there! I knew you must be looking for me.
Count Alaric: Oh, dear! It doesn't matter All that matters is that
you were here, with me I love you!
The Lost Fairy
Trang 21Catherine: I love you too!
And he knew she meant it For her eyes were looking for him andnothing else It was Count Alaric's faith and pure love that hadbrought his lady to him
“Perfect love is when you love somebody else's happiness more
than your own”
One upon a time, in Athene, Greece There was a priest namedMedusa Medusa was born pretty, and lovely girl However, due to
Medusa and The Love Contract
Trang 22monster who hair were venomous snakes and those who gazed intoher eyes turn to stone Medusa is a pitiful girl Although she wore theform of a monster, her soul belonged to a young lady
As a lady, it’s completely normal to vibe! Ironically, the person thatshe secretly fell to, was the hero Hercules, the handsome demigodwith resounding feats of killing monsters like Medusa!
Medusa thought: Hey girl! Do you know that wonder boy out there?
Oh… my heart was deeply imprinted with his image… What should I do! What should I do with this ugly appearance and how can I not turn him into stone? Oh… I wish I didn’t make mistake that day and
be punished by God… God… Yes! Only God can help me out! Dear Gods! I have a plea for my love, is there anyone willing to make a contract?
Suddenly, a rift appeared on the ground, exposed a dark fog whichrevealed the image of a dark God He was the God that governs hell-Hades At the same time, a cloud in the sky swooped down right next
to Medusa It transformed into a stunningly beautiful god with shinyblonde hair, she was the god of love and beauty Aphrodite
Medusa: Dear Gods, I have a plea… I have crush on a strong, brave
and cute man…but being an ugly monster with these petrifying eyes,
I can’t get close to anyone! Do you have any suggestion for me?
Medusa and The Love Contract
Trang 23God Hades: Let me tell you this, I could help you dispel the curse for
half a day When there is sunlight, you are human When the dark arise, your snakes come back In exchange, I just need 3 drops of your snake venom So what? Is it good enough for you?
The God of Love and Beauty gave another suggestion
The God of Love and Beauty: No one can beat me in every issue
that related to… Love! Listen to me Medusa, the love based on appearance never last long You need to be confident and accept yourself You are so good-looking anyway?! About the Petrifying curse, you can wear this glasses As long as you wear the glasses, no one could be petrified What’s the catch? How about a snake? I want
a pet- snake! What do you think?
Facing the choices between 3 venom drops and a part of her body.Medusa obviously make a less painful choice She sighed thecontract with the Hell God
Medusa: I’m sorry! I don’t believe that in that glasses It’s not so…
eh… I meant… for comparison, I think the suggestion of Mr Hades here is better for me!
The God of Love and Beauty: Oh! Little girl, you will understand
my words!
Medusa and The Love Contract
Trang 24Immediately, the God of Hell said the magic words and turn Medusainto a beautiful lady!
God Hades: Don’t forget! Before dusk!
Speaking about the village where Hercules was living The man wasrelaxing after practice Medusa was enjoying scenery then she hitHercules The beautiful lady carelessly fell into the Hercules’s arms!Isn’t it called… Love at first sight?!
Medusa: Oh hi! I am Med… Medusa… Uhm… I’m new here in this
village Are you busy? Would you mind spending me a minute showing places?
Hercules: Hey! I am Hercules! Oh no no, I don’t mind What could
make me refused a beautiful lady? Let’s go.
They both spent the whole day hanging around, and it’s about dusk.One day, they met Phil
Hercules: Hey Phil!
Phil: Where did you go? Didn’t you hear me to tell you waiting for
me? And… who is this beautiful lady?
Medusa and The Love Contract
Trang 25Hercules: Come on Phil! I’ve already finished it! Here? Medusa,
she is the new girl! What do you think? Suitable for me?
Hercules continued: Medusa, this is my teacher as well as my best
friend, who taught me to fight with monsters and how to treat people He is the great demigod Philoctetes! Just call him Phil, he likes that!
Dusk was coming, the sunlight faded Medusa immediately recalledthe Contract
Medusa thought: Oh no! It’s about time… I need to go!
Medusa: Hey Hercules, I felt tired and hungry, could you please get
something for me to eat?
As intuition, Hercules teacher felt something was wrong
Phil: Hey lady, Don’t you wait for him to come back?
Medusa: Oh! Well, I suddenly remembered that I still have an
urgent thing to do! I have to go now.
Phil thought: How suspicious it is!
Phil followed Medusa to the edge of jungle There was no sunlightleft Medusa turned back to her monster form which astonished Philand caused him to step on her brooch Then their eyes met whichcaused Phil gradually to turn into stone with a frightened face
Trang 26Medusa: Oh no! It’s not good! What should I do?
Hercules came back but he didn’t see anyone there waiting for thedinner He followed the tracks and found petrified Phil and herbrooch He thought that the monster kidnapped Medusa Herculesraised his spirit to kill the monster to avenge for Phil and Medusa.That night, the God of Hell appeared He asked Medusa for thevenom
God Hades: It’s time for the contract, lady! Heyyyy lady! You seem
anxious about those statues! I have an idea! I can help you modulate something to lift your curse! It’s just!
Medusa: Just… What?
God Hades: I need a little more – by double – venom you have given
me! Of course, just for study! You see, if you don’t believe me, I can add one more term into our contract!
God Hades thought: With this amount of venom, I could have
enough to study something that can petrify all the gods in this world! Marvelous!
God Hades: After 4 days! I will come back for you!
The next afternoon, Medusa came back to find our hero, Hercules
He was training diligently to destroy the petrifying monster
Medusa and The Love Contract